Guido Palau

To call Guido Palau a hairdresser would be something of an injustice, or at least an understatement. Three decades in the business honing his craft – working alongside the world’s most respected designers and photographers – has earned him the epithet, according to Vogue, of the world’s most in-demand hair stylist. Like Cher, or Madonna, he’s known simply and universally by his first name; for the fashion flock, that says everything.

Guido Palau is my all time favourite hair stylist. I love creativity and versatality and Guido never fails to give that.

As one of the most prominent hair stylists within the fashion industry, Guido Palau boasts an extensive client portfolio that includes luxury labels such as Prada , Balenciaga, Marc Jacobs , Ralph Lauren , Saint Laurent and Versace. The designer, who launched his career working on ‘90s music video Freedom with supermodels such as Naomi Campbell , Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford, is one of the busiest catwalk stylists during fashion season, working on average 30 shows per season.

He is famous for his funky pony tails and below are my favourites

Guido is regularly credited for sparking hair trends that are studiously followed by industry insiders, Pulau was signed by Redken as a creative consultant in 2005.

Practically, this means that there’s not a hair trend you’ll see on the street or in a fashion magazine that he hasn’t had his nimble fingers in somehow – particularly thanks to his role as global styling director of haircare giant Redken, a position he praises profusely for keeping him in touch with “real women”.

He may be best known for his high-fashion creations – from catwalk and campaign to conceptual headpieces for New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art – but it is through Redken that he has developed a more practical knowledge

The talented stylist also boasted a long-standing working relationship with the late designer Alexander McQueen , producing many of the theatrical hair designs shown on his catwalks.

Regularly working alongside David Sims, Palau has collaborated on several editorials and covers for fashion publications such as Harper’s Bazaar, Industrie, Interview, W and American Vogue. The stylist also regularly works alongside photographers such as Steven Meisel and Craig McDean.

This to me shows just how successful he has been. He has grown by himself and by his own ability and creativity. He is very hard working and shows that if you want to be truly successful, you're going to have to work hard and do your best to achieve it, and then the rest will follow.

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