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#TheLIST: The Best Curls From Fashion Week

Here's how models rocked bouncy curls both on and off the runways.

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Words like "unique" and "individuality" were thrown around a lot by hairstylists this fashion week. But what they really meant is that they could finally let curls just be curls. No flat-ironing, no shellacking– these are high-fashion spirals at their absolute prettiest. Here, our favorite street style and runway snapshots of models and their curls.

1

DKNY Babes

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Models Imaan Hammam and Jasmine Sanders take their trademark curls to the streets after the DKNY show in New York City. 

2

Tousled Curls

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Hairstylist James Pecis created these loose kinks at the Zero + Maria Cornejo show with a Marcel iron, texturizing paste, and a little twisting and teasing.

3

Model-Off-Duty

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Model Alanna Arrington and her natural curls leaving the Akris show in New York City.

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4

Runway To Real Life

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Model Noemie Abigail's hair was left basically untouched for the J.W. Anderson show, where the vibe was meant to evoke a cool little rich girl. On the streets of London, big, bouncy curls look just as cool.

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Cloudy Curls

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Most of the models at Marchesa walked the runway with their hair slicked-back and straightened. But the models with curly hair were given a different treatment: almost none. Instead, hairstylists fluffed up their spirals with a little bit of hairspray to evoke the feeling of a cloud.

6

New Wave

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It was all about the curl backstage at the Topshop Unique show in London. If a model had them naturally: awesome. If not, they were given the '80s supermodel treatment, which involved a ton of mousse and a teeny-tiny curling iron.

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Well Red

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Model Madison Stubbington leaving the Anna Sui show with her burgundy eyeshadow and soft curls still in tact. 

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Full-On

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The secret to styling texture this thick is all in the haircut. Layers and layers chopped throughout will evenly distribute all the weight—so your curls can just do their thing.

9

Urban Hippie

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If you've got 'em ('em being curls and waves), flaunt 'em. That was the philosophy backstage at Baja East, where hairstylists just enhanced models' natural texture with a little bit of Redken Diamond Oil.

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Street Style

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Partially brushed-out curls and a 1,000-watt smile on the streets of London.

11

All Natural

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It's impossible not to look cool with makeup and hair this good (these models had just walked in the Tome spring 2017 show).

12

Short and Sweet

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Women with curly hair so often think they can't have short hair. May we present Exhibit A., model Ari Westphale?  Cropped, curly hair is possible, and it's amazing.

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13

Fuzzy Updos

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Creating evening hair with curls is as easy as twisting and pinning it up on top of your head, as seen at the spring 2017 Reem Acra runway show. 

14

Fringe Benefits

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Let model Mica Arganaraz at the Tory Burch show be your inspiration to allow your bangs to air dry once in a while. Or, if you have this curl type and are considering bangs—this is the sign to do it.

15

Loose Spirals

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Take a cue from model Yasmin Wijnaldum at the Vera Wang show: spiral curls and an off-the-shoulder neckline are a winning combination.

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Jenna Rosenstein
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Jenna Rosenstein is the Beauty Director at BAZAAR.com. While attending NYU, she held internships at Women’s Wear Daily, Bloomingdale’s, Harper’s BAZAAR (as Glenda’s intern!) and Allure, the latter of which she parlayed into her first job as the Beauty Assistant. She left Allure three years later as the Senior Beauty Editor, spent a few months at Refinery29 in the same title overseeing branded content, before finally landing back at BAZAAR to oversee all digital beauty content. When she's not testing every lipstick known to mankind, getting zapped by new lasers, or interviewing experts and celebrities, you can find Rosenstein re-watching Star Wars movies, reading books about new discoveries in science and health, and playing with her Bombay cat named Maddie.
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