Leona Lewis channels the loose plait at London Fashion Week

Plaits are huge news for spring/summer & Leona Lewis looks every inch the fashionista pictured here at the Love Ball hosted by Natalia Vodianova & Harpers Bazaar as part of London Fashion Week. Keeping her hair in a wide side parting Leona's hair has been braided from the side using small sections of hair, time consuming but the finish result is both sophisticated & edgy.

Unstructured side plaits featured heavily during the spring/summer 2010 shows with hair loosely swept in to messy braids with lots of loose tendrils pulled out. At Alexander Wang & Miu Miu plaits were always kept to the left with more hair pulled out of the plait than was in it generating a sexy, relaxed look. To recreate this look basically plait your hair loosely to the side then use the narrow finish of a comb to tease out loose bits.