Alain Pichon (born 19 April 1966) is a French hairstylist, and television personality. His participation as a judge on the Hair TV Series made him a British household name in 2014. The first series was broadcast in early 2014 on BBC Three, and achieved the highest viewing figures for the TV channel. The show aired in Australia on the ABC2 channel later in 2014. A second series is confirmed on

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in 2015. He is well known as the hairdresser to the worldwide celebrity

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amongst many others.

Career

As a fourth-generation hairdresser, international session stylist Alain Pichon's passion for hair runs in his blood. He first started training in his local French salon, which had links to the Vidal Sassoon Academy. By the age of 23, Alain was in London working for Toni & Guy where he soon became Artistic Director and travelled the world educating at shows and seminars. Alain started his freelance career as a hairstylist at 28, working together with designers' collections on fashion shows, with renowned photographers on well-known magazines and as a consultant for international product companies and feature films. Alain is represented by the global management agency, CLM

Clientele

He has collaborated on advertising campaigns, such as

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Calvin Klein Calvin Richard Klein (born November 19, 1942) is an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc., in 1968. In addition to clothing, he also has given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and ...

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, YSL, Donna Karan, Hugo Boss and for many catwalk shows in New York, Paris, London and Milan. Over the years Alain has worked with

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, Claudia Schiffer,

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, Scarlett Johansson,

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and Prince Harry.

Editorial

Alain works with many of the world's top magazines, including several editions of Vogue Magazine,

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W Magazine ''W'' is an American fashion magazine that features stories about style through the lens of culture, fashion, art, celebrity, and film. W was created in 1972 by James Brady, the publisher of sister magazine ''Women's Wear Daily'' (''WWD''), ori ...

Numéro ''Numéro'' is an international fashion magazine published by Paul-Emmanuel Reiffers. It has a circulation of 80,000, and the French edition reached its 100th issue in February 2009. The magazine covers international fashion, beauty, design, h ...

Dazed & Confused (magazine) ''Dazed'' (''Dazed & Confused'' until February 2014) is a bi-monthly British style magazine founded in 1991. It covers music, fashion, film, art, and literature. Dazed is published by Dazed Media, an independent media group known for producing ...

Television

In 2014 Pichon had his TV debut as a judge on the BBC Three Hair TV Series, alongside

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and Steve Jones (presenter). The show netted 785,000 viewers on BBC Three and was most watched show on the channel, followed by

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and

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Personal life

Growing up in France with three older sisters, Alain was surrounded with passion for fashion, magazines and beauty. His father, his grandfather and his great grandfather before him were barbers so it seemed only natural to Alain to follow in the family tradition. Alain has been married to Eva Charlotta since 1993. They have 3 children, Carmen Adora 21, Viktor 15 and Alfons 5

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pichon, Alain 1966 births French expatriates in the United Kingdom French hairdressers Television personalities from London Living people Businesspeople from Nantes