Golden Hour

In an ideal world, we'd all have time to leave the house with perfect hair every day. But unfortunately, life happens. School, work, kids, the commute - the list of things that take away from our beauty routine is endless. But when it all boils down to who is keeping up with what trends, the runway becomes our style bible for inspiration. This season, the runways were saturated in statements—of color and sparkle, individuality and sustainability—above the neck. To start, the Euphoria effect took hold in mesmerizing, make-believe fashion.

80s’ flashback

As New York fashion week commenced Tory Burch gave us a major nostalgia vibes with slick hair and a hair comb. With a deep side part and sculptural waves to create a new romantic effect, pastel combs sealed the deal. A look reminiscent of Princess Diana, it truly makes you feel like royalty.

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Spicy scruffs

We move ahead to the 90s’ with wildly twisted top knots, space buns, and twists of all sorts made a nostalgic return on the SS20 runways with spunky teenage spirit. Tom Ford brought underground grunge with spikey crimped up-dos, and Missoni, Nicole Miller, and Giorgio Armani gave us organised chaos with whispy, mini twists teeming with bobby pins and butterfly clips.

Drama Mama

As MorticiaAddams had her hair neatly parted from the middle, the tone of the runway said otherwise this season with dramatic deep side-parts gave long hair two stylish slants. There was punkish glamour at Marques Almeida, Marta Jakubowski and Michael Kors, with severe, sweeping lengths that covered part of the face.

Braided legacy

At Prada, Guido Palau continued the punk pop dark goth fantasies with ultra-long braids dyed either platinum blonde or jet black. Some models wore precision-cut bobs, others still strict-parted ponytails. Either way the looks were graphic, severe, and unapologetic.

Art deco

Art turned towards the glamorous route as paint took to the tops of heads on the SS20 runways with whimsical shape, texture and colour. Moschino channeled Picasso by painting neat chignons with strokes of red, yellow, blue and green; Marni caked hair in thick white paint and topped it off with tall dried flowers; and Tomo Koizumi exhibited extreme cone-shaped hair that reached outlandish heights.

Pearls and crystals

As with make-up this spring, our penchant for pearls has reached new heights. Together with crystals, they accessorised hairstyles at various shows. Whether for a beautiful bridal look, or luxury occasion hair, take inspiration from these imaginative 'dos. From massive chains, large flowers, ribbons to fabric the accessories were strong bordering on scary, while the hair stayed cooly touchable.

Wavy trick

Chic, simple waves adorned the heads of models at Sally Lapointe. Hairstylists added a small wave off the face, tucked behind the ear, that created a unique, timeless finish. Ermanno Scervino made the finger waves at its spring 2020 show, well, huge. Ultra-shiny and super-glossy, the giant finger waves feel both retro and updated for spring.