Fashion Facts – Fashion Plates
A young fashionista, before the 17th century, had a much more difficult time keeping up with the latest trends. Before that time period it was the members of royalty—kings, queens, princes, princesses, dukes and so on that set trends of the day. So if you wanted to actually see fashion at its finest you had to do a little walking and get a glimpse of these royals in person.
It is true that some royals sent their personal tailors around the country side with life-size dolls decked in the latest styles in order to spread the gospel of fashion but something great was brewing in the fashion heaven. It was about 1672 that the FG’s (Fashion Gods) waved their magic wands and POOF! Vogue appeared! NO, sorry, not for another 220 yrs but we did get Frances first circulated fashion magazine, the Mercure Galant. This was the first fashion magazine circulated in France that began to offer its comments on the latest clothing interests. Its popularity spread across Europe.
Later on, the French, being who they are, created “fashion plates”. These plates were sketches or engravings of the latest garments that were then circulated to help guide tailors. It’s not the most resent slang but if you’ve ever heard the term “he or she is a fashion plate”. You’ll understand the term began to describe someone who was always dressed in style. Near the end of that century Parisian printers began selling these fashion plates and the great industry of fashion magazines took off and has not stopped. Then in 1892 the FG’s smiled upon their humble servants and YES Vogue appeared bringing light and beauty to all! (Sorry had to throw that one in)
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L’Oreal INOA launch
The official L’Oreal INOA launch is now less than two months! All INOA educators just returned from the INOA refresher class ready to beginning the in salon training around the country! What an incredible color, the more information we are taught about it the more we all see its going to change the color industry!
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L’Oreal INOA
Flying in to Tampa today. All L’Oreal inoa educators are gathering for a refresher class before the offical launch in March.
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Keratin Express review
Well ok. I’ve had several massages and emails about the new Keratin Express that I tested a bout 3 weeks ago. I wanted to wait to see how it did on my daughter’s hair before I said anything. Unfortunately it did not work the way I was told it would. Now it did increase the shine, strength and also did a good job of conditioning the hair but did not perform like the stronger Keratin treatments.
If you have really curly or spiral hair this is not for you but for those with wavy to moderately curly hair then this does a nice job. Also if you’re thinking about doing a strong Keratin treatment but are unsure how its going to look on you then this might be a great way of “dipping your feet in the water.” It’s priced right at about $45 and only takes about 20 min in the chair if your having a hair cut or single process color done. But, to those that messaged me and were hoping this would be something great…sorry not yet.
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Fashion Facts
One poll said that about 40% of women have thrown their shoes at a man. Please ladies not the shoes!
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Sojourn product line from Elan Sassoon
Hi everyone,
Just got back from a class on the new hair line Sojourn from from Elan Sassoon (son of Vidal Sassoon) This line is simply amazing and its something this industry has needed for a long time!
The Sojourn philosophy is centered around maintaining your hair’s natural PH level of 4.5 – 5.5. The Sojourn line is a coloaberation of Elan Sassoon, Bumble&Bumble founder Michael Gordon, hairstylist Milissa Stone and chemist Rob Guimond.
It was an eye opening and humbling class. The chemist Rob Guimond went into great detail about many of the lies we, as stylists, have been told from the large manufactures, about the products we use and what they do to the hair. Lies about sulfate free, keratin, alcohol in products and many more.
From what I see Sojourn has the knowledge, influence and money behind them to expose large manufacturers and to educate salons and stylists in order to get back to the way this industry was ment to be and that’s giving our clients what they really need and not just selling them products they don’t!
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The new StylesbyClaudia.com website is up!
I want to thank everyone for the comments and for making this site successful but its time to move forward. The new site up up WWW.StylesbyClaudia.com and running. I would love everyone’s opinion on the new site. Please let me know what you think about the layout, colors and ease of use. Understand we are making many changes to it and several of the pictures now are there only to show size and spacing and will be shortly replaced. This site will have much more to offer as I partner with other fashion businesses and artists for makeup and clothing. Again we would love to hear what you think.
Thank you
Claudia
claudia – west palm beach hair salon – web update
Again I want to say thank you for all the inquires about the website. Im letting everyone know that the new site should be back up in the next few days and it will be amazing!
Thank you for all the love.
Claudia
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claudia – florida hair stylist – fashion show video
Here is a video from a show I did for LA designer Cory Couture. Very talented, this Asia designer came from nothing and became a rising star in the fashion world. Click here - Fashion Show at Hard Rock
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claudia- west palm beach hair salon – website update
Hi everyone. This is Claudia. I want to thank so many for an incredible year and wanted to let all who follow my blog and website know that my main site with all the pictures, information and for appointments is being upgraded. This process should take just a short time but will be fantastic! This work is being done by one of the most talented designer/artist in this field, Nanimation.com. They are second to none!
Please check back soon for the main site and all the new pictures from recent photo shoot and runway shows. I want thank you all for so many comments to my blogs and I apologize if it is difficult to reply to you all. I know more than anyone that without the support of people who love your work and my family, none of this would be possible. To my husband Dan, my daughter Monica and my mother Yolanda, I love you and to everyone else, thank you! To you I owe my success!
Claudia