Hair stylist Tracey Spruill at Lincoln Center in New York during the February 2015 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Having the opportunity to be backstage during one of the largest Fashion Weeks in the world, New York Fashion Week, is an amazing experience and a huge accomplishment for most fashion industry professionals. From the immense networking opportunities, hair care product knowledge, advanced hairstyling techniques and surprising celebrity appearances, backstage access is where all the hard work and excitement takes place.
Hair stylist Tracey Spruill backstage during the February 2015 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York.
For this year’s February 2015 New York Fashion Week showcases I secured a spot on the teams of two talented hair artists.
This year marked Berenik’s first time presenting during New York Fashion Week. As a newbie to the New York Fashion Week family their entire debut was nothing short of amazing. Styling hair for this showcase was a blast and allowed for true creative energy to emerge. Lead hair stylist Kat Bishop created a fashion forward, cold and futuristic style that complimented the entire clothing line. The hair style consisted of a sleek and bold center part with lots of purposely untamed volume beginning around mid to lower ear. The star of the show had to be the cold white effect around the front hairline and tops of models heads. This was achieved using Prive dry shampoo and Ricky’s NYC white hair paint.
Hair stylist Kat Bishop backstage performing hair demo for the Berenik showcase.
Hair stylist Kat Bishop backstage performing hair demo for the Berenik showcase.
Hair stylist Tracey Spruill backstage set-up and ready to style models for the Berenik showcase.
Hair stylist Melissa Smeraglino backstage styling models hair for the Berenik showcase.
Hair stylist Tracey Spruill backstage styling models hair for the Berenik showcase.
Hair stylist Kat Bishop doing finishing touches backstage before the models hit the runway.
Models line up backstage to prepare and walk the runway for the Berenik showcase.Models during the debut New York Fashion Week showcase for Berenik. | Disclaimer: This image does not belong to mane.ediTS LLC.
Models during the debut New York Fashion Week showcase for Berenik. | Disclaimer: This image does not belong to mane.ediTS LLC.
Noon By Noor left audiences breathless on the main stage of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week with its beautiful collection embellished with crystals. With such attention to detail in the Noon By Noor garments, lead hair stylist Linh Nguyen wanted to capitalize on the “Effortless and Natural Beauty” of a woman. I loved this concept because it was about feeling good in your own skin! Linh, with the support of NYC based Cutler Salon Team and several Freelance artists like myself, executed on his vision of organically flowing tresses while using Redken’s hairspray and texturizing gel. The look was not overdone and was perfect for the collection presented.
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York backstage pass for Noon By Noor.
Hair stylist Linh Nguyen backstage performing hair demo for the Noon By Noor showcase.
Hair stylist Linh Nguyen backstage performing hair demo for the Noon By Noor showcase.
Hair team backstage styling hair for the Noon By Noor showcase. | Pictured far left: Hair stylist Tracey Spruill.
Hair stylist Lauren Berrones backstage styling models hair for the Noon By Noor showcase.
Backstage to Runway with Noon By Noor. | Center Photo – Left: Hair Stylist Tracey Spruill and Right: Hair Stylist Kat Thompson
Lead hair stylist Linh Nguyen and team working to quickly style the hair of a model minutes before the Noon By Noor showcase. | Left: Hair Stylist Tracey Spruill, Middle: Hair Stylist Kat Thompson and Right: Hair Stylist Linh Nguyen. | Disclaimer: This photo does not belong to mane.ediTS LLC.
Backstage nail prep and model line up before the Noon By Noor showcase.
Hair stylist Linh Nguyen doing finishing touches on models as they line up to walk the runway for the Noon By Noor showcase.
Models on the runway during the Noon By Noor showcase. | Disclaimer: This photo does not belong to mane.ediTS LLC.
Crystal detailing up close of a garment in the Noon By Noor showcase.
Models on the runway during the Noon By Noor showcase finale. | Disclaimer: This photo does not belong to mane.ediTS LLC.
Being blessed to work on two incredible teams made this fashion week experience one to remember. As always, if you have a dream continue to pursue it and don’t give up.
