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"   When I went backstage yesterday at Abaet\u00E9 the two things that stood out to me were their faux-hawked French braids and brow-less faces. To satisfy my curiosity, I started digging for answers. &amp;quot;Laura was inspired by 18th century, post-French Revolution Dandies,&amp;quot; says Dave Cruz, lead hairstylist for Redken. &amp;quot;She was emailing me these great pictures and I saw this one of a guy\u2014it was a profile shot\u2014and it looked like he had a little bit of a Mohawk with a braid on the back of his head. Clearly, it was a wig or something, but it looked so cool!&amp;quot; Taking the photo as inspiration, Cruz created a do that he humorously refers to as that of an &amp;quot;18th century French rock star.&amp;quot;   As for the absence of brows, makeup artist Tina Turnbrow for beauty.com says she downplayed arches in order to feminize the look. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re taking tarte&amp;#039;s ReCreate foundation\u2014it&amp;#039;s got a lot of coverage\u2014and we&amp;#039;re using that on the brow,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;Lightening the eyebrows immediately softens the face. A heavy, dark eyebrow gives you a much more masculine look so I simply decided to take it away.&amp;quot;   \u2014Emily Hebert    Click here to see the Fall 2009 Fashion Week Roundup "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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