Embrace your natural texture, stock up on accessories and flirt with fringe and styles from your youth.
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Go Your Own Way
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At Stella McCartney (left), Eugene Souleiman managed to sum up the entire spring season, both in fashion and beauty, in his four-word description of the hair: "celebration of the individual." That translated to stylists sort of shrugging their shoulders toward rows of mousses, hairsprays, dry texture mists and creams when asked what the single hero product was—because there wasn't one. It meant last-minute haircuts if the mood struck. It meant models were cast for their buzz cuts and curls and not in spite of. If you've been looking for an excuse to ditch your hot tools and stop fighting your natural texture, voila!
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Go Your Own Way
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Isabel Marant
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Go Your Own Way
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Thakoon
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Go Your Own Way
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Tommy Hilfiger
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With a Twist
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Another effect of the trend toward individuality? Ease. "I wanted something that would inspire the real woman to recreate the look at home," said hairstylist Antonio Corral Calero, who created the whimsical, yet simple, twists at Marchesa (above). Similar knots in varying degrees of distress (things got windblown at Tory Burch and Rag & Bone) dominated the runways, but the common denominator was that they were all nape-level. Top knots are out; low buns are in.
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With a Twist
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Zac Posen
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With a Twist
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Jason Wu
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With a Twist
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Tory Burch
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With a Twist
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Rag & Bone
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With a Twist
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Givenchy
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Charm School
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Far from add-ons, accessories are the main attractions this spring. Temper boyish outwear and wellies with sweet tiaras like at Saint Laurent (left), distract from texture that could give away the fact that you partied until the early a.m. by throwing in some '40s-inspired Marc Jacobs pins or weave gold thread through your updo like at Alberta Ferretti for the most Pinterest-worthy wedding hair of all time.
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Charm School
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Rodarte
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Charm School
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No. 21
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Charm School
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Marc Jacobs
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Charm School
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Alberta Ferretti
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Charm School
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Alice + Olivia
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She Bangs
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"Ten years ago, wigs were a taboo; now, they're hair accessories," said Guido Palau. "You can put on a fake bang and change your whole look." Not that he went for fake, cutting shaggy fringe at Alexander Wang and jagged baby bangs at Prada, but the idea is that you can choose your own adventure. Transform for one night only with a black wig—the models at Vera Wang (left) all pulled them off—or sweep your hair across your forehead and pin it down behind your ear for soft side bangs à la Armani.
Alexandra Tunell is the Senior Digital Beauty Editor at Harper's BAZAAR, where she writes beauty features and covers industry news, health, fitness and wellness trends. She began her career in the Lucky beauty closet, then went on to work at Allure. When she's not testing the latest skin care treatments, the Los Angeles native is searching the city for the best Mexican food, binge-watching Bravo and escaping to the beach as often as possible.