Kate Middleton’s hairstylist is revealing how to get her “grown-up chic” ‘do.
When Kate, 40,handed out an awardon behalf ofQueen Elizabethat the Design Museum in London earlier this month, she traded her signature bouncy blowout for a straight style with her face-framing pieces pulled back. The Duchess of Cambridge’s personal hairstylist Richard Ward is now breaking down what went into the tucked behind the ear look.
“This was grown-up chic to die for,” Ward said in a column for theDaily Mail. “Pulling the Duchess’s hair back like that opened up her face, showing off her gorgeous bone structure in a striking manner. Her jewelry popped, and so did her eyes.”
Ward added, “She’s already so beautiful, but this style elevated her good looks to a glamorous whole other level.”
Ward said the key is a good blow dry with “any last kink or hint of frizz smoothed out with products and hair straighteners” then gelling or waxing the hair into place “one small section at a time.”
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A loyal client of Richard Ward for more than a decade, Kate was a college student datingPrince Williamwhen she first started going to Ward’s eponymous salon, situated just off London’s King’s Road.
Ward famously styled Kate’s hair for her 2011 wedding toPrince William, perfectly a demi-chignon for her walk down the aisle.
“When she walked back into Buckingham Palace and her hair was all still in place, I cannot tell you the relief we all felt!” the hairdresser latertold PEOPLE.
Prince William and Kate Middleton on their wedding day in 2011.Chris Jackson/Getty
Despite millions around the world watching the nuptials, Ward also recalled that he has “seen brides far more nervous that Catherine!”
“She was fantastic — she kept us calm, not the other way round!” he said.
source: people.com
