Militia
CONTESSA GALLERY John Jen Hoe Chong speaks about his killer images Edited by Morella Aguirre
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MOVEMENT. THE CROWN
models themselves. Inspiration also came from
“THIS IS MY FAVOURITE IMAGE. I THINK SHE REPRESENTS THE FEELING OF OUR COLLECTION THE BEST.” TECHNIQUE: A RAZOR CUT
OF THE HEAD WAS ACCENTUATED BY SHORTER
e call our collection Militia. It’s a series
of strong and fierce images mostly inspired by the military fashion trends, which I believe we took to
PIECES. THE FRINGE
the next level. The models became renditions of
WAS EMPHASIZED BY
how we think futuristic militants may look.
DISCONNECTED PIECES AND
Working and communicating as a team became
COLOUR PLACEMENT.
an imperative part of the process. Colourists
COLOUR: CRYSTAL BROWN
Crystal Brown and Alann Sluser and I got started with a series of meetings. We worked together and communicated our ideas, not only with each other but also with our makeup artist, Giancarlo Intini, and our photographer, Babak. The vest our models are wearing actually belongs to Babak, who suggested using it after we discussed our idea. I can’t stress the importance of this type of teamwork enough. By building a team of people with different strengths you will create great things. The actual styling process began with the cut; colour was placed afterwards. Crystal and Alann worked with panels or blocks of colour rather than highlights. Colour placement was determined by the cut itself and was designed to enhance the style’s quirks and shapes. We think we’ll see more of this type of colour treatment. Long gone are the days of “only your hairdresser knows for sure.” If you’re fashionable, your hair will be coloured in an obvious way.
HAIR: JOHN JEN HOE CHONG COLOUR: CRYSTAL BROWN AND ALANN SLUSER MAKEUP: GIANCARLO INTINI PHOTOS: BABAK april 06 < salon
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