The face of Burberry has leapt to his death in Milan.

Tom Nicon, 22, the French male model who has been the front of Hugo Boss, Louis Vuitton, Versace and Burberry campaigns, died after falling from his fourth floor apartment on Friday according to police reports.

Nicon was in Milan as part of the prestigious Milan Fashion Week which began on Saturday, and had attended a Versace fitting just hours before he was found dead outside his building, after his modelling agency, Success, searched for him following his no-show at a meeting.

Sources close to the model have suggested that he had been battling depression since he broke up with his girlfriend, which police described as a complicated affair. Authorities are treating the death as suicide and the organisers of the fashion shows said they would proceed as a tribute to the model.

Nicon’s death is another in string of suicides that have beset the fashion industry over recent months. In February, Alex McQueen, who this week had his ashes scattered in Scotland, took his life while in London after allegedly being unable to cope with the passing of his mother. In May, Noemie Lenoir, the French model who was the UK face of Marks & Spencer, attempted to commit suicide in a Parisian forest before being found by a member of the public. South Korean Daul Kim, 20, who had fronted campaigns for Gap, Chanel, Vivienne Westwood and Karl Lagerfeld, hung herself last year after another apparent battle with depression.

Big hair is back, with Dynasty-style dos regaining popularity.

The eighties throwbacks have already featured on the catwalks of both Louis Vuitton and Karl Lagerfeld of late and gained  more publicity thanks to Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, the trashy New Jersey trendsetter. According to stylists, the pouf is back – in a big way

In Recent months, Leighton Meester, Sarah Jessica Parker and Blake Lively have sported the bouffant. Even US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has brandished sleek pouf from her blonde bob.

According to creative director at popular Heading Out, Caterina Di Biase, the pouf is the hot new hair look for the modern glitterati. Di Biase claims that the pouf is easy to create, simple to manage and only takes moments to construct. In her role as hair director at the Melbourne Fashion Festival in Australia last month, all the runway girls are now favouring the flamboyant flow.

However, the modern version is apparently less classical then the traditional Marie Antoinette high hair perfection and more akin to a dishevelled powder puff. The so-called Snooki-style, which is half-up-half-down, was the most popular way of wearing the pouf on the city streets, with even the simplest of teasing making dirty locks look spectacular. The look is perfect for dirty hair, with a simple twist and presto.

The Bold and The Beautiful big hair goes hand-in-hand with the recent resurgence of power dressing amongst the well-heeled socialites.