Great news this week for Stuart Holmes who has made it through to the Regional finals of the L'Oreal Colour Trophy 2011 on all three categories with the images from our latest photo shoot. Wishing him and the rest of the team the very best of luck for the live finals.
The judging panel included some of the top names in hairdressing such as Mark Leeson, Tim Scott-Wright, and Jamie Stevens, who all quizzed the finalists as they worked. The final six presented their models in front of a 4000-strong audience in the Clothes Show's Fashion Theatre, in a high energy show introduced by TV favourite, Gok Wan, and with a special guest appearance from Only Way Is Essex reality star, Kirk Norcross. Raychel follows in the footsteps of Emily Hart from Errol Douglas, Kate Hubbard from Royston Blythe, and Megan Zarrabi of Hob Salons, being named this years most talented young hairdresser in the country!
Occasionally, a new client comes along who is a little bit different. Banbury Postiche is one of those clients! After working for a number of years in the hair industry shooting for hair awards and events all over the country, I had never been asked to do a 'Wig Shoot'......until now that is.
Having been established for over 80 years, Banbury Postiche develop and provide alternative hair products and services to customers throughout the World. With highly specialist skills, the kind of clients they deal with vary greatly, and include theatrical, education, health care, trade, cosmetic research and private clients. Along with providing a comprehensive range of products and services they also provide specialised training courses and equipment to trade clients and educational establishments throughout the UK.
Banbury Postiche provide several products, such as Hair Extensions, Crafted Hair Pieces, Real Matched Hair Products, Pillows and Turbans and of course, Acrylic Wigs!
The purpose of their first 'Wig Fashion Shoot' was primarily for a new brochure, but also for advertising, marketing and PR purposes. They wanted to get away from the bog standard 'head shot' and try to show their new collection of wigs as highly desirable 'fashion accessories'. It was great to work with the directors, Norman and Nick, who were very open to my suggestions on how this should be shot. Needless to say, they were very happy with the results and the collection can be seen below.
Colour Project 2010
Once again, an exceptionally high standard was demonstrated by the Fellowship's students at the Wella World Studio in London for the Colour Project 2010 photo shoot. Many thanks to Mark Creed at the Fellowship, also to Tony and Tanya Hennessey (Hair XS) for all their help on the day. The resulting collection is shown below:
Gold streamers flew down onto the ecstatic team from Abacus Hair in Bewdely who claimed the title of L’Oréal Professionnel Colour Trophy winner 2010 with their glossy, chocolate coloured bowl cut. The grand final was held at the ultra glamourous Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
After being approached by salon director Martin Crean, founder of Chipping Campden's high profile hair salon 'MODE', I shot his debut collection in high contrast black-and-white. This style of photography helped Martin to create the bold statements he wanted for this season. His collection is shown below, presenting a selection of four ultimately festive and elegant hairstyles. Each one is a strong character all by itself, elegant, timelessness and portraying bold determination.
Hair: Martin Crean at MODE, Chipping Campden Make-up and Styling: Justine Collins Photography: Richard Miles
Wow! What a show this was! The design inspiration for Ian Stuart's 2011 bridal collection comes from Queen Elizabeth 1st, Debbie Harry and Les Folies Bergere. A mix of luxurious fabrics including silk taffeta, printed silk organza, taffetas metal, brocade and silk chiffon portray his signature style. Detachable items, crochet lace, oversized skirts and elaborate embellishments are key. Once again, I was honoured to provide the backstage and catwalk photography for the show at the Saatchi Gallery in London on 23rd - 24th May 2010.
Big thanks to all the guys at Lisa Shepherd Sutton for a great day. I have included a preview of the resulting images below.
Hair XS in Nottingham make it through to the Grand Final of the L'Oréal Professionnel Colour Trophy 2010 at this years North Western regional finals in Manchester.
Fashion shoot for fashion designers Andrea Watson and Joanna Davies at Epoque, a brand new Birmingham based label. Photography by Richard Miles Make-up by Cher Simmons Hair by Matt Surplice
The finalists for the "British Hairdressing Awards 2009" have been announced. I would like to congratulate my client Andrea Beers for winning a place at the Grand Final for her "Midlands Hairdresser of the Year 2009" collection. The final will be held in London at the Grosvenor House Hotel on 23rd November 2009. Best of luck Andrea!
An exceptionally high standard of hairdressing was displayed by the Fellowship's Colour Project students this year. Every colour of the spectrum was covered from Poppy Red fused with jet hues through to Buttery Blondes that were exquisetly suffused with candy pink. Biker-glam inspired accessories play perfect foil to the leather and shorter hair to ensure this collection was pure glamour with power-dressed tough quiffs and edges. With artistic direction by Paul Scully from Scully and Scully. I would like to thank Carol Spencer and Mark Creed at the Fellowship for a fantastic day. A preview of the collection can be seen below.
Abacus Hair Studio in Bewdley make it through to the Grand Final of the L'Oréal Professionnel Colour Trophy 2009 at this years South/South Western regional finals in London. Allison & Nick Ford, directors of Abacus Hair Studio, Bewdley said:
"We research as much as possible, look at what’s going on during fashion week. We take a broad outlook and keep searching until we see something that inspires us. Ultimately it's essential to produce something you like yourself and reflects your salon. We considered how we could use what’s in now and take it next season. The clothes styling is the most important element so we built around that."