FameTeam update with Mathew Sutcliffe.
A Day With Errol Douglas
The
day started early for all of the 'Fame Team' members. As snow covered
most of England the team were heading to the Bed Head studio in
Battersea to spend a full day learning editorial and avant-garde hair
from the master that is Errol Douglas
MBE.
Without too much disruption the team assembled at 10am; Errol had
already set up his kit and had prepped his model - he obviously haven’t
had to battle with southern rail since 7am! We were amazed at the amount
of hair pieces and kit he had but couldn’t wait to hear about the day
he had planned for us. We started the day with a fascinating talk
through Errol’s career; it was enthralling to hear about how it all
started in a salon in the East End of London aged 11, as a Saturday boy
and how he worked his way up the ladder even sharing his 'Fame Team'
experience to reach the point where he is traveling across the globe
working on high profile shoots and shows.He also shared some invaluable
advice on being the fame team 2013.
Errol brought his amazing 6ft pale
brunet model out from where she was hiding - the hair had already been
prepped with some embossing to create a candyfloss texture to work with.
The first look Errol did for us used some of his favourite items of kit
- chopped up hair donuts - a series of roles placed on top of the hair.
It was a fantastic first look.
The next style used a hair piece Errol
and his team had prepped along with a very fine hair net - again he
showed us ways of securing the hair and how to attach external hair
pieces.This look was full of movement through the back but with a very
fine black hairnet created structure.
The penultimate look was hidden
hair pieces and wire; created by covering a visor in the models hair and
wiring a plat at the back with the end result been a shell shape.
The
final style re-created one of Errol’s BHA looks; it not only had a hair
peace but the return of Errol’s prised donuts. It encompassed all the
elements of the day and was a fabulous look to finish on and when the
gown was removed the combination of killer heals and a sky scraping hair
style, the model looked incredible.
After lunch it was our turn and we
all got involved as soon as we could. In something akin to the Great
British Bake Off we all started busily prepping our models hair with the
same super fine crimp that Errol used. We spent the afternoon jamming
with each other creating our own versions of Errol’s looks and then
taking it in our own direction. By the end of the day we had the start
of some amazing shapes we could use in the shows and shoots we have
coming up.
Over all it was a great day once again.
