Voodou has 1 in 6 chance of bringing a British Hairdressers Award home to Liverpool.

Hair: Phil Gallagher @Voodou.
Photography: Matt Ford.
Make-Up: Hannah Ellen.
Styling and clothes: Sara Han.
Models: Erica Gallagher, Katie Joanna Ewbank, Hollie Swain.

Location: Studio.

This is 4 out of the 8 images that have got us into the finals at the Governors House hotel London Nov 23rd

The British Hairdressers competition is the be all and end all of hair comps. Winning is a career opertunity not to be sniffed at, now how do you think Nicky Clark got his shampoo branding deal?

Salons and there wanna-be celebrity hairdressers can spend litterally 10s of thousands of pounds on photoshoots and re-touching that will hopefiully gain them the respect of the national audience.

Phil Gallagher, the ex London stylist is now voodou's Art Director. His c.v. includes 2 seasons of project catwalk, major fashion shows, and styling heads from Niomi Camble to Kate Moss. (oh and of course my mum).

Now the team above including myself are off to London on the 23rd of November for the british hairdressers awards ceremony. Nerves are starting to kick in as we have a 1 in 6 chance of bringing an award home to Liverpool.

Best of luck. x

British Hairdesser Awards website.
Voodou website.

July 09. Liverpool fashion scene update.

Dear Readers,

Liverpool has been busy again this month with fashion shows at Calderstones, featuring Harvey Nichols and the Lola Loves Launch Party show at Cavern Walks. Plus forth coming shows, Jax model agency fashion weekend at St Georges hall and the Fredric and Madison show this Saturday (25th July) at a secret yet to be disclosed location.

(find out where by adding them on facebook. it will be reviled tonight http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=759845452&__a=1#/fredrick.maddison?ref=ts&__a=1)

Model Agencies seem to be popping up all over the place at the moment, Jax Models being just one of them. So if you want to get into modeling make sure you shop around before you sign your life away. As a rule of thumb if it smells fishy then chances are it is.

Unfortunately is been a quiet month for me on the fashion front as I've been away in Ibiza, living it large and all that jazz. However i did manage to keep myself busy shooting Sara Hans latest Trashed Couture collection for her new online look book. Going live soon.

(for a preview of the collection... http://firecrackerfashion.blogspot.com/2009/07/trashed-couture-by-sara-li-chou-han.html

Fortune favours the brave and that's what you will have to be to wear these creations.
Her concept is to take old denim pieces are recreate them into wonderful one off pieces that reinvent your idea of the deconstructionist.
But don't worry for the more average wall flower, Trashed Couture also creates more simple pieces including denim mini skirts and shorts as well as pencil skirts and funky denim bangles.
Sara's clothes are also available at Fredrick and Madison. 14 Colquitt St.

If you haven't already heard of Frederic and Maddison, they are 2 Fresh young Liverpool designers that have been established for barely a year. They inform me they are proud to have celebrity endorsements from Atomic Kittens, Natasha Hamilton and glamour model Amanda Harrington. All i can say is their designs are far from mundane so check out their facebook. (see link above)

Stylist and textiles designer Natalie Love Diggle, who I collaborated on for her disco-tec-trashed shoot back in March..
(see link..http://firecrackerfashion.blogspot.com/2009/06/disco-tec-trashed-couture-by-natalie.html
..have got together again for the next fashion shoot destined to grace the pages of F.A.B. mag issue 4, due out in Autumn.
The winner of the 'Rockin Miss Asia', Kayleigh Winters and up and coming male model, unassuming Thomas Williams, featured in the edgy fashion shoot (unfortunately the pics will have to wait until the magazine published)

However since the shoot Natalie Love Diggle has been accepted onto an internship working directly with Julian McDonald.

Finally the latest news on Kirsty Doyle, Liverpool's own fashion Ambassador. During shooting her for my Industry Style Portraits, she has informed me that she is on the way to the met quarter to finalise the details of her own forthcoming boutique shop due to open its doors on the 25th of August. Kirsty goes international! I also hear she is now stocked in L.A. Not bad for such a young designer.

Kirsty's clothes are available to buy from www.my-wardrobe.com and http://www.kirsty-doyle.com/

Matt x