JAMO | BEAUTY
Center Parts Are Coming
your way this Season
There were two tools that won the popularity contest back-
stage at New York Fashion Week: Steady fingers and rat-tail
combs. Both were used by many stylists (and a few models)
to create center parts on symmetrical face after symmetrical
face. This is slightly alarming for those of us whose faces are
less perfectly symmetrical because a center part is not widely
regarded as flattering. “Does everyone have a middle part?”
an editor anxiously asked backstage at Longchamp during
an interview with Redken’s creative director Guido Palau. She
seemed to already know the answer, and Palau seemed to
sense her concern. “Everyone kind of just, optionally leaned
toward it … but, yes,” he replied. “It’s done with a finger, so it
feels easy,” he added as a consolation of sorts. Center parts
are also just inherently tricky. Professionals who work with
the genetically blessed say that finding your true center part
is difficult, even for them. “It’s one of the hardest things for
people to do,” said Gary Gill, the lead hairstylist responsible
for the center parts at 3.1 Phillip Lim. “I even take a while
sometimes,” he admits. Obviously, Fashion Week doesn’t
serve as a mandate to turn your world askew and change the
way your hair falls just because beautiful people look good
doing it. But should you feel inclined, fall 2019’s runways had
enough center-part inspiration every day for two weeks.
March 2019 | ISSUE 51