Vogue India June 2019

176 VOGUEINDIAJUNE 2019 http://www.vogue.in

FORGET ME NOT

Onefloweris nice.A fewflowersarelovely.But

severalwholebouquets?That’sa celebration.

Recineboughtthesebunchesasyousee

themhereandsimplypinnedtheirstemstoa

lowbunatthebackofthehead.What’sthat

expression?Oh,yeah:Themorethemerrier.>

We’rereclaimingtheCoachellacliché.Be-

forea wreathof bloomsbecamesocialme-

diafodder,tuckingaflower(or40)inyour

hairwasa richculturaltraditionthattel-

egraphedlove, purity, good fortune...may-

bea little madness.TheGrecian laurel,

theUkrainianvinok,theHawaiianhaku

lei—theyeach speak a symboliclanguage

oftheirown.We challengedthebrilliant

hairstylist(and also sculptor,clearly)Bob

Recine to take them—andmany armloads

ofblooms—as inspiration. Here,he pre-

sentstwogorgeousnewwaystowearflow-

ersasacrown.(Justdon’tcallthemflower

crowns.)

STYLIST:

JAIME

KAY

WAXMAN.

HAIR:

BOB

RECINE.

MAKEUP:

KANAKO

TAKASE.

MANICURE:

RICA

ROMAIN.

MODEL:

JEAN

CAMPBELL.

PROP

STYLIST:

PHILIPP

HAEMMERIE