Alaia brushed up her ponytail. Haider Ackermann’s thick Buch font. And, of course, Marc Jacobs’ ultra-luxe doll hair and Maison Margiela’s haute couture show. These were all the topics at Vogue magazine’s 2024 Forces of Fashion session with hairstylist, no, hair artist Duffy.
The session, jokingly named “The Hair Apparent,” stretched back to the beginning of Duffy’s career. “I met a hairdresser when I was 13,” he said. “My mother put me on a train to London and walked me to Vidal Sassoon.” From there, he began an apprenticeship at a salon, cleaning, making tea, and washing towels. It was also when he met Eugene Sleeman, “who was one of the greatest men of his time and is still a god to me,” Duffy says. It was also the opportunity for me to learn about runway hairstyling.
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“For me, beauty is about complementing others in a creative environment,” Duffy says of her workflow, his amazing team, and makeup artist Pat McGrath (also known as “Mother”). The artist spoke about the joy of frequently collaborating with him (he had recently been assigned to the military). stage an hour before him). “It’s not about curls or a little backcomb. For me, styling your hair is about what you can do to change the silhouette of the person in front of you.”
