Lincoln Center, NYC THE Academy of Art University selectively allows soon to be- and recent graduates- a chance to display their skills on the runway in front of an enthusiastic crowd of supporters and industry pros who are clued in enough to attend this show-looking for future talented hires. Backstage- we first took in in the elaborate warrior princess hairstyles for the women-designed by Aveda 's Jon Reyman. This season-sewing the yarn trim into fishtail braids- twisted hair was involved . We lost track of all the sometimes complicated steps…but basically-the style is smoothed hair-with two side front pieces corn-rowed---"controlled in the front"----under a gathered into a back ponytail-then it all got twisted/braided into a -"messy in the back…" piece- pinned under. Jon Reyman orange, olive green or off white-sewn in-depending….pinned under The male models had deep side parts---with firm hold gel keeping it neat...