INSPIRATION

Osoreru which means fearless is a celebration of confident women Embracing color alongside strong shapes and styles.
The colours are inspired by artists such as Yayoi Kusama whose exhibition was recently showing.
I took my inspiration of the subculture of Osaka the colour and the vibe.
I love how the bright colours kaleidoscope and blend with fashion structure and design.
I view hair as a fabric and I love to weave colour, through that fabric.
In the cuts and colours I create, I love to break the design down and reconstruct them into new shapes and styles. I believe hair is a fabric that can be adorned with beautiful colour.
I worked with bright and bold colours contrasting and conflicting with darker shades to create mood and tone.

The colour and design were inspired by looking through a kaleidoscope with repeating patterns, shapes and design, the bright and bold.

TECHNIQUES

For my collection, I used many different techniques,
With the graphic patterns, I worked section by section so that the colours would all line up.  I worked with hair elastic bands and created systematic patterns, pre-lightened them and then coloured them using bright colours that contrasted with the darker base shades.

I needed to create a colour that worked with a model that had shaved the top of her hair, so I decided to make a strong geometric pattern and then colour strands of the long hair at the back in matching bold colours.  I wanted to work with darker and brighter colours only to create harmony and balance within this collection.

Although the colour palette I chose was strong, I wanted to create a collection that represented beauty and harmony. The tools I used to create these colours where paint brushes elastic bands sponges and stencils that I created using plastic.

Hair: Yoshiko Hair
Photography: Anniss and Barton
Make Up: Shev Kelly
Styling: Dani Blakeley