It's all in a day's work for Lady Amelia Windsor – hair transformations and all. The model is more than used to switching up her look for the various photoshoots that she stars in for her day job, but the 27-year-old royal's latest hair style was a cut above the rest.
Featuring in a series of images created in collaboration between contemporary artist Claire Luxton and sustainable jewellery brand Salome, Lady Amelia looked picture perfect in a campaign for its Natural Renaissance collection.
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The limited-edition line incorporates historic jewellery motifs from the Elizabethan and Renaissance ages, including "playful Swarovski scarab beetles, which embody the concept of protection, existence and growth".
Hello! Fashion caught up with artist Claire Luxton as well as hair and makeup specialist Lilia Mullinger to find out how Lady Amelia Windsor's Renaissance-inspired look came about.
What was the inspiration behind Lady Amelia's look?
© Photo: Instagram"My initial ideas and research took inspiration from Botticelli’s ‘Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci’ and elements of the natural world, weaving this into a modern context with my signature practice, informed by each sitter. Lighting was at the core of each portrait working to capture a Vermeer style with a contemporary twist, playing with painterly techniques in a physical and digital way," Claire explains.
In turn, hair and makeup specialist Lilia created inspiration boards based around Claire's Vermeer-inspired narrative. "Primarily focusing on a clear complexion, with a modern purity essence portrayed through a romantic placement of makeup and hair styles," she explains.
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How to achieve Lady Amelia's weave ponytail
"In the Renaissance it was thought that hair 'inflamed desire', so for Lady Amelia's hair, it was important to capture this element in a very modern sense. I was very inspired by tapestry-weaving in particular," Lilia explains.
"My assistant Lauren Garfitt created tight curls using a chopstick styler wand, and it was then brushed out to create a very fluffy romantic texture. We then weaved the hair into a six-strand ponytail weave, leaving the ponytail out towards the mid to ends to create the illusion of 'flames of desire', allowing pieces to fray naturally at the edges much like how you’d find that texture on old tapestry pieces where they pull and unravel at the edges from extended use and age. The style came together with lots of dry texture spray, my absolute favourite is by a brand called Kristin Ess - I couldn't be without it," Lilia says.
How to achieve Lady Amelia's flushed makeup look
"Renaissance women would make secret beauty recipes to depict the look of the time, so for me I made my own little 'recipe' by mixing together Glossier's Cloud Paint in the shade 'Puff' with Charlotte Tilbury's Beauty Light Wand in 'Spotlight' to create a soft pink glow through the eyes, cheekbones and lips, creating an essence of purity and romance that was often displayed in those times through the art that we view today," Lilia explains.
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