Rika Gunawan has a revelation: she has been working on something new for her hair accessory brand, Republic of Pigtails. While we’re fully immersed in summer and party trends, the Indonesian designer is already preparing her exciting new collection of handmade hairpieces for Fall 2016. This autumnal collection will have a peculiar accent, she said to “Valens… per voi” it will bring people back to spring even in the coolest autumn days. All her designs are inspired by “Fall fashion but still have some Spring flair” as Rika describes them.The inspiration came unexpectedly one day, last October, while she was helping her daughter dressing, she continues “she didn’t like any…
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Indie creations: the “Republic of Pigtails” by Rika Gunawan
There’s an imaginary state where everyone loves dressing up, starting from the head, but with just one eco-friendly piece: the president is Rika Gunawan and her happy place is called “Republic of Pigtails”. RoP or better Republic of Pigtails is an independent fashion brand based in the New York area and on a community of mothers, daughters and sons, offering products that can be worn both from mothers and their little ones and even by pets! Republic of Pigtails was “founded” during a critical point in Rika’s life when she faced the hard economic reality and decided to continue with what she loved the most: designing. Ponytails are what may…
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Put a Nona in your hair (by Republic of Pigtails)
Ready for a new indie discovery? Today’s post is about a handmade hairclip from a shop called Republic of Pigtails that, as you can imagine from its name, sells hair pieces exclusively. What, just that? Not exactly, there’s more. There are loads of items, for all styles and occasions: from headbands to fascinators, from ties to hairclips, and some of them can be worn both by adults and little girls as in the case of Nona. Nona is a creation I won chez FashionKrush and it’s a lovely hairclip with multilayer-design and a nice vintage twist. It’s oval in shape and large approximately 8,50 cm, with a very sturdy alligator clip.…
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Trends: Feather hair extensions (yay or nay?)
Oggi vi parlerò di una moda che ha appassionato molti vip e che vedete molto spesso in giro per il web: le feather hair extensions. Sicuramente avrete visto Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Hilary Duff o Kesha indossare queste piume colorate.Anche gli uomini si sono lasciati affascinare dalle piume-estensioni, come il cantante Steven Tyler. No, aspetta. Lui è proprio l’unico uomo che io abbia mai visto in queste condizioni! 😀 Questa moda consiste nell’aggiungere ai propri capelli delle estensioni fatte di piume, sì da creare una capigliatura un pò “bohemien”. Semplici da usare, queste extension possono rimanere per mesi attaccati ai capelli naturali, grazie a perline cilindriche rivestite di silicone,…
