Summer 2012 Hair Trends

AFTER a month of back-to-back shows, the four major fashion weeks came to a close last night with Elie Saab's show in Paris.

And whilst the clothes may have garnered the most attention in the press, we've been keeping our beady eyes on what hairstylists - from Orlando Pita to Guido Palau - have been creating backstage to bring you our spring/summer 2012 hair trends round-up.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE HAIR TRENDS HERE

At one end of the scale minimalism looks set to be a winner for spring/summer 2012, whether in the sleek, slicked back styles at Victoria Beckham and Giambattista Valli, or the no-fuss centre-parted styles at Lacoste or Chloe. At the other end though, high impact hair was at its best in the bright painted up-dos at Thakoon and Narciso Rodriguez, or the bouffant beehives of Diane von Furstenberg.

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Style Michelle Obama

It's been over two years since Barack Obama was elected the first African-American President of the USA. Since then, the fashion focus on the First Lady's wardrobe has not diminished. And with her many style supporters, Michelle has propelled designers including Peter Pilotto, Jason Wu, Isabel Toledo, Thakoon and St Erasmus into the limelight.

SEE MICHELLE OBAMA'S STYLE FILE

A penchant for bare arms, high street brand J. Crew, oversized pearl necklaces, brooches and waisted belts has grown into an often emulated signature style and earned comparisons to Jackie Onassis as the chicest First Lady in the Whitehouse since the reign of the Kennedys. 

During the campaign trail for the preliminaries, Mrs Obama repeatedly won over the fashion critics with her fresh take on what a future First Lady should wear and, in doing so, provided a sartorial point of difference between herself and the likes of Hilary Clinton and Sarah Palin. Suddenly waisted belts, costume jewellery, high street brands and bare upper arms were on fashion's agenda.

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