The top 20 grooming trends that shaped the S/S 2016 men's season

Gucci: Alessandro Michele, Gucci's new creative director, has a propensity for gender bending and as such his models' skin glowed with the same healthy shine that finished their long fringed, squeeky clean mops
Agi & Sam: Starry eyes and morning hair galvanised Agi & Sam's contemporary layered looks, adding an avant-garde edge to otherwise clean and willowy designs
Topman Design: Shading about the eyes spoke of late night adventures at Topman's London show, where the models' loose locks mirrored the collection's untamed spirit
Dunhill: Curling irons welcome. Dunhill creative director John Ray wasn't shy of a little volume when it came to his men's spring coiffure, which brought a youthful energy to the show
Burberry Prorsum: Christopher Bailey's clean-cut English gent possessed a free-spirited country glow, while chestnut locks were effortlessly tousled for his Kensington Garden's runway
Craig Green: Chunks of hair were coaxed forward on the forehead and then curled back to the sides for Craig Green's S/S 2016 presentation. The East London look perfectly counter-balanced the designer's sporty colour blocked Judo gear
Fendi: The Roman house kept hair sleek and glossy with gel-infused locks, while thick brows were brushed upwards to frame the face
Brioni: The classic 'combed back' look fitted Brioni's models like a glove, perpetuating the label's modern refinement, which this season drew inspiration from Venetian glass paintings
Emporio Armani: With eyes thickly shaded in charcoal shadow and thick bangs and brows, Armani's grooming game was bold and strong against an equally masculine spring collection
Moncler Gamme Bleu: Moncler's lightly powdered blondies boasted perfectly manicured butterscotch dos, which perfectly complemented the boys' preppy bermudas and pastel puffer jackets
Acne Studios: Acne stepped back to the 1990s for spring, as thick, blocky streaks of brown and blonde highlights were painted in a freehand fashion for the label's latest gender-bending show
Balmain: The military cap got a hip youth spin at Balmain, accesorising the season's army uniforms, while luminizer added a healthy shine to the troups' faces
Wooyoungmi: Luminizer was also called upon to add a spacey, alienesque dimension to models at Wooyoungmi, where hair kicked out to the back in a somewhat extraterrestrial way
Dior Homme: The French house's models boasted dark brows and sun kissed hair for spring, which was parted at the front to resemble a long fringe
Dries Van Noten: Unkempt locks and brows made for a somewhat négligée look at Dries Van Noten, jazzed up by tiny silver crystals pasted below each models' iris
Hermès: The iconic French house's summer collection staged a bold revival of the 1970s bad boy as myriad James Deans walked down the runway, hair side-parted and suitably coiffured with volume
Lanvin: Lanvin’s men's creative director Lucas Ossendrijver took a brave new spin on 1980s New Wave for spring with leather jackets and collar knits. He then finished the retrospective look with impeccably sleek, moused hair and prominent brows
Paul Smith: This season's collection proposed a toast to individuality and 'Independent minds' with vibrant colour codes and intriguing fabrics, as well as untamed hair, as each model sported individual locks of their own
Sacai: The Japanese label mashed up military motifs with fragments of New York nightclubs logos for spring, sculpting locks that were equally as intoxicated
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