Top Model Coiffure

Hairstyles Autumn-Winter 10-11

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This collection from the stylists at Top Model Coiffure features high-energy, larger-than-life looks that showcase color, texture, and silhouette. The overarching theme of the collection is the creation of cutting-edge styles that provoke a visceral response.

These looks are not for the average woman. The woman who rocks these styles wants to have all eyes on her, rarely caring about the viewer's opinion.

Pixie Cut for Black Hair

Pixie cut with point-cut layers for black hair

This gamine-short cut combines a tomboy edge with rocker-chick flair. The deeply point-cut layers beautifully frame the face, drawing focus to the eyes. The natural onyx hair is warmed with streaks of cinnamon.

The styling is versatile: it can be blown out to a diffuse halo for softness or styled with wax or other products for an edgier, more defined texture.

Back-Combed Hair

In an expression of boldness and creativity, this updo forms an amorphous silhouette that frames barely contained chaos. The platinum hair color serves as a backdrop for the facial features, allowing the drama of the makeup to shine without being overdone.

The hair is back-combed to create volume, which adds softness and fullness to the shape.

Pixie Cut with Volume

This geometric silhouette and deep-cut points give texture to this short, 1980s-inspired look. The pale-golden blonde with platinum highlights offers a soft color palette, against which the model's ice-blue eyes glow.

The styling focuses on enhancing the volume of the wedge-cut layers and creating a bend in the forelocks.

Long and Carefree Shag Cut

This long, shag cut with deep points and gradient layering creates a dynamic look. The styling is wild and carefree while maintaining a lightweight sensibility in the cutting lines. The look is edgy yet retains a sense of romance as the lengths trail down the back.

Achieve this look with a blow-dry using a volumizing product and a vented brush, followed by a dab of smoothing serum to define the locks and sharpen the ends around the face.

Daring Hairstyle

This bold style starts with a basic blunt cut and is sculpted with "tiers" in the outer layers of the hair. Each level is precision-cut to provide a crisp, clean line.

The clearly defined layers create a sculptural style that is modern and edgy without being too "off the wall." Styling is best accomplished by blow-drying with a flat brush and finishing with a flat iron to smooth the hair and keep the lines sharp.

Ready-to-Wear Hairstyle

Carefree and ready-to-wear short hairstyle with razor cutting

Carefree and casual, this short hairstyle features a razor-cut bob with box-layering designed to look unstructured and organic. The look is ultra-modern and feminine, suited to any situation. A true ready-to-wear style that can be dressed up or down according to the wearer's needs and whims.

Style this cut with a blow-dry using a large, round brush and volumizing product to shape the silhouette. Finish with styling wax or pomade to define the choppy layers and provide malleable hold that can be retouched throughout the day (or night).

Blonde Razor-Cut Hairstyle

The unstructured, razor-cut hairstyle with extensive interior layering offers a hint of wildness and randomness. The pale blonde color echoes the glowing days of summer, and the cut allows versatility in styling—from a polished look to the roughed-up wildness of the more casual style described above.

Achieve this look with a blow-dry using a flat brush, incorporating fingers in the latter third of the drying process. Using styling mousse will give a soft look with enough volume to make the hair feel full.

Naturally Curly Hair

Naturally curly hair is often challenging to cut and style, yet this look is almost foolproof. The largely blunt-cut style is gently tapered at the ends to create a balanced silhouette, with the interior carefully textured to manage bulk.

The minimally structured cut adapts easily to all curly hair types. Styling uses a diffused dryer with a smoothing product to create defined, crisp loops and minimize frizz.

Short Tousled Hair

Blonde bob with point-cutting and tousled styling

This chic, glam-rock look begins with a blunt bob base, then is point-cut dramatically to create deep layering and energy. The overall look is diffuse, styled to maximize volume and movement.

The hair is blown out with a flat brush and firm-hold styling product, such as wax, and manipulated in the latter third of the drying process with fingers to achieve the tousled, edgy look shown here.

Hairstyles: Top Model Coiffure
Photography: Studio Didier Michalet & Karen Firdmann

See also: Short hairstyles | Medium hairstyles | Long hairstyles