ESSE Studio AWF26 x Goldwell Colorance Tones

ORIBE AND GOLDWELL UNITE FOR HIGH-GLOSS BRILLIANCE AT THE ESSE STUDIOS RUNWAY, AUSTRALIAN FASHION WEEK 2026

As Sydney’s fashion set gathered at the Museum of Contemporary Art this week for one of Australian Fashion Week 2026’s most anticipated shows, ESSE Studios delivered a masterclass in understated elegance and behind every strand of hair was a powerful creative partnership between Oribe and Goldwell.

Together, the two hair brands joined forces as the official hair partners for ESSE Studios’ runway: Goldwell delivering the color foundation with the newly launched Goldwell Colorance Gloss Tones and Oribe bringing the brand’s iconic signature styling artistry to complete the look. The result was hair that didn’t just complement the collection but elevated it.

Esse Studios: Founded by designer Charlotte Hicks, ESSE Studios is a ready-to-wear lifestyle brand for the woman who approaches style with intention. The 2026 collection explored the modern gentlewoman’s wardrobe, a masterful balance of masculine and feminine, classics reimagined with quiet confidence and enduring longevity. On the runway this morning, that vision came to life in full.

The Partnership: In celebration of the Colorance Gloss Tones launch, Goldwell hosted an exclusive pre-show glossing experience at the Goldwell Academy in Sydney CBD for four models alongside ESSE Studios’ designer and founder, Charlotte Hicks. The intimate session was led by National Goldwell Artists Ali Holmes, WildLife SOGO and Nathan Yazbek, Salon Yazbek with assistance from Pat Ryan, WildLife SOGO. From there, the Oribe Styling team took the baton, refining and finishing each look, ready for the runway.

The collaboration between Oribe and Goldwell was a natural creative pairing, Goldwell’s color expertise laying the luminous groundwork, with Oribe’s styling finishing each look to perfection. The two brands worked in seamless harmony to ensure the hair told the same story as the clothes: polished, purposeful and radiant.

The Product: Colorance Gloss Tones is Goldwell’s, liquid demi-permanent gloss, and designed to deliver visible repair and refined color in just 10 minutes. Its advanced acidic IntraLipid-infused formula regenerates lost lipids to repair damage from the inside out, while built-in metal neutralisers lock in vibrant shine and color brilliance, the ideal canvas for Oribe’s styling to shine.

Key benefits:

• Enhanced gloss and shine, with visibly reduced frizz and dryness

• Brilliant colour repair on colour-treated hair in just 10 minutes

• Up to 5x better detangling and combability on damaged hair

• Balances uneven tones and neutralises unwanted brassiness

• Luminous colour with up to 3x more shine

Now available in an expanded palette of 37 intermixable shades, including 17 new red and brown tones, Colorance Gloss Tones offers unparalleled versatility and performance.

On the ESSE Studios runway, Oribe’s masterful finishing touch, proved exactly what a great color-and-styling partnership can achieve.

Hair Color: Goldwell Colorance Gloss Tones Hair

Styling: Oribe

Museum of Contemporary Art, Australian Fashion Week 2026

CREDIT: Lucas Dawson for ESSE Studios

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