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To say that ELECTRIC HOUSE lived up to its power-charged name would be an understatement.

Always masterful at balancing her moody punk aesthetic with vibrant whimsy, Sui debuted a feast of light-as-air patch-worked floral patterns. For the accompanying hairstyle, R+Co co-founder Garren sought inspiration in the whipped updos portrayed in turn-of-the-20th-century Gibson Girls illustrations.

We asked R+Co co-founders Howard McLaren, Garren and Thom Priano to share their favorite under-the-radar NYC haunts so you can enjoy some of what makes this city electric.

Andrew Katz is teaming up with R+Co to produce Electric House, a live theatrical exploration of hair’s place in the not-so-far-away future.

The latest addition to R+Co offers a veritable bouquet of hair benefits, which is why R+Co collaborated with florist Brittany Asch for the design of CENTERPIECE.

Are you ready to be electrified? If a creative spark is what you need in the here and now, you’ll find it at Electric House, R+Co’s barrier-breaking, new immersive education experience that grants you a view of hairdressing in the next millennium.

Sally Draper, no longer: Actress Kiernan Shipka has shed her ingénue status as “Mad Men” teen in exchange for Netflix series lead of the supernatural hit “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.”

Inspired by the tongue-in-cheek theme, hairstylist Rosibel Argueta, who styled TV host Giuliana Rancic using R+Co products, took one look at Rancic’s soft pink vinyl dress and thought: Barbie.

Garren Shares How to Get His Sky-High Hairstyles from Harper’s Bazaar “The Rise of Big Hair”

We are thrilled to announce a collab between R+Co and the West Coast fashion destination cu-rated by none other than our new collective member and L.A. native, Ashley Streicher!

And then there were four: R+Co is pleased to announce the addition of celebrity hairstylist and Striiike co-founder Ashley Streicher to The Collective.

In the colorful world of Anna Sui, anything goes—and that includes spunky, ROYGBIV-dyed wigs raised to the roof and delightfully topped with a petite bow.

Irish wools and Italian tweeds painstakingly distressed to appear as though they’ve withstood a trans-Atlantic journey: Menswear designer Joseph Abboud’s Fall/winter 2019 NYFW collection paid homage to turn-of-the-20th-Century immigrants in search of asylum and the types of clothes they wore on their arduous three-month voyages to America.

With R+Co newly reformulated to 100% vegan, Co-Founder Thom Priano, a 10-year vegan himself, couldn’t be more ecstatic. Because Thom walks the walk, we sat down with him to talk the talk on R+Co’s big switch to 100% vegan products.

In honor of VISION ON, our very own Howard McLaren, Garren and Thom Priano and R+Co’s Creative Director Amanda Wall have put together the definitive L.A. Guide—a list of their favorite L.A. hot-spots to hit while you’re in town!

For Anna Sui’s Spring-Summer 2019 show, Garren designed two brilliant hair looks by riffing on and enhancing Sui’s theme of magical wanderlust, fairy tales and her direct inspiration from the 1955 movie, Kismet.

R+Co Creative Director, Howard McLaren, shines a light on where he sources inspiration for education, hair and more.

R+Co Global Educator Jerrod Roberts styles Hailey Baldwin for Roxy during Miami Swim Week. Read on for the full tutorial.

“The thing about traveling,” says Garren. “Is that it opens your eyes. When you’re working in a new environment, you start to take on and learn the ways of the place you’re in. It changes the way you see the world.”

A vegan for almost 10 years, R+Co co-founder Thom Priano shares how he made the choice to go meat and dairy free and how his lifestyle has changed for the better.