
Beauty
The Five-Point Cut: Vidal Sassoon and the Geometry of Hair
In 1963 a single short cut, built on five precisely placed angles, argued that hair could be engineered like architecture instead of dressed like upholstery.
Beauty at AWH Magazine treats makeup and hair as authored work rather than product placement. Pieces credit the artists, name the references, and explain how a face was constructed for a show, a campaign or a portrait. Suited to readers interested in image-making, not only in what to purchase.
Beauty as image-making: the artists who build a face for a show or a campaign, their references, their materials, and how a look reads in print.

In 1963 a single short cut, built on five precisely placed angles, argued that hair could be engineered like architecture instead of dressed like upholstery.