Creative HEAD January 2020

HAIR Neil Moodie. STYLING Cathy Kasterine. MAKE-UP Sam Bryant.
PHOTOGRAPHY Corinne Day. First published in Vogue Italia.
4“My favourite image is from March 2006,
taken by Corinne Day for Vogue Italia. The
shoot was inspired by images of Twiggy
from the ’60s. Carol Sippel, the model,
was having a moment, being shot by
everybody and walking a lot of shows. She
had shoulder-length hair and we decided
to try a short wig on her. I cut the wig into
a Twiggy-esque short cut but Corinne and
I thought it was a little too literal. The stylist,
Cathy Kasterine, liked it so there was a bit
of a battle over whether we kept it or not!
I suggested that we make the look more
modern. Cathy was against the idea but
she had to leave the shoot for a few hours,
so while she was gone I cut the wig shorter
anyway and we re-shot all the pictures we’d
done already! When Cathy returned she
soon realised it did actually look better, and
when the shoot came out, everybody was
raving about Carol’s new haircut as they
thought it was her own hair. I still love it to
this day. It feels timeless.”
NEIL MOODIE
HAIR Charlotte Mensah. MAKE-UP Lan Nguyen-Grealis. PHOTOGRAPHY John Rawson.
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“This image is from my Afro-future collection
and it represents everything that I stand
for – it’s creative, powerful and feminine. It
is symbolic for many reasons and is a piece
of art close to my heart. Not only does it
reflect my journey to empower women, it
also gives women of colour a voice through
hair. I love this look because it’s timeless,
recognisable and utterly iconic.”
CHARLOTTE MENSAH, THE HAIR LOUNGE
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