Sassoon academy wow at wella hush club

Wella Hush Club teamed up with the Sassoon Academy team to showcase their latest SS17 Academy Collection, Underpass and Salon Collection, Urbane to an intimate audience. Sassoon Senior Creative Director, Silvia Salerno, and Colour Director Pink Grubb, took to the stage to present six models demoing live cutting and highly creative colour work, Silvia said. “A lot of people associate us with blunt cuts and straight hair, but there’s a lot of texture in this collection." The cuts celebrated the Sassoon heritage and were inspired by some of the key iconic looks created over the decades, with an original 2017 twist. The duo explained how the collection was also inspired by the Helmut Lang 1997 show, with a strong 90's vibe to the collection. Texture, movement and a lot of colour mapping taking large sections, results in pretty, wearable hair that gave the audience plenty of inspiration to take back to the salon. “There’s a truly multi-tonal feel to this collection, but the sections are large and less intricate than previous seasons. The finished look is very pretty still and there’s a lot of scope to use this technique in the salon,” added Pink. Pink explained that the Colour Mapping technique works with large graphic sections of colour placed next to one another over the head. “Colours of the same tone follow a slow transformation, diffusing through to give softness to the look and building the shape,” he said. In addition to watching their incredible talents live in action, this also gave guests a rare insight into working within Sassoon Academy, how they develop collections, and the processes behind many of its iconic looks.