Style Muse: Molla Mills

I've had these on file for sometime (possibly via Hel-looks) and find her use of color,or sometimes lack of it to be very inspiring. Her personal style is refreshing and lovely to my eye! I just wanted to share these after referencing her website in my "lovely links".

Lovely Links

Glamour Daze posts an interesting film on vintage hairstyles and fashion of the 1930's.

Dear Golden Vintage is an Etsy shop that I recently stumbled across and I personally adore how each item is photographed conveying the reverance that vintage collectors hold for each new find.

Here's an interesting and inspiring article about design share found on My Flights of Whimsy.

Another interesting site: Molla Mills~ model and illustrator. I would also add style muse, as I have found a few style pics via Hel looks.

Do-it-yourself PR: Press Release 101 (thank you Gala) as a stylist, (whether employed or freelance) we are our own personal PR agent and I try to soak up as many ideas as possible.

Peek-A-Boo: Behind the Scenes

As part of our educational curriculm at Clive and Co we celebrate our program by ending with a Presentation for the benefit of staff, family, and friends. Since we are a departmentalized salon specializing in either cuts or chemical services we partner with another staff member. Pictured here is Courtney's Presentation who partnered with Marc. With a minimum of 10 models to present you soon develope a strong and creative collaboration.

Here Jenna waits for finishing touches before the start of Courtney and Marc's presentation. The educational program consists of classic techniques for both color and cut. While the presentation allows you to express what you've learned more creatively.

Robin gladly steps in to help style a color by Courtney and haircut pre-done by Marc. The energy,enthusiasm, and passion for the craft can be very contagious and inspire new ideas or resurrect long forgotten ones.

Here finished models: Hannah, Shawn,and James wait for the start of the presentation. Models first do a bit of runway,then each model is presented individually while you discuss your inspiration and the technique you used to achieve the look.

The end result is not only a sense of accomplishment,but also a shared passion and a strong team dedicated to educating and inspiring each other. That's the true meaning of the word TEAMWORK!

Quotations

"Too bad all the people who really know how to run the country are busy driving taxis and cutting hair."~George Burns

May I have this dance?

Socializing can make a huge difference to a stylist trying to rebuild their books and is something I personally need to do more of. Now that isn't to say that I advocate being pushy and pleading others to sit in your chair, but finding a group with similar interests can lead to a natural curiosity about your skills. Eventually, someone takes the plunge and decides to give you a go. The rest will soon follow suit.

3 years ago, due to a complicated pregnancy I was bed-ridden for 3 months and lost a large majority of my clientele. Returning to part time hours did not help me rebuild either,but I enjoyed every minute with my little guy and it was the price I was willing to pay. Now I have joined the Clive and Co. Salon, and extended my hours. I am ready to get serious about rebuilding.

All of this has caused me to reflect on my busiest times in my career and I think it is linked to when I was going out dancing. It wasn't as though I begged others to sit in my chair, but the shared interests and a familiar face can be soothing when others are looking for a new stylist. I know I miss dancing terribly and have spent evenings perusing youtube watching all the jitterbug footage that I can find. Some mornings I find myself brushing my teeth and practicing triple steps unconsciously.

So, I think it's time to dust off the old dance shoes and hit the floor. I hope to masacre that rug while looking my most adorable. And if anyone asks, "Hey, how did you get your hair to do that?" I will happily hand them a card!

For more information on lindy hop and jitterbug, please visit the lovely Rockabilly Holly for one of the most informative breakdowns that I have come across:

http://temperamentalbroad.blogspot.com/2010/01/just-dance-lindy-hop-aka-jitterbug.html

Style File

All dolled up for The Dallas Burlesue Festival. I put in a half day at the salon,then headed home and pulled out one of my favorite vintage dresses. At the last minute I decided to add my black birdcage veil with little black velvet birds. The lovely ladies in pink on each arm are Melissa Meaow and Lynne of Vintage Flair, aren't they absolute dolls? I certainly think so!

Hair Play

Here's a bit of prettiness from The Dallas Burlesque Festival's live pin up stage shoot. This has to be one of my best experiences in volunteering to style hair. The models were absolute dolls to work with and did an incredible job on stage during the homage to pin up. One of the best parts was how well those of us with the task of glamming these gals up worked together.

Each of us providing our own personal twist to hairstyles and makeup application, and yet still managing to compliment each others' work. I hope to be a part of it next year!

Here's a list of hairstylists,makeup artists,and models that I recommend and who's work is showcased on this post.

Makeup:

Ladonna of Drop Dead Gorgeous

Vivienne Vermuth

Hair:

Lynne of Vintage Flair

Brittany of The Gal Behind The Chair (my new page, I would LOVE to have more friends)

Models:

Kali Ann

Alley De Rosas

Melissa Meaow (model co-ordinator)

Scarlette Switches

Amber Deville

Roxanne Dale (great makeup artist/hairstylist as well)

Bureaucratic Barbed Wire

I wanted to share a recent interview with Clive Lamb,the owner of Clive and Co. salon that was featured in Bureaucratic Barbed Wire: How Occupational Liscensing Fences Out Texas Entrepreneurs by Wesley Hottot.

Hairstyling
Clive Lamb owns and operates Clive and Co., a men's and women's hair salon near the Galleria shopping center in Dallas. He has been in the hairdressing business in Dallas for more than 24 years. Clive is also the presidng officer of the Texas Advisory Board on Cosmetology-a state agency providing policy guidance to the Texas Department of Liscensing and Regulation.
His story epitomizes the American Dream.

Born in London, England, Clive worked construction with his father as a young man. "I didn't come from the most wealthy background," he said.
At age 16, Clive learned hairdressing at an English community college. From there, Clive rose quickly through London's high-end hairdressing industry-working first as a junior stylist, then as an instructor, then becoming the general manager og education for Jingles International.
But Clive ws convinced that England's class system was holding him back.
"Whether or not you were accepted in society or certain areas of society depended on your accent," he said. By the time he moved to Dallas in 1985, Clive had 8 years of hairdressing experience. "This is the land of milk and honey," he said. "And if you're going to make it anywhere in the world, this is the place to do it."
Becoming liscensed to cut hair was a strange experience for Clive. In England, no one needs government permission to cut hair. Salons need business liscenses, of course, and salons are subject to inspection by the health department, but it is up to customers to decide who can and cannot cut hair well. Although the concept of cosmetology liscensure was foreign to Clive, the test he was supposed to take was even more bizarre. "It was prehistoric," he said. " It was hairdressing from the dark ages."
Because of Clive's experience as an apprentice, he believes in hands-on cosmetology training. He said," I can tell you now, if one of my employees did one of those haircuts in the salon that they had to do to pass the state's test, they would probably be fired on the spot."
Clive would rather see parallel systems where students can learn the trade in a or in a salon.
Since his appointment to the Advisory Board on Cosmetology in 2006, Clive has advocated for fewer regulations, especially in the areas of hairbraiding and hairstyling. During the most recent legislative session, he worked tirelessly, but to no avail, on a bill that would have created a specialty liscense for hairstylists and an apprenticeship option for cosmetology students.
"The rules and statutes have become far too complicated," Clive said. "I think too many beauty schools are looking to keep the rules and statutes in place because they see profit."