Highlights from Contessa Unplugged
After the big bash, three top stylists hit up a more intimate affair
Dec. 24, 2008- It was an early morning for the beauty pros who gathered at the Berkeley Church post-Contessa for Contessa Unplugged. Renowned Brit stylists Damien Carney and Vivienne Mackinder joined former Canadian hairstylist of the Year, B.C.’s Edwin Johnston, onstage at the restored church to talk about their collections, their goals and motivations.
For Mackinder, a 30-year industry veteran, egos and education were her big sticking points. "Sometimes I sweep up hair in the salon when I don't have anything to do, and people look at me and wonder why," she said. "But why not? It's part of the job."
Carney's vast editorial experience was the focal point of conversation when the mic was passed to the Joico International artistic director. "I try to go into the salon whenever I can for one or two days, because it keeps me fresh," he said. It's important for him to keep his collections fashion-forward but still, at the end of the day, to shoot for hair.
Unlike Carney and Mackinder, Johnston is a salon owner and works very regularly behind the chair. His advice to the audience largely revolved around business strategies for building a professional salon team and navigating between in-salon work and creating and shooting collections.
-By Anupa Mistry
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