Enjoy this exclusive look at the Studio DNA/Nylon/Sebastian Party by Laurie B Style.
Enjoy this exclusive look at the Studio DNA/Nylon/Sebastian Party by Laurie B Style.

I Feel Bad About My Neck
I know, I know “gray” is a four-letter word that can send most women into a tailspin. Luckily, hair color has come a LONG way in the last 30 years–it is a lot more moisturizing and you don’t have to worry about getting that unnatural color that our grandmothers had.
Nora Ephron addressed this in her most recent book, I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts On Being a Woman where she states, “There’s a reason why forty, fifty, and sixty don’t look the way they used to, and it’s not because of feminism, or better living through exercise. It’s because of hair dye. In the 1950’s only 7 percent of American women dyed their hair; today there are parts of Manhattan and Los Angeles where there are no gray-haired women at all.” Dying your hair is the most significant way we’ve slowed the aging process. It is certainly the most effective.
Here are my tips for keeping the grays away, while maintaining a soft, natural look:
We all know that our hands and neck show our true age, but moreso does your hair. According to Nora Ephron, hair color “is the most powerful weapon older women have against the youth culture because it actually succeeds in stopping the clock.” It doesn’t matter how old you are; it’s never too soon to start looking years younger.
that’s all for now, i’m sure i will think of more later…
We have some new art on the wall. Art that reflects the creative nature of Hollywood.
Landmark Entertainment Group has one of the largest collections of artwork created by scores of world-famous artists, designers, animators, illustrators, architects, writers, directors, producers, actors, choreographers, dancers, and many other creative professionals. Some of the artists were commissioned or worked in collaboration with Landmark. However, a majority of the work was created by Landmark Entertainment Group (LEG) personnel. The LEG in-house team is responsible for most of the dynamic and original art of the collection.
The Landmark collection embodies more than 20 years of themed multimedia artworks crafted for projects of epic proportion. The collection includes:
• Original paintings, drawings
• Limited edition/one-of-a-kind, prints, posters, sculptural scale models mequettes
• Photography, presentation art, pre-production, architectural schematics, full design plans
• Films, storyboards, videos, laser discs, scripts
• And most importantly, the visionary concepts that emerge in one or more of these mediums.
Fantastic landscapes, fantasy, nostalgia, futuristic, comic book, cartoons, storyboards, costume & set design, themed architecture (in many stages of conception). All of which was created for international and multicultural entertainment and appeal. The Landmark Collection as a whole reflects many poignant areas of American and International pop-cultures. Truly, a vast and engaging narrative that echoes a multinational creative vision of “what could be”! Beginning with an intriguing concept, worlds of epic proportion are born and realized!
The following is a list of some of the Artists:
Ajmal Ahmad
Ann Geunther
Branislar Hetcel
Bill Justice (Disney)
Charles Cancilier
Chris Smith
Claudio Mazzoli
Corey Cole
Craig Mullins
Crussel
Dan Goozee
Danilo Gonzales
Dennis Brown
D. Goosa
D. Lefler
D. Swanson
Eddie Martinez
Ed Sotto
Eric Heschong
Eric Tiemens
Eugene Wonthey III (1.)
Fontinella
Gallego
Gentry Akins
Greg Damron
Greg Pro
Guy Vasilovich
Harvey Garrett Smith
Herbie Ryman
The Brothers Hildebrandt
Huizing
James Adams
Jeff Watts
Jim Michaelson
JL Carina
Kirk Antell Sr.
Kurt Kaufman
Kurt Wahlner
Larry Kilo
Laurie Newell
Lefler
Luc Mayrand
Marc Davis
Mark Thomas
McCallen
Mentor Huelmer
Michael Humphries
Mike Hodgson
Mitchell
Morgan
N. Ponsky
Neal Adams
Nick Heichberger
Penelope Gottlieb
Pete Menafee
Phil Mendez
Raul Rodriguez
Ray Wallace
Rebecca Mills
Reggie Stanton
Rex Moon
Richard Guiterrez
Robert Jani Productions
Ryan T. Wurmser
Siegfried Knop
Syd Mead
Thanu Boonyatawana
Tibor Karsai
Tim Gould
Toby Nippel
Tom Gilleon
Vander Palen
Vau Strauhal
Veroux
Walter Lee
William Stout
Wes Cook
On July 5th, Aubrey Loots and myself departed on a one of a kind adventure. We were jet setting to Paris, France to work on the Christophe Lemaire Haute Couture show, the new designer for Hermes. It was my first time in Paris, and I could not have been more excited, not only for the trip itself but to do hair for Paris fashion week. Double dream come true.
We were there for about four days, but being in Paris was like being transported into another world. It felt like we were there for three weeks, be it the lack of sleep and the abundance of adventure, or the espresso and never ending croissant. On the morning of the Christophe Lemaire show we arrived at our destination, a large architectural building in the Republic area of Paris. We went to set up in the backstage area, pulling out adaptors for flat irons, more Oribe products than you can imagine, pins aplenty and cords running everywhere.
It seems there is an overload of food no matter where you are in France, but a continental breakfast here is more along the likes of Thanksgiving in America. Backstage at most fashion shows there are mini muffins, bananas, bottles of water. Here they set out croissant, crepes, nutella, fresh loaves of bread, a buffet of fruit, coffee, juice, you name it. It was like heaven. But there was no time to dine, for we had a lot of work to do. Aubrey and I snuck upstairs to where the show would take place, just to see what we were working with. The view was something I never could have imagined, and will never forget. It was more beautiful then I could have ever dreamed. The show would take place on the rooftop of the building, and you had open views of all of Paris from it. You could see the Eiffel tower, Le Sacre Coeur, Montparnasse, and the Bastille.

The hair for the show was difficult in that it took many steps to get to one finished style, but it was worth it. An almost androgynous feel, the hair was styled to where the front for both men and women were about the same. A square shape, side part, wet look. For men, the back was very slick and down, and for the women we created long waterfall like pony tales, tied at the nape with a long peice of leather. It flowed like a fountain on the runway, pulling together the beautiful shapes of Christophe’s line with the background of Paris itself.
The show went perfectly, with the exception of American Vogue arriving late, so it was delayed for a few minutes. (But lets be honest, I would have waited all day….) When it wrapped, they popped champagne and we all cheers’d to a job well done.
As far as hair trends in Paris in general, on the streets I noticed women having very loose, flowy hair. They experimented with color a little bit but for the most part they keep it very natural. Long locks, loose waves, maybe some light highlights that look as if the sun shimmered itself into the hair.
This seemed to be their manner in general – loose, natural and flowy. The clothes they wore were put together well as far as the shape and fit – nothing too tight or too uncomfortable. They go with loose and comfortable in a way that looks hotter than any mini-dress cleavage display I have ever seen.

The rest of the trip was amazing. I went sightseeing, and explored a lot of the different neighborhoods. I went to the Louvre, saw the Mona Lisa of course. I tried to make her smile but I guess she didn’t find me very funny. I went to the Père Lachaise Cemetery. If you have never been I suggest checking it out. It is so large and so beautiful, which I think is how a cemetery really should be. I visited Jim Morrison, which will change your life music fan or not.
Aubrey and I spent a lot of time by the river Seine, and the Notre Dame cathedral. Its great to see everyone lounging on the banks of the Seine. There is no fence keeping you seperate from the banks, or sign that warn us ”about jumping, falling…keep away from the edge, blah blah”. They just trust that you are not stupid enough to walk over the edge, which is kind of refreshing. On the Pont des Arts bridge on the Seine there are locks on the bridge. I was very intrigued by this so I looked it up back at the Hotel. Apparently people put locks on the links of the fence and throw the keys into the river, to symbolize their ever lasting love. They call them the “locks of love”.
The weather while we were there was perfect, sunny, little humidity. Blue skies, green grass, and cobblestone streets. I fell in love with Paris, not only the city and the architecture, but the people, the culture, their way of being. They take things at a slower pace. They eat slowly. They eat well. They enjoy each others company. People in restaurants sit facing out, almost as if your at a theatre, but the show is the streets. The people. The nature. You sit literally right next to the person at the table next to you, so there is no divide. You have no choice but to make friends, or at least acknowledge their presence. You can’t just dine and dash in a hurry, because they won’t let you. It is literally impossible. (The only thing I didn’t like seeing in Paris was the American fast food chains, like McDonalds, or the ever chic KFC. It cheapened their way of life a little I feel, but I was almost glad to see that the eat and run choices over there were not very busy.)
This trip I feel like changed me in a way, and I am so thankful for it. Not just as a hairstylist, but as a person. The french just do things a little differently, which I hope now, if even in the smallest way, I will too.
