When Dark Roots Are In: The Supermodel Edition

When Dark Roots Are In: The Supermodel Edition

I'm just gonna say it: Some form of rootage always has a place in colorists' hearts (even if they dare not admit it). Darker roots, whether they be practically to the shoulder a la the current runway trend of what I like to call "duo-tone" (where deep browns suddenly shift to blonde at the midlength to ends) or Madonna's inch-long, high-contrast black root against her peroxide blonde in the '80s, aren't for everyone, but they certainly make a statement (oftentimes, that the wearer is lazy or low on funds, but sometimes that they're "chic"...funny how that happens, ay?).


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In the current issue of Love magazine, the new fashion tome by super-stylist Katie Grand, Donatella Versace shares her distaste of the current pool of models—she wants the catwalks to be trolled by the supermodels of yore: Linda Evangelista, Kate Moss, Kristen McMenamy & Co. Why? Personality! Chutzpah! Egos! Boobs! Catfights! She shared this juicy catfight, which gives the term the "root of all evil" a new meaning:




"One day they had a fight about roots. Kristen [McMenamy] had arrived with black roots in blonde hair, and Linda [Evangelista] arrived with black roots in blonde hair; and both of them went mad, both saying they were first. Really, that is a big thing for models — roots! They were calling the hairdresser in New York, the colourist in New York, and I was called on as a witness to say who was the first to do black roots in blonde hair. At the time Steven Miesel [sic] was really inventing the look of the girls in this way, so I knew who was first: Kristen." Read more: Donatella Versace Misses Models With Personalities Who Fought for Their Boobs -- The Cut

Roots! See, colorists: Even supermodels covet some roots!
 

Are you feeling the new "duo-tone" rooty look?


(Photos: Andreea Angelescu and Picapp.com)


 

Submitted by kfrost on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 12:14am

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