To commemorate the salon industry while inspiring creativity, Taz Hair Co. hosted its 10th annual Taz Muse event on October 28, 2024, in Toronto.
Held at St. Paul’s Church, the event was hosted by the Taz Hair Co. salon team, including Frank and Carol Cini, Daniel Naumovski and Norm Wright.
In celebration of the salon’s 27th year in business and event’s 10th anniversary, the theme for this year was Chronology: Decades of Style, which underlines the importance of reflecting on the history of hair to help predict future trends.
“[This event] is paying homage to all the other hairdressers, icons and fashion,” says Frank Cini, co-owner of Taz Hair Co., and the winner of the 2025 Contessa award for Elite Master Hairstylist. “We love merging all the pop culture, music, fashion and hair to see how they evolve together.”
“You don’t know where you’re going if you haven’t learned where you come from,” adds Naumovski, co-owner of Taz Hair Co. “Learning from the past inspires us for the future.”
The team invited guests to take a trip back in time with a retrospective runway show that featured iconic hairstyles and fashion from different decades. From ’20s bobs to ’60s boho waves to ’80s mullets to the ombré and balayage looks of the 2010s, the show concluded with a glimpse into the future with innovative styles in black, white and metallic tones, topped with 3D and robotic hairpieces that added to the futuristic feel.
Among the attendees were Kao Canada’s associate director of education, Kathy Reilly, education manager and key accounts, Linda Lorenzoni, and senior national sales manager, Laura de Sousa.
Following the runway show, the event featured a masterclass education presentation by Kien Hoang, principal artist of global design for Oribe, who shared insights about the looks he created for New York Fashion Week.
The first look was Hoang’s modern interpretation of the Bouffant, an iconic, dramatic hairstyle that was popular in the 1960s. “It was a look that I did for New York Fashion Week for The Blonds,” he says. “The collection’s vision board was about voluminous hair, with Elizabeth Taylor, the ’60s, and voluminous bouffants.”
To build up the exaggerated volume required for this look, Hoang worked with a base of one low ponytail and one high ponytail, which were secured with stretched-out hair donuts, as well as three hair rollers at the top section, covered by a wig. He then used Oribe’s Dry Texture Spray and back-combing techniques for added volume and texture before topping it all with a large black bow.
The second look, Raindrops, was part of a partnership between Marrisa Wilson and Oribe. Based on the fashion designer’s Guyanese-American heritage, the collection featured bold prints and vibrant colours in the theme Of Many Waters.
“It was about [Wilson’s] country and the rainforest, and just trying to take everybody through the journey of the rainforest and the Amazon,” says Hoang. “Creating these beautiful droplets into the hair.”
To include the crystal bead accessories, Hoang sectioned out the top crown in the bang area into a deep diagonal section. For the top of each section, he created loose braids to allow for root movement, using braiding and threading techniques to attach the crystal beads. The idea was to have the raindrops effect and create a box around the face for a vintage, ’20s feel. For his presentation, Huong removed some of the crystals in the original look and released some of the hair for added volume and texture, finishing it with hairspray.
For his third and final look, Hoang began with showcasing his own mood board.
“[This] look was really about me just putting together what I’m inspired by right now,” he says. “The museums I’ve been through all over the world and what I saw, and little bits of things I wanted to incorporate and share with the creative team at Taz.”
For this look, Hoang began sectioning the hair in three parts—creating a side part and two back sections into a low and high ponytails, which were flat-ironed with mousse at the roots for extra volume. Then, he demonstrated how to secure a ponytail by wrapping it with a cord, which he later used to reshape the three ponytails by folding them back and forth, adding a twist into the look. Hoang then added hair attachments—wefts of hair cut into the desired flat shape, placed on the floor, sprayed and air dried—secured with pins and cords. He finished the look by accessorizing the hair with belt buckles for an innovative and edgy result.
Photos: Rebeka Massry and Salon Staff
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