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Nicholas French

NAHA 19 Avant Garde Winner – We congratulate Nick for his award-winning looks. Click to visit his photo gallery.

Nick hails from a famous British hairdressing family (Freddy French, French of London), but now resides in the U.S., working exclusively for Matrix. His talents are wide-ranging and include designing hair for the runway, film, TV and print. Nick is a two-time NAHA award winner in the Avant- Garde category for 2006 and 2008.

Skill set:

Cutting, Finishing, Dresswork, Long Hair, Runway Shows, Trade Shows, Seminars, Motivational Speaker, Inventor

Notable Awards & Achievements:
3 nominations for Southern British Hairdresser of the Year
Matrix Avant Garde hairdresser of the year 1997 and 2001
Matrix Platform Artist of the Year 1998
Additionally Nicholas was voted in the top 75 Educators of the century by Modern Salon. 
Nominated for Platform Artist of the Year 2003 by Behindthechair.com
ABBIES Winner – Best product marketing – Nicholas French Pin-Ups 2004
Finalist 2005 –   North American Hairstyling Awards for Masters
Winner 2006 - North American Hairstyling Awards for Avant Garde
Finalist 2007 - North American Hairstyling Awards for Texture
Finalist 2007 – Behindthechair.com, Stylist Chair Awards, Platform Artist of the Year

He has recently been inducted into a British Hairdressing Icons book that has just been published called  ”FROM SALON TO CELEBRITY”

His work has been as diverse as producing and developing trends to film and print work. He has also been involved in the runway shows of London and New York.

Please look at the Nicholas French web site for information on Nicholas French Pin-Ups (a patented magnetic wrist band organizer invented by Nicholas French).  www.nicholasfrench.com

The Nicholas French Signature Hair Brush Collection is soon to be launched.

 

FILM DIRECTORS WORKED WITH

RIDLEY SCOTT

JOHN ST CLAIRE

JOHN S CLARK

PAUL WEILAND

DAVID BAILEY

ALAN ORPIN

IAN MACMILLAN

DEREK COUTTS

STUART MACLEOD

CHRIS HARTWELL

JOHN O’DRISCOLL

NICK LEWIN

ADRIEN LYNE

STEVE LOWE

KEN LOACH

IAN MACDONALD

GRAHAM ROSE

HOWARD GUARD

MICHAEL SERESIN

BOB BROOKS

ROSS CRAMER

JIM LEE

BRIAN LOFTUS

LEN FULFORD

NICHOLAS ROEG

RICHARD SLOGETT

TONY MAGEE

JOHN MARLES

MIKE BERKOFSKY

 

TERRY BEDFORD

JOHN THORNTON

 

PHOTOGRAPHERS WORKED WITH

DAVID BAILEY

MIKE BERKOFSKY

DAR LAN

LORD LITCHFIELD

ALEX CHATELAIN

ROGER EATON

CECIL BEATON

TONY MAGEE

ANGUS ROSS

STUART MACLEOD

GILLES BENSIMON

 

CELEBRITIES WORKED WITH

ELIZABETH HURLEY

DAME JUDI DENCH

SUSANNAH YORK

CLAUDIA CARDINALE

TWIGGY

PATSY KENSIT

ALEXIS SMITH

JULIE WALTERS

DAWN FRENCH

JERRY HALL

KELLY LE BROCK

BOB HOSKINS

PAUL HOGAN

MICHAEL DENNISON

HUGH LAURIE

SHIRLEY BASSEY

ELAINE PAGE

ELKIE BROOKS

TOMMY TUNE

 

 

 

ROYALTY

PRINCESS MARGARET

SELECTION OF VIDEOS

Pink Floyd
The Pasadenas
Village People
Miami Sound Machine

SELECTION OF FILMS

The French Lieutenants Woman
Feast in July – Merchant Ivory Productions

PRINT

Vogue – UK & Australia
Harpers
Cosmopolitan
Elle
Culture Magazine Australia
Marie Claire
Glamour
Good Housekeeping
Harpers Bazaar
Redbook
OK
Oprah