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VAIN Photo Shoot Me: Group IV

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

We’re overdue for introducing our next group in the collaborative series. If you missed our previous posts, VAIN hairstylists got together to envision six different photo shoots – all in one day.

Group IV was over the top – color, extensions, hairpieces, and a snake.

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Megyn, Sarah B, and Kelly were the talent behind this seductive + colorful explosion. Kelly even pulled double duty, appearing as a model as well as a stylist.

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The beautiful butterfly hairpieces were courtesy of Sweet Revenge + are available for purchase in the VAIN boutique!

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Such a visually stunning shoot ended in style, tearing the twins apart in faux fighting fashion.

Do you need color? Extensions? Some over the top accents? Call our front desk to visit Megyn, Sarah B, Kelly, or any of our VAIN stylists. Give us a head’s up, though, if you plan on bringing your pet snake.

xo,

VAIN

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VAIN Photo Shoot Me: Group III

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Continuing our blog series on our “Photo Shoot Me” collaborative day, we bring you the works of Bash, Aubrie, and VAIN assistant + photo model Amy.

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Looking at the photo, you wouldn’t know you weren’t in 1977 New York. From the oh-my-goodness-that’s-real Vivienne Westwood bag in the corner, to the flask on the ground, to the hint of defiance Amy conveyed with her eyes, this group gave incredible attention to detail.

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Another hallmark of the era as they play around with some sexually charged gender bending.

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The group also collaborated with Felicity from Kevin Murphy, and makeup by the Lady Bob. Photos by Sarah Jurado.

Want to have these VAIN stylists create a look from your own favorite era? Call our front desk Downtown at 206.441.3441 and connect directly with ’77… or any time + style.

xo,

VAIN

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VAIN Photo Shoot Me: Group II

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Today we present the creations of VAIN stylists Jenny Slay, Valentine, and William.

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Model: Jackie // Stylists: Jenny + Valentine // Makeup: the Lady Bob

The group utilized the strength + beauty of Native American imagery, with a touch of edginess ala Mad Max.

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Model: August // Stylist: William // Makeup: the Lady Bob

To achieve August’s look William started by glueing in wafts of hair, then used the Kevin Murphy Hair Resort to give it extra oomph. He finished up with KM’s Session Spray + VOILA! Over the top, up high, beautiful hair.

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Group II

Just as with Group I, we had Felicity on hand for expert volumizing, feather placing, model posing, and good-mood-creating. VAIN loves you, Felicity!

Photography by Sarah Joann Murphy

Though doing photo shoots on this grand scale aren’t an everyday event at VAIN, creating unique + inspiring looks IS. Visit us at either location for the style of your dreams.

xo,

VAIN

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VAIN Photo Shoot Me: Group I

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Last week Felicity, Kevin Murphy’s right hand lady, joined us for an all day photo project. The VAIN stylists signed up for the event were divided into six groups, each one choosing their own vision for the setup. Our day started with the creations of VAIN ‘s own Liza Jo, TT, and Sam.

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Model: Isis

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Makeup: Lady Bob

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We loved having Felicity’s trained eye + experience on hand for our shoots. It was a demanding day, with tight schedules and a need for well thought out ideas to express before the camera. Each group delivered gorgeous results – starting with Isis’ impactful color seen here.

Congratulations to all of our stylists on such a successful, creative, beautiful day. More coming soon!

Photos by our own Sarah Joann Murphy

xo,

VAIN

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My Rights: Faces of Freedom – This Saturday at VAIN Downtown

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

VAIN, FlashVolunteer*, and the ACLU of Washington join forces to bring you an exceptional photo exhibit and super simple steps to do your part.

For the month of April, Vain will house Mychal Richardson’s portraits of courageous individuals from all across Washington who fought for their rights and the rights of others. Their willingness to take a stand for freedom, fairness, and equality has made the path easier for those who follow. The ACLU is proud to have represented them.

This Saturday we will celebrate the opening of this inspiring exhibit from 1 to 6 pm at our Downtown location. Events like this are the keystone of VAIN’s mission of integrating art + community + social activism. We hope you can join us, and get involved!

xo,

VAIN

*FlashVolunteer is a local Seattle organization that seeks to inspire neighborhood-focused volunteerism through the use of user-friendly, barrier-free, online tools that connect volunteers to neighborhoods, nonprofits to volunteers and people to projects.

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Baby belly in the felted forest

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

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Parents-to-be standing in What We Do Is Also Secret, the needle-felted art installation above VAIN downtown. Photo and glow expertly captured by local photographer Sarah Joann Murphy. Installation open for photo ops and general enjoyment through this Saturday.

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And Party E-ver-y-day!

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

A couple Saturdays ago, VAIN celebrated our Rocktober art gallery opening! Visitors enjoyed the rock-inspired art work and were treated to free gravity-defying hair-dos by our Guerilla Hair team: Sam, William, and Cassie. Dj Kingblind had a choice selection of tunes going, and in the spirit of things, we took it to the next level and invited people to play Rock Band the game. Thanks to everyone who came out! Here are a few photos from the event:

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Frank Mullen’s amazing Rock photography | Photo by My Vu

Liza Rocks!
Liza Jo on the faux drums
Hair by William | Photo by My Vu

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Guerilla Hair: Sam works that Bouffant
Photo by Josh Buesseler

In case you missed your chance to stop by, the current show will be on display through November 30th while the pieces last!

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Mark Your Rocktober Calendars!

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

VAIN Rocktober!!!
Get ready to rock, Seattle peeps! Vain Art Gallery and Kingblind.com are bringing you a Rock & Roll tribute on Saturday October 18th 3-8pm. There will be electrifying art! There will be hot hair styling! There will be Rock Band gaming! Check out our vintage rock themed treasures and 15% off our boutique items!

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VAIN’s graffiti wall: now with frog!

Monday, September 8th, 2008

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VAIN wall, 1st Ave. Photo by Tyler Soverns.

More pictures of the great graffiti wall painting of ’08 are now up on VAIN’s Flickr page. Check ‘em out.

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The (Seattle) Sound of VAIN

Friday, August 29th, 2008

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Style in Still Life. Photo by Genevieve Pierson for Seattle Sound magazine.

Check out the September issue of Seattle Sound magazine for an awesome Fall fashion spread featuring hair by VAIN downtown + Ballard senior stylist Jenny Slay and makeup by VAIN’s resident makeup artist Christine Cherbonnier.

The photo shoot took place at some of VAIN’s favorite independent art spaces (including, you guessed it, VAIN’s gallery adjacent to our downtown salon), and the result is a series of striking images + sculpted style sure to inspire your next hair or makeup appointment, appearance at an art gallery event, or city night out this Fall. So take a look and witness VAIN’s hair.makeup.art power in print!

Seattle Sound’s “Style in Still Life” Fall Fashion spread is in the magazine’s September issue, currently on newstands around Seattle.

VAIN note: due to a completely avoidable typo/brain lapse on our part, Jenny Slay’s VAIN start date was incorrectly listed in the issue by, oh, ABOUT NINE YEARS. Jenny Slay has been with VAIN since 1998. An actual decade. That, along with her amazing hair skills, is why she’s our senior stylist. Duh.

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Take your hot hair to this photography show!

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

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You say good-bye, I say hey Sarah Murphy- nice picture: Mudhoney in action.

VAIN’s very own Sarah Joann Murphy, photographer royale and She Who Makes Things Happen For Stylists & Clients Alike at both VAIN locations, has a series of her awesome live music photos on display at Ballard’s Tigertail bar starting this week.

Her pictures are part of You Say Good-Bye, I Say Hello, a group show of live performance shots also featuring the work of talented photographers Jenny Jimenez and Laura Musselman, curated by music writer & KEXP DJ Hannah “Rocket Queen” Levin.

The show opens with a reception open to the public at Tigertail this Thursday, August 7th from 7—10 pm with members of local band The Cops on DJ duty. VAIN will be there in full force (just look for the hot hair- that’s us) and we hope you will be, too. See you by the rock shots!

Tigertail is located at 704 NW 65th in Ballard. Photography on display through September 30.

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Deuce 7 mural at VAIN downtown

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

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Nice hair: Deuce 7 art on VAIN’s back door.

Graffiti artist + train spotter Deuce 7 was in town last week for the opening of his show at BLVD Gallery in Belltown and did an amazing mural on the back wall of VAIN. Check out the full set of photos on BLVD’s Flickr site and a recent Village Voice article on how Deuce 7′s graffiti has taken NYC by storm for more.

Deuce 7′s “Pneumonia, Isolation, and Disorder” show runs at BLVD through Aug 2- 2316 2nd Ave, Seattle. Big pieces going fast, small pieces still available. Mural up at VAIN dowtown until it it’s gone- 2018 1st Ave, out back.

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