Redken Creative Consultant Guido Palau, a key collaborator in this year’s highly anticipated PUNK: Chaos to Couture exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, also conceptualized a key component of last night’s 2013 Costume Institute Benefit at the museum in celebration of the exhibit, which opens on Thursday.
Guido created hairstyles for the 50 living and breathing punks (25 male and 25 female models) who lined the Met’s grand staircase as guests entered the gala. The 50 individual hairstyles he created truly completed each look, setting up the theme of the unforgettable event with a distinctly punk presentation.
Coming to age in the era of punk in London in the 1970’s, Redken Creative Consultant Guido Palau says Punk was a very important influence for him; and like many of today’s great fashion designers, he’s since referenced the visual message of anarchy, chaos, and disregard that is everything punk in some way in almost every step of his career.
“Punk was everywhere when I was in my teens and it’s always been a source of inspiration for me. So when I was asked to style the Gala and create the headpieces for the exhibition, it was an era, and a style, that I already felt close to. I’ve always put a little punk in my work… whether it’s an energy, a feeling, or an actual element of the look.”
–Guido, Redken Creative Consultant
Photo Credit: Kevin Tachman.