It’s style by fire.
Mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner’s latest sexting scandal once again turned him into a political sideshow act — but as his wife, Huma Abedin, stood by his side and defended him at a hastily planned press conference, her hair emerged as the mane event.
Abedin wore her glossy, dark locks in a messy-but-artful bun. The up-do looked cool, sophisticated and totally under control — when she needed it most.
“She’s not hiding behind her hair,” says famed stylist and midtown salon owner Louis Licari. “Picking up her hair lifts her face. She is a pretty chic girl — she’s got it going on.”
New York women are embracing Abedin’s hair, even if the controversy that made it famous makes them cringe.
“I love the bun. If I could find a way to make my hair look like Huma’s, I would be so happy,” said Washington Heights tutor and mom Kimberlie Trueblood, also a brunette. “She’s a really beautiful woman — she could get a way better man than Anthony Weiner.”
Abedin’s hair has been admired and tweeted about since 2011, and even the conservative National Review called her style “Kennedy glamour resurrected” and said she “looks awesome at a press conference.”
[h=4]Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage[/h][h=4]Then-Rep. Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin, whose hair has become a topic of conversation, were seen at the French ambassador's home in Washington, D.C., following the 2011 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.[/h]
Weiner’s mayoral campaign is the first time Abedin has been at the center of the political stage, but as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s close aide for more than a decade, she was always near the action.
Now that all eyes are on her, she’s even borrowing from the most fashionable First Lady. For campaigning Sunday, Abedin wore the same red-checked ASOS dress that Michelle Obama wore in 2012.
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One thing that hasn’t wavered, however, is Abedin’s hair. She is pictured as far back as 2007 with Clinton wearing the same tousled up-do. Between that and her reliance on deep red lipstick, she, like Clinton, has clearly learned what works on the go and what doesn’t (who can forget Hillary’s headbands?).
“She has naturally beautiful hair — straight and thick — that’s wash-and-wear,” said Sheila Aimette, vice president for U.S. content at trend-forecasting company WGSN. “She always looks pulled together and polished from head-to-toe, even under extreme circumstances.”
It’s a look that shouts confidence, says Oscar Blandi, owner of his namesake Madison Ave. salon.
“There are women who are pulled together and there are women who are just getting through the day,” says Blandi. “She doesn’t look like she’s trying to impress us. She doesn’t even look like she has blush on — she has other things to do.”
[h=4]Charles Dharapak/AP[/h][h=4]In January 2011, Huma Abedin had her hair down for her husband's ceremonial swearing-in at the 112th Congress in Washington, D.C.[/h]
The recent infatuation with Abedin and her hair might have something to do with other stylish brunettes of the moment, at least according to Licari.
“Guys really like brunettes. It’s their time — I hate to say it, but because of the Kardashians, brunettes look modern and very glamorous,” he said.
But unlike the TV stalwarts, this political mover-and-shaker stuns by keeping it simple.
“She’s a one-two-three girl,” he says. “Shower, comb, lipstick, clothes and out the door.”
Abedin’s hair is turning heads, but it’s just a fairly simple up-do, according to Edward Tricomi, co-owner of the Warren Tricomi salon at the Plaza Hotel.
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“It’s good when it’s hot, or when you’re under fire,” he says.
[h=4]Charles Dharapak/AP[/h][h=4]Huma Abedin with Hillary Clinton at a campaign rally in Charleston, W. Va., in 2008.[/h]
THE ABEDIN LOOK:
How to get Huma’s up-do
Huma Abedin’s hair is an eyecatching look — but it’s not hard to re-create, according to Edward Tricomi of the Warren Tricomi salon.
“The most complicated looks are often the most simple to do,” he says.
Here’s how to make it yours:
#1 Make a loose ponytail.
#2 Twist the elastic band around once, twice and, on the third time, don’t pull the hair through.
#3 Twist the bun and pull the hair apart for fullness. Pieces will separate for that draped look.
Mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner’s latest sexting scandal once again turned him into a political sideshow act — but as his wife, Huma Abedin, stood by his side and defended him at a hastily planned press conference, her hair emerged as the mane event.
Abedin wore her glossy, dark locks in a messy-but-artful bun. The up-do looked cool, sophisticated and totally under control — when she needed it most.
“She’s not hiding behind her hair,” says famed stylist and midtown salon owner Louis Licari. “Picking up her hair lifts her face. She is a pretty chic girl — she’s got it going on.”
New York women are embracing Abedin’s hair, even if the controversy that made it famous makes them cringe.
“I love the bun. If I could find a way to make my hair look like Huma’s, I would be so happy,” said Washington Heights tutor and mom Kimberlie Trueblood, also a brunette. “She’s a really beautiful woman — she could get a way better man than Anthony Weiner.”
Abedin’s hair has been admired and tweeted about since 2011, and even the conservative National Review called her style “Kennedy glamour resurrected” and said she “looks awesome at a press conference.”
Weiner’s mayoral campaign is the first time Abedin has been at the center of the political stage, but as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s close aide for more than a decade, she was always near the action.
Now that all eyes are on her, she’s even borrowing from the most fashionable First Lady. For campaigning Sunday, Abedin wore the same red-checked ASOS dress that Michelle Obama wore in 2012.
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One thing that hasn’t wavered, however, is Abedin’s hair. She is pictured as far back as 2007 with Clinton wearing the same tousled up-do. Between that and her reliance on deep red lipstick, she, like Clinton, has clearly learned what works on the go and what doesn’t (who can forget Hillary’s headbands?).
“She has naturally beautiful hair — straight and thick — that’s wash-and-wear,” said Sheila Aimette, vice president for U.S. content at trend-forecasting company WGSN. “She always looks pulled together and polished from head-to-toe, even under extreme circumstances.”
It’s a look that shouts confidence, says Oscar Blandi, owner of his namesake Madison Ave. salon.
“There are women who are pulled together and there are women who are just getting through the day,” says Blandi. “She doesn’t look like she’s trying to impress us. She doesn’t even look like she has blush on — she has other things to do.”
The recent infatuation with Abedin and her hair might have something to do with other stylish brunettes of the moment, at least according to Licari.
“Guys really like brunettes. It’s their time — I hate to say it, but because of the Kardashians, brunettes look modern and very glamorous,” he said.
But unlike the TV stalwarts, this political mover-and-shaker stuns by keeping it simple.
“She’s a one-two-three girl,” he says. “Shower, comb, lipstick, clothes and out the door.”
Abedin’s hair is turning heads, but it’s just a fairly simple up-do, according to Edward Tricomi, co-owner of the Warren Tricomi salon at the Plaza Hotel.
PHOTOS: HUMA ABEDIN THROUGH THE YEARS
“It’s good when it’s hot, or when you’re under fire,” he says.
THE ABEDIN LOOK:
How to get Huma’s up-do
Huma Abedin’s hair is an eyecatching look — but it’s not hard to re-create, according to Edward Tricomi of the Warren Tricomi salon.
“The most complicated looks are often the most simple to do,” he says.
Here’s how to make it yours:
#1 Make a loose ponytail.
#2 Twist the elastic band around once, twice and, on the third time, don’t pull the hair through.
#3 Twist the bun and pull the hair apart for fullness. Pieces will separate for that draped look.