StaffAt the live rendition of Lakmฤ Fashion Week, in collaboration with FDCI 2024, Lakmฤ Salon, the premier salon chain in India, joins forces with more than 11 emerging designers to craft customized hair and makeup collections. Emphasizing sustainability, creativity, and innovation, each ensemble is exclusively conceived by the National Creative Directors and the Backstage Heroes at Lakmฤ Salon to accentuate the designers’ collections.
Renowned as ‘The Backstage Heroes,’ the experts at Lakmฤ Salon have been pioneering avant-garde hair and makeup styles for esteemed Indian designers at the nation’s foremost fashion event for over two decades. This year marks the introduction of the aspirational talent program as Lakmฤ Fashion Week enters its 24th year. Comprising the finest in-house talent, the Backstage Heroes of Lakmฤ Salon remain abreast of the latest trends and aligned with their inventive flair.
In the current season, a team of more than 24 highly skilled Backstage Heroes from Lakmฤ Salon are exclusively crafting hair and makeup looks for 11 Runway and Atelier shows of the crรจme de la crรจme designers, including National Institute of Fashion Design, Fashion Design Council of India, Gaurang Shah, Arpita Mehta, Anushree Reddy, Geisha Designs by Paras & Shalini, Shahin Mannan, All You Can Street, Varun Chakkilam, Arvind Ampula, Sakshi Bhat, Saaksha & Kinni, Diksha Khanna, and Kalki, among others.
Over the years, Lakmฤ Salon has pioneered innovative and experimental looks in both hair and makeup collections, and this year is no exception. For this season’s showcase, Lakmฤ Salon has collaborated with Geisha Designs to unveil ‘The Elemental Symphony’ โ a collection inspired by the elements of nature. The team at Lakme Salon has crafted hair looks that serve as an extension of Geishaโs designs. The Backstage Experts have created hair looks characterized by the use of bold electric colors on real hair, gravity-defying shapes, finger-waving textures, and multiple lengths curated for high-fashion headgear, showcasing the style and completing the final look. Each hair and makeup ensemble perfectly complements the collection and embodies the designersโ vision of being ‘Unapologetically You.’
Lakmฤ Salon brings the backstage expertise and experience of Lakmฤ Fashion Week to modern Indian women through a team of over 5000+ highly trained professional stylists. With professionally trained hair and makeup experts boasting numerous shows under their belt and exceptional skin services, Lakmฤ Salons offer customers a distinctive portfolio of services and backstage trends presented in a unique Runway Secrets menu.
