street-style beauty
STREET-STYLE BEAUTY Street-style magic: A bright jacket, high-waisted jeans, a little skin, plus cat-eye glasses and burgundy lipstick in Milan.
By Lexi Novak
SHOTS 104 Allure • August 2015
THE STYLEOGRAPH/WENN.COM
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We will always tip our (floppy felt) hat to the street-style darlings of New York City, Paris, and Milan for the effortless way they can pair a varsity jacket with a lace beanie. But their wine-stained lips and easy bangs are just as inspiring—and clearly catnip to all those photographers.
STREET-STYLE BEAUTY
CENTER STAGE
There are three—and only three—components to smart, polished street-style hair: 1. A properly severe Ali MacGraw center part must be done with a comb—and perhaps a straight-edge ruler. Don’t half-ass it with a brush or your fingers. 2. The slick, shiny finish is perfect for slightly oily second- or third-day hair. If your hair is freshly washed, smooth it with a drop of serum or oil. 3. A neat, low, looped bun is even neater if you pin the loop against the nape of your neck. Going Long: “When I saw Gilda [Ambrosio, left], she had an eclectic way of dressing, and her hair— it’s a long, dead-straight, Cher-like mane that moves beautifully in photos,” says street-style photographer Tommy Ton, who first shot Ambrosio in Milan in 2014. What makes her hair so distinct is its heavy bluntness, but if you’re going to go full Rapunzel yourself and have especially thick hair, consider asking your stylist to cut a few internal sections with thinning shears so you don’t get an extreme triangle shape. From left: Lily Aldridge in New York City and Gilda Ambrosio in Milan.
PHONE IT IN
Punchy colors work well with the Pop Art case.
106 Allure • August 2015
Ladylike red nails with a case that looks like a miniature purse
Metal grommets and giant rings toughen up pastel pink and blue.
A bow and short red nails in the same demure spirit
FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS’ CREDITS, SEE CREDITS PAGE.
Remember when it seemed like everyone was matching her bag to her shoes? Or her lipstick to her eye shadow? Well, we’ve moved on to tech, and now we love manicures that play off phone cases. After all, it is the one item guaranteed to be in your hands at all times.
STREET-STYLE BEAUTY
Selita Ebanks’s dark-red lips in New York City
WINE STAINS
“It’s less expected than red lips,” says fashion blogger Masha Sedgwick (of masha-sedgwick.com) of the dark-wine lip color she wears almost every day. “And it makes every look more edgy and sophisticated.” To keep the shade from coming across as harsh, choose a formula with a little shine and wear it without a lot of other makeup (this isn’t the time to get creative with highlighter or contouring).
Alana Zimmer in Paris
Joan Smalls in Milan
To prevent bleeding, apply the color from the tube, then trace a clear wax pencil around the lips (Dior Universal Contour Lipliner is makeup artist Nick Barose’s favorite).
Masha Sedgwick in New York City
PERFECT PAIRINGS Fair skin. Try raspberry tones, like Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist Intense Lipstick in 48 (3).
Medium skin. Go for plum, like Maybelline New York Color Sensational lipstick in Dazzling Plum (2). Dark skin. Pick a deep-eggplant shade, such as Nars Audacious Lipstick in Ingrid (1). 1
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FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS’ CREDITS, SEE CREDITS PAGE.
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STREET-STYLE BEAUTY
STYLE TRIBES
Silly or spectacular, you can’t look away from these matchy groups. There’s always a theme: bright-fuchsia lipstick and curls, allover denim and bronzed skin, even coordinating winged eyeliner. “We actually share a makeup kit, so it’s always floating between our two houses,” says Stef Dadon of howtwolive.com, which she runs with her younger sister, Jess. “We usually play up the twin thing when we go to events, and it helps if we’re wearing matching lipstick.”
Clockwise from above: Takenya and Cipriana Quann in New York City; Nell Kalonji, Agata Belcen, and Emma Wyman in Paris; matching denim at New York Fashion Week; Jess and Stef Dadon in Paris; and Sama and Haya Abu Khadra in Paris.
Blogger Pernille Teisbaek, of lookdepernille.com, can make her bangs full and blunt or almost invisible. “I like to vary how I wear them,” says Teisbaek, who’s from Copenhagen. “Sometimes they’re heavy in the front, or I give them a discrete split, or I sweep them to the side.” Teisbaek credits three products: Less Is More Smooth Balm (to control frizz), Moroccanoil Treatment Oil (for shine), and Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray (for shape). They can’t solve all problems, though. “Bangs are not sweat-friendly or hat-friendly,” she says.
Tip
Swept to the side in Paris
110 Allure • August 2015
Loose and easy in London
Center-parted in Paris
Bangs with change-up potential need to be long and feathered at the ends. Ask your stylist to cut them at the bridge of your nose and keep them longer (level with the tip of your nose) toward the sides. “They should be cut with a razor or nipped at with scissors if your hair is fine for that soft edge,” says hairstylist Garren.
FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS’ CREDITS, SEE CREDITS PAGE.
ON THE FRINGE
By Lexi Novak
SHOTS 104 Allure • August 2015
THE STYLEOGRAPH/WENN.COM
Hot
We will always tip our (floppy felt) hat to the street-style darlings of New York City, Paris, and Milan for the effortless way they can pair a varsity jacket with a lace beanie. But their wine-stained lips and easy bangs are just as inspiring—and clearly catnip to all those photographers.
STREET-STYLE BEAUTY
CENTER STAGE
There are three—and only three—components to smart, polished street-style hair: 1. A properly severe Ali MacGraw center part must be done with a comb—and perhaps a straight-edge ruler. Don’t half-ass it with a brush or your fingers. 2. The slick, shiny finish is perfect for slightly oily second- or third-day hair. If your hair is freshly washed, smooth it with a drop of serum or oil. 3. A neat, low, looped bun is even neater if you pin the loop against the nape of your neck. Going Long: “When I saw Gilda [Ambrosio, left], she had an eclectic way of dressing, and her hair— it’s a long, dead-straight, Cher-like mane that moves beautifully in photos,” says street-style photographer Tommy Ton, who first shot Ambrosio in Milan in 2014. What makes her hair so distinct is its heavy bluntness, but if you’re going to go full Rapunzel yourself and have especially thick hair, consider asking your stylist to cut a few internal sections with thinning shears so you don’t get an extreme triangle shape. From left: Lily Aldridge in New York City and Gilda Ambrosio in Milan.
PHONE IT IN
Punchy colors work well with the Pop Art case.
106 Allure • August 2015
Ladylike red nails with a case that looks like a miniature purse
Metal grommets and giant rings toughen up pastel pink and blue.
A bow and short red nails in the same demure spirit
FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS’ CREDITS, SEE CREDITS PAGE.
Remember when it seemed like everyone was matching her bag to her shoes? Or her lipstick to her eye shadow? Well, we’ve moved on to tech, and now we love manicures that play off phone cases. After all, it is the one item guaranteed to be in your hands at all times.
STREET-STYLE BEAUTY
Selita Ebanks’s dark-red lips in New York City
WINE STAINS
“It’s less expected than red lips,” says fashion blogger Masha Sedgwick (of masha-sedgwick.com) of the dark-wine lip color she wears almost every day. “And it makes every look more edgy and sophisticated.” To keep the shade from coming across as harsh, choose a formula with a little shine and wear it without a lot of other makeup (this isn’t the time to get creative with highlighter or contouring).
Alana Zimmer in Paris
Joan Smalls in Milan
To prevent bleeding, apply the color from the tube, then trace a clear wax pencil around the lips (Dior Universal Contour Lipliner is makeup artist Nick Barose’s favorite).
Masha Sedgwick in New York City
PERFECT PAIRINGS Fair skin. Try raspberry tones, like Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist Intense Lipstick in 48 (3).
Medium skin. Go for plum, like Maybelline New York Color Sensational lipstick in Dazzling Plum (2). Dark skin. Pick a deep-eggplant shade, such as Nars Audacious Lipstick in Ingrid (1). 1
108 Allure • August 2015
3 2
FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS’ CREDITS, SEE CREDITS PAGE.
Tip
STREET-STYLE BEAUTY
STYLE TRIBES
Silly or spectacular, you can’t look away from these matchy groups. There’s always a theme: bright-fuchsia lipstick and curls, allover denim and bronzed skin, even coordinating winged eyeliner. “We actually share a makeup kit, so it’s always floating between our two houses,” says Stef Dadon of howtwolive.com, which she runs with her younger sister, Jess. “We usually play up the twin thing when we go to events, and it helps if we’re wearing matching lipstick.”
Clockwise from above: Takenya and Cipriana Quann in New York City; Nell Kalonji, Agata Belcen, and Emma Wyman in Paris; matching denim at New York Fashion Week; Jess and Stef Dadon in Paris; and Sama and Haya Abu Khadra in Paris.
Blogger Pernille Teisbaek, of lookdepernille.com, can make her bangs full and blunt or almost invisible. “I like to vary how I wear them,” says Teisbaek, who’s from Copenhagen. “Sometimes they’re heavy in the front, or I give them a discrete split, or I sweep them to the side.” Teisbaek credits three products: Less Is More Smooth Balm (to control frizz), Moroccanoil Treatment Oil (for shine), and Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray (for shape). They can’t solve all problems, though. “Bangs are not sweat-friendly or hat-friendly,” she says.
Tip
Swept to the side in Paris
110 Allure • August 2015
Loose and easy in London
Center-parted in Paris
Bangs with change-up potential need to be long and feathered at the ends. Ask your stylist to cut them at the bridge of your nose and keep them longer (level with the tip of your nose) toward the sides. “They should be cut with a razor or nipped at with scissors if your hair is fine for that soft edge,” says hairstylist Garren.
FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS’ CREDITS, SEE CREDITS PAGE.
ON THE FRINGE
