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Pristine Plaits at Erdem Spring 2020

"There's not a single hair out of place with this braid," hairstylist Anthony Turner said of the simple three-strand plaits he created at Erdem. The hairstyle — which featured a centre part, the hair over the ears, and a black bow tied around the bottom — was loosely inspired by an Italian photographer and silent-film actress from the 1930s named Tina Modotti, who wore her hair similarly. It also fit nicely underneath all of the impressive feathered hats that came down the runway.

Backstage, Turner prepped damp hair with L'Oréal Professionnel Mythic Oil (£13) and Pli Thermo-Modelling Spray (£16) before blow-drying it straight and flat against the head with his Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer (£300) — adding more Mythic Oil once the hair was completely dry. Then, to create the cleanest braid we've ever seen, before Turner would weave a section of hair into the braid, he would spray that strand with hairspray and blast it with the hair-dryer first. This "spray and bake" method, as he called it, not only kept flyaways slicked down, but it also kept the plait completely locked in place.