The best of this week's fashion shoots and hair how-tos

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Pictures
Awakening the robot: future beauty in Dew. Awakening seems a fitting title for Jacky Suharto’s shoot for Dew Magazine’s Sci-Fi issue. It’s a common theme of the genre: robots being awakened with the spark of consciousness, becoming self-aware or taking on human characteristics. Though the question is framed with technology it circles perpetually back to ourselves, leaving us to wonder what being human really means.
  Photo gallery included.

Clothes & Accessories
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Fashion Trends
Tailored shorts for spring: highlighting the sophisticated edge. In spring 2013 tailored shorts aren't necessarily defined as the kind you wear as part of a business suit. They're flirtatious, luxurious, and inclined to present themselves in a range of fabrics from silk to mesh to leather. The key is in the construction and cut. Work them for morning or night, everyday or holiday. Find out how to wear tailored shorts this spring.
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Shoes
10 modern-classic ankle boots for spring. For spring 2013, the comfortable and always fashionable ankle boots got infused with even more versatility and edge. By being an essential item of your spring wardrobe, ankle boots have the ability to round out just about any outfit.

The new designs cover everything in between comfy flats, mid and high heels, patent, studded and buckled versions. Here are 10 of the best ankle boots that your favourite designers envisioned for spring.

Pictures
The fisherman & his lover. Amoungst Oscar Wilde’s beautiful, prose-filled, bittersweet stories for grown-up children is a tale called The Fisherman and His Soul. I was always struck by the sadness of it: the titular Fisherman falling in love with a mermaid and cutting away his human soul in order to be with her (“Of what use is my soul to me?” he reasons. “I cannot see it. I may not touch it. I do not know it. Surely I will send it away from me, and much gladness shall be mine.”) And then, the pernicious separation of physical heart and metaphysical soul – the latter taking on a life of its own, becoming corrupted in the absence of the former – causing his unwitting downfall.
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Pictures
Fire in the sky, flames in the deep. There’s seemingly no end to the beauty that can be created when fashion dives into the depths, literally. Sometimes creating a breathtaking underwater shoot comes down to brilliant makeup that shines through the weight of the water, sometimes the wow factor is aided by reflections and ripples and waves. The only thing that you might say is mandatory is a wardrobe of flowing gowns and diaphanous fabrics that shape-shift into ethereal forms when they enter the aqueous depths. After all: why opt for body-conscious cuts when you have the opportunity to create images like these?
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Latest Collections.


Mavi Denim
Spring 2013 men's


Quattromani
Autumn / Fall 2013


MASKA
Spring 2013


Olga Sukhotinskaya
Spring 2013


Jarlo London
Spring 2013


Thomas Hulston
Spring 2014


Valour / Vanderpuije
Autumn / Fall 2013


A.W.A.K.E. by Natalia Alaverdian
Autumn / Fall 2013


Milk from a Thistle
Autumn / Fall 2013


Maje
Spring 2013


Lucky Brand
Autumn / Fall 2013


Noon by Noor
Autumn / Fall 2013


Gavel
Autumn / Fall 2013


BSK by Bershka
Spring 2013


Apoena
Spring 2014


Coca-Cola
Spring 2014


Alexandre Herchcovitch
Autumn / Fall 2013


Livia Arena
Autumn / Fall 2013


Nica Kessler
Spring 2014


Calzedonia
Autumn / Fall 2013


Sacada
Spring 2014


sass & bide
Pre-Fall 2013


Oh Boy
Spring 2014


Ellus Second Floor
Spring 2014


Andrea Marques
Spring 2014


Lenny Niemeyer
Spring 2014


tng
Spring 2014


ACHTLAND
Spring 2013


Cantao
Spring 2014


Blue Man
Spring 2014


Coven
Spring 2014


Iodice
Spring 2014


Filhas de Gaia
Spring 2014


Alessa
Spring 2014


Saloni
Autumn / Fall 2013


Oumlil
Autumn / Fall 2013 men's


Espaco
Spring 2014


Shell Belle
Spring 2013


Proenza Schouler
Autumn / Fall 2013


AY Not Dead
Autumn / Fall 2013


Aubade
Spring 2013


Maria Filo
Spring 2014


Stone Fox Bride
Spring 2013


Skin and Threads
Autumn / Fall 2013


Methodology
Spring 2013


Charlie May
Autumn / Fall 2013


Brooks Brothers
Spring 2013


Anna Lou of London
Spring 2013

Recent Features.


Hair
How to create a chic yet dishevelled knotted low ponytail. For her latest spring collection, Alice McCall took us on an underwater journey. Drawing inspiration from German botanist illustrator Ernst Haekel and the intricate detail of Art Nouveau jewellery, the collection featured beautiful cut-out lace pieces, Japanese organza and custom-prints. The hairstyle took inspiration from the collection itself: a knotted low ponytail that channels how a girl might look after she has gone swimming in the ocean.

Hair
Grace Kelly meets Geisha: hairstyle how-to. Grace Kelly met âGeishaâ on the runway at the Maticevski spring / summer 2013 show at Australian fashion week. With a collection inspired by a refreshed view of a 1950âs Grace Kelly, as seen through the eyes of an Aristocratic European Geisha, Toni Maticevski created beautiful, desirable garments for women to adore and be adored in.

Jayne Wild from ghd took inspiration for this elegant hairstyle in the idea of “Grace Kelly goes to Japan”. You can recreate this “Grace Kelly goes to Japan” inspired hairstyle.

Hair
How to create a relaxed, retro-inspired quiff for men. Retro looks with modern twists are all over the different runway shows in the different parts of the globe. For Australian fashion week, several remakes of classic or vintage hairstyles were spotted, one of which was seen in the Vanishing Elephant show. Redken Hair Director Jon Pulitano created a men's hairstyle that’s reminiscent of the vintage 1950s quiff only done with a modern twist. The contemporary feel comes in by way of the effortless factor: rather than be too sculptured and perfect, this version is a little bit haphazard.

This quiff is very easy to do and we have the how to right after the break.

Beauty & Grooming
How to: the nautical beauty look at Dion Lee. Blue eye makeup is a huge trend for this year. Napoleon Perdis took advantage of this beauty trend and incorporated it in the Dion Lee show at Australian Fashion Week (MBFWA), creating a modern nautical look with a hint of darkness and edge.

It’s a good mix of different elements but still very much reflects the brand’s essence. We have the complete how-to for this look and you’ll find it if you read on after the break.

Featured Pictorials.


Jefimija by Dusan Jaukovic


GALAXIA by Casey Vange


Awakening by Jacky Suharto for DEW Magazine


Love Comes in Many Colors by Nicolas Guerin for Prestige International Magazine


Bewitched by Manfredi Gioacchini


Ekaterina by Sergey Korolkov


HATWOMAN S/S '13 Campaign


Shes Got 9 Lives, Ruby by Aaron Kinney (NSFW)


Darkly Faded by Kendra Storm Rae


Misaki S/S '13 Campaign by Olga Rubio Dalmau


The Fisherman & His Lover


SOSUME '13 Campaign by Oli Sansom (NSFW)


Fire in the Sky by Michael David Adams


Ave Maria by Maria Cristina Franco & Chiara Caputo for fART Magazine


Paradise Lost by Luca Meneghel


Keeping it short: S/S '13

Feature Updates.

The fisherman & his lover

Morgane Warnier sand & leather for Marie Claire Spain

Playtime at the Lacoste pool party: Coachella street style gallery

Katy Perry: tropicana pin-up at Coachella

Alessandra Ambrosio: boho-meets-peppy chic at Coachella

Feathers, flowers & prints: Coachella street style round-up

Midriff mania: Coachella street style round-up

An irreverent beauty in a world of her own

A sex-kitten with 9 lives

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