Up-town glitz from saks art team

If you're wondering whether Andrew Barton was pushed onto the stage for the unveiling of the Saks Art Team Indulgence collection, then the answer is no. He walked onto the stage on his crutches, but he did have a member of the team behind him armed with a chair that he could present from.

As for the collection, it consists of four looks for girls and for two guys and, as the Indulgence name suggests, is sheer decadence, sophistication and up-town glitz.

Saks predict the end of the wash-and-go days and a return to more high maintenance looks; less emphasis on the straightening irons and more emphasis on good old-fashioned blow drying; and a shift away from overly texturised hair toward hidden disconnection and that is apparant throughout the Indulgence collection.From the shortest cut, the Amara, to the long and glamourous Trixie and Astra, the looks were complemented with a full head of colour - blonde in the models' cases - and veiling of contrasting colour. In keeping with the decadence theme, the colour techniques took their names from cocktails - Candy and Champagne Fizz most caught my eye!As for men, there was the big contrast between a military-inspired look with a severe parting and a less harsh with soft outlines and emphasis on the fringe.To leave you with something to think about, one of the mantras the Art Team uesd to help them create Indulgence was 'There's no such thing as an ugly woman, just a lazy one'. I'd love to know if that's something you've learned from your salons...