Kevin Woon (Kunst)

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Based on his technical ability and innovative style, Kevin Woon has become one of the most sought after hairstylists in the industry. He collaborates with many industry-leading fashion photographers including Irving Penn, Patrick Demarchelier, Elfie Semotan, Luis Sanchis, Michel Comte, Marc Baptiste, Max Vadukal, Joshua Jordan, and Peggy Sirota. His hairstyles can be found on the covers of American Harper's Bazaar and L'Officiel, as well as in the pages of the American and Italian versions of Vogue, Flaunt, Dutch, British Marie Claire, Surface, Spanish Vogue, and Detour, among many others worldwide.

Kevin Woon has become a favorite among some of the most creative downtown New York designers, and he is repeatedly asked to lead the hair crews on their fashion shows. Recently, Kevin Woon has acted as the key hairdresser for the runway shows of designers such as Bruce, Kitty Boots, Susan Ciancielo, Nanette Lepore, and Cake by Sara Kozlowski.

Many celebrities also regularly request Kevin Woon's time, including Claire Danes, Diana Ross, Marc Anthony, Julianna Marguiles, and Lisa Marie.

At the age of seventeen, Kevin Woon moved to New York from his home town of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Initially, he used his penchant for hairstyling as a way of supplementing his college tuition with a part-time job as a hairstylists' assistant in Chinatown. After obtaining his license, Kevin Woon moved up to Oribe's salon on Fifth Avenue and began training there. Kevin Woon soon chose to bypass his college classes in order to devote all of his time to working as a first assistant to Oribe. In 1989, he began assisting Oribe on fashion shows in Milan, Paris, and New York, such as Dolce & Gabbana, Alberta Ferretti, Versace, John Paul Gaultier, Valentino, and Prada.

Kevin Woon insists that texture is the key to great hair and that style should depend on the individual, not necessarily current trends. Some of his most interesting creations have been loosely based on Star Wars characters or have involved hours worth of weaving extensions into the hair. Kevin Woon has since worked with a countless number of legendary photographers and has become a favorite among many new, up-and-coming, non-traditional photographers hoping to incorporate his innovations into their pictures.

Kevin Woon is currently based in New York.

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