SEAGULL SALON NYC Beauty & Culture Blog

SEAGULL CLIENT OF THE WEEK: EMILY GOULD

We scarcely know where to begin in introducing Seagull Client of the Week Emily Gould, as her impossibly prolific output encompasses so many of our hot-button issues: Feminism. Boundaries. Writing. Finance.  Literary criticism. The ups and downs of living in NYC. Entrepreneurship. Storytelling. Twitter. Tumblr. Fleetwood Mac. 

recent tweet from a day in NYC that was full of weird dry thunder

Waaaay back in the late aughts, Emily transitioned from working at a publishing house to becoming a standout voice in a ballooning blogosphere that had recently, seemingly instantaneously supplanted print media as everyone's preferred mode of reading. Her writing on her own blog Emily Magazine, and subsequent stint editing and majorly enlivening Gawker, led to her forever influencing how we think and write, on and about, The Internet. Under crushing scrutiny, she publicly negotiated privacy and boundary issues as a writer before most had ever debated whether or not to use real names on Twitter. 

 

She went on to write a must-read book and to create an original business model with Emily Books, an online independent bookstore specializing in e-book selections, curated with literary insider's taste and boundless enthusiasm by Emily and her equally book-obsessed BFF/business partner. To browse the Emily Books website or Tumblr is to stumble into a million fractals containing not only books a person can feel tempted to buy, but countless essays and excerpts and new authors to check out and other mysterious literary Tumblrs to get sucked into. Likewise Emily's own Tumblr, full of hilariously astute observations about writing, food, smashing the patriarchy, cats, and braving the totebag capital of the world.

Earlier in the year we realized Emily and Seagull shared an undeniable connection via the far-reaching, veil-thinning filaments of Twitter, when three out of five of her Five Random People I Follow On Twitter post on The Awl were two Seagull friends and one Seagull owner.

 So we were psyched when she finally visited the salon IRL this week, and even more psyched on this major color she got with our creative color expert Carly, who gave her a gorgeous barely blush-pink allover platinum blonde. It definitely looks every bit as good in real life as it does on the internet.

xo,

Molly,

SEAGULL SALON

Genesis

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge models a fresh shoulder length haircut with bangs by Shaun. 

Genesis will DJ a set with fellow Psychic TV / Thee Majesty member Morrison Edley tomorrow night at Salvor Projects.

 

xo,

Molly,

SEAGULL

Cotton Candy

In concocting this elegant shock of downy, beyond-platinum hair, Seagull stylist and colorist Carly proves once again that she is the NYC go-to for platinum and creative blonde. The ever-so-slight cotton candy cast to these locks is the result of expert toning after the perfect platinum level has been achieved. The pinky hue fades into dreamy white blond over time. A subtly tailored short cut also by Carly completes the coif for a pretty amazing total look.

xo,

Molly,

SEAGULL

Kimi

Perennial Seagull fave Kim whipped out her camera yesterday after her salon time to capture some impromtu snaps of Shaun's goth tween day look. He's been doing her hair forever and has been the subject of her analog photography before. 

After their session, she was kind enough to let me turn my camera on her even though her hair was wet (she has those Botticelli curls that don't require a blowout) so I could document HER amazing safari print dress and steampunky goggly circle shades.

Shaun thinks she looks like "Marilyn Manson's cooler blonde niece" in this pic--that's heavy praise coming from a guy in a circa-high-90s Smashing Pumpkins t-shirt. I think she looks like a supermodel. 

xo, Molly

SEAGULL

Sand Pig

Pearl went to Fire Island, one of her favorite places in the world. She prefers the relaxed pace of Cherry Grove to the party scene at the Pines--fewer distractions to interrupt her morning victory laps and beachcombing sessions.

XOXO

SEAGULL

BLONDE TALK:: MADE OVER

Incredible bombshell color change just in time for summer, brilliantly executed by our resident blonde whisperer Luke.

Before:

After!

 

Client of the Week

We declare Seagull friend and perennial inspiration Soraya Shah our Client of the Week in recognition of this amazing tableau, which was captured at the launch of her handwoven fabric line Studio Four Textiles. That's Soraya front and center, working gold pailletes and two tone platinum vis-á-vis a backdrop of male models draped in skirts whipped up from the fabrics she designed! Haircolor by Luke; all textiles (Orinoco, Rio Grande and Zambezi, respectively, pictured below) and cool life by Soraya. Click pic to enlarge and get the full effect of this tapestrified neutral and gold vision.

xo,

Molly,

SEAGULL

"Haircuts are Luxuries"

Seagull VIP client Genesis Breyer P-Orridge holds forth in NY Mag's Daily Intel about life in New York, bedtimes, and bonding over hairdos with Ivanka Trump-- plus a nice little shoutout to Seagull. Thanks girl!

xo,

SEAGULL

(photo: Todd Crawford)

Blonde Talk

Luke created this gorgeous dreamspun-blonde gossamer hair yesterday.

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SEAGULL

Blonde Talk

Here's a triptych of pale platinum mastery created by Luke, demonstrating his prowess at toning blonde to even the chilliest Sedgwick-ian shades while maintaining hair's natural softness and luster.

  

xo,

Molly,

SEAGULL