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Scott Schuman for The Gap

As in, Scott Schuman was shot yesterday for the upcoming Fall 2008 Gap Icons campaign!

Scott has a fantastic behind-the-scenes post on his blog.

Congratulations Scott!

(Mikael Jansson and Trey Laird by Scott Schuman)

New Talent Roll Call Part 2

We have had some wonderful new additions to our beauty divisions in the last few weeks, so without futher ado...

Brenda Abrial, Manicurist who has worked with the likes of Mario Testino, Vincent Peters and Ben Hassett.

Christina Conrad, Manicurist, comes to us with a roster of clients including Chanel, Lancel, Hermes and Lanvin.

Hair Stylist Christian Eberhard, who's worked with the likes of Peter Lindbergh, Simon Procter and Katja Rahlwes for Visionaire, Flair and Self Service.

and lastly, Makeup Artist Kirstin Piggott, whose considerable body of work includes collaborations with photographers such as Mert & Marcus, Richard Bush, Andreas Larsson and Yelena Yemchuk.

Johnnie Sapong LookBook

Our very own Johnnie Sapong was in last week's New York Magazine Lookbook! Click to read more on his personal style.

(photo by Jake Chessum)

Behind the Scenes - Paris Shows

From our Paris office...some behind the scenes shots from the recent Paris Shows, featuring the likes of Dick Page, Inge Grognard, Christine Corbel, Barbara Baumel and Bruno Silvani!  Please click on the pictures for the albums.

Inge Grognard was ever present at many shows this season...4 shows, 3 days, 4 different fashion universes!

Rick Owens

AF Vandervost

Martin Margiela

and Tao Comme Des Garcons.

Dick Page worked on the Issey Miyake show...the collection of new designer Dai Fujiwara was inspired by important moments in the cycle of life: birth, marriage and the passing of life...

Barbara Baumel and Christine Corbel worked on shows for Australian Designer Collette Dinnegan..and their creative mandate was masquerading aristocrats flirting with Russian rock stars..

And Christine Corbel and Bruno Silvani created the looks for Vanessa Bruno in the spirit of the 1920's.

Milano Unica

Five of the most famous Italian designers conducted a fashion show in support of Milano Unica, a trade show dedicated to the Italian textile industry.

Alice Ghendrih and Sebastien Richard did the Makeup and Hair for these shows...and some of the looks they created can be seen below on the runways!

Ferragamo

Gianfranco Ferre

Marras

Missoni

Valentino

Versace

Paris! Couture & Men's Shows

Some of our extremely talented hair and makeup stylists in Europe worked on the recent Couture and Men's shows in Paris.  With reporting from Julie in our Paris office here are some backstage behind-the-scenes shots!  Please click on the photos for the gallery for each show.

Makeup by Ayami Nishimura and Hair by Tomo Jidai for the Romain Kremer Men's Show in Paris, a young and promising designer!

Hair by Terry Saxon and Makeup by Christine Corbel for the 2008 Kenzo Show.

This was inspired by the story of Thomas Blake Glover’s life:

“A 19th Century Scottish merchant who travels to Japan, finds fortune as a military merchant, helps rebels overthrow the Last Tokuguwa Shogun and give birth to a new and modern Japan, falls in love and becomes a Samurai”…

Legendary, as you will see from the pictures!

Makeup artist Alice Ghendrih for Guy Laroche 2008 in Paris.

Marcel Marangiu, the recently appointed designer for Guy Laroche, chose Alice Ghendrih to be part of the presentation for his first collection, which combined pragmatism and seduction…

Hair Stylist Ed Moelands for Anne-Valerie Hash in Paris.

Every season the Anne-Valérie Hash Couture show has taken place in her showroom, a wonderful place, which used to be, in fact, a brothel!

New Talent

We've added a slew of new talent to our agency in the last few months and wanted to take a moment to let you guys know!

Stylist Jodie Barnes

Stylist Katie Felstead

Stylist Sarah Cobb

Hair Stylist Dennis Devoy

Hair Stylist Damian Boissinot

Hair Stylist Jimo Salako

Hair Stylist Tomo Jidai

Make Up Artist Charlotte Willer

and Make Up Artist Lisa Houghton

Sebastien Richard - Tamaris Hair Seminar

For the last few years Sebastien Richard has been conducting a workshop on hair styling techniques for Tamaris, a leading stylist school in Japan.  Each year they come to New York for a few days of shopping, dining and yes, tutelage by Mr. Richard.  This year's was held at the lovely and historical Greenwich Pottery House in the West Village.

1. What is Tamaris, and how did the idea come about of hosting a Hair Styling Seminar in New York?

Tamaris is a hair product company based in Japan whose market is mainly targeted towards professionals.

We met for the first time through the fashion shows. They wanted to provide us with teams of assistants to help us during fashion week.

The idea of the seminars came right after that.

In fact, some of the assistants asked us if we could start providing them with classes to help improve their techniques and also as a way of helping them to become more creative.

So the following year I started working on putting a workshop together, mainly based on the basic techniques for photo shoots that hairstylist should know (this includes techniques such as fingerwaves, curling irons, chignons, etc.). It was a real success, with over 40 students coming over to New YorkThey were really enthusiastic...for the most part of it they had never learnt these techniques and were mainly trained on hair cutting.

We then decided to have another seminar for the following year, mainly focused on learning the techniques from the four decades of fashion spanning the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.

Johnnie Sapong & Paul Smith

Johnnie Sapong is one of the most popular and talented hair stylists working today, and luckily we happen to represent him. He’s worked with photographers from David Bailey to Mert and Marcus, with clients like Flair, i-D, British Vogue, Fendi and Sisley.

He recently had the opportunity to be on the other side of the camera for the Spring/Summer 2007 Paul Smith campaign. His agent Kellie managed to catch up with him.

1. How did you get to model in the Paul Smith campaign?

I was asked to appear in the campaign by Julian Broad who is the photographer and has shot the campaign for the last few seasons. As I have known Julian for years, whilst working as a hairstylist on shoots with him I thought it would be fun to see what is was like to be on the other side.

2. How does the experience of being in front of the camera differ than styling hair on the other side of the camera?

The main differences between being in front of and behind the camera for me really came down to 'watching and being watched'. What I mean by that is, as a hair stylist you work as part of a team to create looks and then spend days maintaining these creations, watching, looking, seeing these creations come to life. Whilst modeling there are numerous people (aka the team), directing, looking, creating, styling, grooming you, to make you feel comfortable in front of the camera. I think it helped alot having a background in this business as most of the other models cast for the campaign were real people too.

3. Was there a groomer on set? And, did you give the groomer a hard time?

Yes, there was hair and make-up on set. The hairstylist was a friend of mine called James Mooney and the make up artist was Karen Alder. It was great to be pampered (Karen often works with Kylie Minogue so I was looking forward to a relaxing facial massage) and feel relaxed before putting on my outfit and getting ready to be watched! I did wind James up by telling him that the client would like my dreadlocks blown out and straight, but as you see in the campaign he was not convinced!

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Vogue & Teen Vogue – Kate Young & Ted Gibson

Kate Young is one of the five style icons providing her summer ‘must-haves’ on Vogue’s Style.com website.

Click here for her tips and exclusive video!

And hair stylist Ted Gibson is one of 5 current beauty experts with their own ‘Beauty Bio’ on Teen Vogue’s Industry Insider section.  Read here.