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Erie woman styles hair at Fashion WeekBY ERICA ERWINERIE TIMES-NEWSERIE - Jill Rietmann-Fosco honed her craft one curled ringlet at a time.She was 12, and her first model was her grandmother, a woman of infinite patience who let her granddaughter twist and contort her hair into any style imaginable.Eleven years later, Rietmann-Fosco has come a long way from her grandmothers living room - roughly 430 miles to the fashion tents of New York City’s Bryant Park.Rietmann-Fosco recently returned to Erie from the New York’s famed Fashion Week, an eight-day, semiannual celebration at which designers showcase their fall collections.A stylist and colorist at Erie's Hair Obsessions Salon, Rietmann-Fosco worked as a member of a team styling hair for three designers.G-Star wanted sleek, polished curls.Y Kei, a favorite clothing designer of Britney Spears, wanted a hair twist at the nape of the neck.And V'ivienne Tam wanted, well, everything - until she finally decided her willowy models would sport a simple ponytail.Cameras flashed, designers barked orders, and, in the middle of it all, Rietmann-Fosco juggled hair dryers, brushes and tubes of styling gel.“It was chaos, she said. Total chaos.Rietmann-Fosco earned the trip to Fashion Week after successfully completing a runway styling workshop offered by Aveda, the Blaine. Minn.-based hair and beauty-product company. Hair Obsessions is an Aveda salon, and owner Leslie Barney encourages all of her employees to take courses and workshops to improve their skills.Jills a very’ proactive young lady, Barney said. “That's one thing that separates us. ... The girls really have the opportunity to have more advanced education.ERIE TIMES NEWSHair stylist Jill Rietmann-Foscoworks on a customer at her Erie salon.Seeing models she helped style sashay down the runway was surreal, Rietmann-Fosco said.It was definitely a ‘wow’ feeling. she said.It was hard not to feel a little star-struck, too.There was Kristi Yamaguchi, the professional ice skater, walking by. And Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo, crossing 42nd Street.I couldn’t get my camera out in time, Rietmann-Fosco said.“I have pictures of the back of Kristi Yamaguehi’s head.”Even the portable toilets glistened.The Port-a-Potties were the most glamorous Port-a-Potties you’ve ever seen, Rietmann-Fosco said and laughed.Rietmann-Fosco plans to build on her experience by creating a portfolio and, eventually, freelancing for photographers.It's fun, it's beauty, she said.The best thing about this industry- is making people feel as wonderftil as thev are.
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Johnstown Tribune Democrat
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Mon, Feb 25, 2008
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