vogue.com (Lauren Valenti, 

With global uncertainty and White House mayhem reaching a crescendo this month, designers from New York to Paris did what they do best—turning their runways into a welcome avenue for a much-needed dose of escapism. Above the neck, too, they negotiated the fantasies of the Spring 2018 season with statements that fell into two camps: While some tapped into an unabashedly romantic new vision with eyes, cheeks, and lips swathed in pink or fairy-tale hip-grazing hair, others subverted the traditional notions of beauty with unabashed embellishment and coolly androgynous hair that’s chopped with abandon. Here, the eight hair and makeup trends that are about to go viral.

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