Years of experimenting has finally led a Barcelona-based hairstylist to digitally print colourful intricate designs onto human hair
Ferrer styling the La Favorite extension
Alexis Ferrer started experimenting with hair printing in 2012, after being asked by a haircare brand to interpret a collection at that year’s International Trend Vision Awards. The aim was to “was to innovate with a technique not usually used in hairdressing,” and photographic printing on hair seemed like the perfect way to graphically tell a story. Ferrer’s first attempt managed to get a lot of attention in the world of fashion. The models paraded with the hair draped over their faces, and the extensions were fixed with a net to allow the hair to adapt to the movement of the model.
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Hair stylist Alexis Ferrer flaunting his printed hair extension
In 2017, for the 080 Barcelona Fashion Week, the Spanish hairdresser teamed up with designer Txell Miras, on a collection inspired by shipping containers and fishermen. This time, he had photographic portraits of bearded fishermen printed on long hair extensions, which was a first in the world of hairstyling. Then, earlier this year, Alexis Ferrer, showcased the most recent version of his hair printing technique, which now allows him to have colourful, vivid designs digitally printed onto human hair. Although the process was not revealed, the hairstylist described it as “a combination of artisanal styles mixed with technology”.
The La Favorite hair extension is inspired by the best fabrics for the French bourgeoisie during the XVIII century. Pics/Instagram
“I must admit that the first impressions on the hair were a challenge. It took two months to get good results with high definition. Mixing technology with our knowledge of crafts has allowed us to recreate those wonderful patterns on the hair,” says Ferrer. His latest collection of hair printed designs, called La Favorite, was inspired by “the best fabrics for the French bourgeoisie during the XVIII century,” and features a variety of Baroque-style motifs, like colourful peonies, butterflies, and birds. Hair printing isn’t yet available as a commercial service, but it’s definitely proof of the innovation made possible by technology in hairstyling and fashion in general.
As good as real
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This robot will deliver pizzas in Houston
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‘What’s monopoly doing on our floor?’
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A special ‘marriage act’
Taiwanese marries the same woman four times and divorces her thrice, to get extended paid leave
According to Taiwanese law, a person has the right to eight days paid work leave when they get married, which is exactly what one unnamed clerk received when he got married last year, on April 6. However, this clerk had other plans.
On the last day of his eight-day leave, the man divorced his wife, only to marry her again the next day and ask for another paid leave, to which he felt he was entitled to, by law. He went on to marry the same woman four times, and divorce her three times in 37 days, for a total of 32 days of paid leave. But, things didn’t go as smoothly. The bank he worked at, figured out what he was trying to do, so they refused to grant him another paid leave. The bank clerk filed a complaint against his employer at the Taipei City Labour Bureau. Incidentally, the bureau ruled that the bank had indeed violated the Labour Law.
Meet Polar bear’s cousin Pizzly
With climate change pushing polar bears towards the brink, nature has devised a new creature to help preserve the species—the pizzly bear. This polar bear-grizzly hybrid “is more resilient to climate change,” according to paleontologist Larisa DeSantis of Tennessee’s Vanderbilt University. The pizzly bear, identifiable by their off-white coat and elongated schnoz, were reportedly formed when melting sea ice forced the world’s largest land carnivore to migrate inland. There, they hooked up with grizzlies migrating north from Alaska. This could be why they mated with grizzly bears, whose jaws are better equipped to scavenge carcasses.
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