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Modern Renaissance Ponytails at Preen by Thornton Bregazzi Autumn 2020

Hairstylist Eugene Souleiman was also inspired by Renaissance paintings and statues of women, and similar to Bryant, he wanted to do it in a way that felt minimal, new, and a bit tougher than the soft, floaty-looking hair you'd see in a Raphael painting at say, the National Gallery.

To do that, Souleiman mimicked a Renaissance hairstyle — with the hair sectioned off in front of the ears (and actually looped underneath them as well) and gathered into a low ponytail. But then he coated it with tons and tons of hairspray. "We're using hairspray like a gel, literally holding the can right next to the head so that the hair is supershiny and hard and perfect," he explained. Souleiman then braided the ponytail and let it stay like that while the models were getting their makeup done — taking it out right before the show. "It's the hardest thing to do, something that feels so simple but is technically really complicated," he said of the final look.