April 7, 2017

Last of New York’s Master Wigmakers

Nicholas Piazza keeps 600 pounds of hair in his Staten Island garage. He stores it in plastic bins and cardboard boxes, opposite the fishing supplies. “Got […]
March 9, 2017

Rituals: Watch Rick Owens Dye His Hair

The fashion designer Rick Owens cuts a striking figure. He’s always dressed in his own clothes — which at times have included floor-sweeping coats and boots […]
December 13, 2016

Interpreting Kanye West’s Blond ’Do

Kanye West, the rapper, fashion designer, showman and epic Twitter ranter, has maintained a low profile since canceling his “Saint Pablo” tour and being hospitalized in […]
November 15, 2016

On Beauty: A Radical Feminist Hair Salon With Serious Cool-Girl Cred

On Beauty By KAT HERRIMAN Johanna Fateman is most famous as a musician — she was the founder, with Kathleen Hanna, of the germinal feminist dance-punk […]
September 13, 2016

Backstage Beauty Report: Rodarte Brings Back Youthful, D.I.Y. Headbands and Barettes

Backstage Beauty Report By KARI MOLVAR The Rodarte designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy often spin a dreamy, youthful quality into their ethereal collections. At today’s spring/summer […]
August 17, 2016

Fighting Frizz? Then You Should’ve Put a Shower Cap on It.

Aly Walansky doesn’t care how ridiculous she may look. When she is running errands or heading to meetings and it begins to rain, she will reach […]
August 17, 2016

Skin Deep: Olympian Style Inspires Kids and Some Adults

Skin Deep By CRYSTAL MARTIN Maddy Wiederkehr, 11, who lives in Westchester County, has been putting her hair up in a tidy Aly Raisman-style topknot since […]
August 15, 2016

Their Hair Fell Out. Should the F.D.A. Have the Power to Act?

WASHINGTON — When the Los Angeles hairstylist Chaz Dean pitched his almond mint and lavender-scented hair care products — endorsed by celebrities like Brooke Shields and […]
August 11, 2016

Social Q’s: May I Ignore Orders My Mother Says My Dead Nana Is Sending?

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES My single mother, 65, is selling the house where I grew up. She told me the buyers asked if they could […]
June 14, 2016

Margaret Heldt, Hairdresser Who Built the Beehive, Dies at 98

Margaret Vinci Heldt, a Chicago beautician who, with the aid of hair spray and a favorite hat, redefined coiffure for women of the 1960s and the […]