Original Article on The New York Times

2:31 p.m. | Updated ACTING on an impulse last month, Faran Krentcil dipped her shoulder-length curls into a bathtub filled with Virgin Snow, a pale lavender tint, in the hope, she said, of emerging a rock n roll fairy princess.Ms. Krentcil, the 28-year old digital director at Nylon magazine, got her wish and then some, her lilac fading within days to an otherworldly gray. A mistake? Sure, but no matter, Ms. Krentcil said. During New York Fashion Week, she stood out like a beacon. More people took notice, she said. I got photographed a lot.Her color malfunction had placed her, it seemed, in a league with fashions bright young things, affluent trendsetters like Daphne Guinness, who alighted, silver-streaked, on Giles Deacons runway in Parisla...(read more)