BACKSTAGE AT MARC JACOBS F/W 2009

Marc Jacobs may have drastically cut his invite list, but he certainly didn’t skimp on hair and makeup. There were 60 models in the show each of whom had hair and makeup that were wholly unique to that particular model.

I made my way backstage at around 3:30pm (the show started promptly at 8pm), and there were already more than a dozen models getting their hair and makeup done.

The looks were delectably extravagant. I had a chance to speak with Guido Palau, Redken’s Creative Consultant who was in charge of the hair for the show and he told me that the hair was all about “youth, people trying to do their own thing, over-use of products, naiveté, coolness when you’re wrong, and the wrong texture.”

When I asked Guido about the hair products he was using he told me “hairspray – without it there would be no show,” adding that “Redken’s Forceful 23 is a gorgeous product and we’re using lots of gel because when they were younger girls always used gel in the 80’s.”

Mousse and thickening spray were also crucial, and though they were not used for the Marc Jacobs show this season, I was introduced to two new Redken products that have yet to hit the market.