Style Birmingham

The team over here at Style Birmingham is buzzing with excitement at the news that Nicky Clarke is joining Style Birmingham Live as the official hair partner for the catwalk shows.

The Birmingham-based Nicky Clarke salon, which can be found in The Mailbox, will be styling the model’s hair for the three-day event.  Even more excitingly, however, the team will be headed up by Warren Holmes, Nicky Clarke’s protégé and current signature stylist at the London salon.

Birmingham-born Warren Holmes, who actually hails from Lichfield, always knew that he wanted to be a hairdresser and went into the profession the minute he was finished with school.  His training from a young age has been nothing short of phenomenal – and particularly at the moment, his profile seems to be going from strength to strength. Working closely with Nicky Clarke in his teens and early twenties, he learned the fundamentals of hairdressing from his idol and mentor. Warren continued to push his education and learn from the hairdressing greats. It is no coincidence then that Warren’s career is taking shape similar to that of Nicky, by combining his time between session and salon work.

The hair stylist, who has been dubbed by Elle Magazine as the next big name in hairdressing, has styled hair for a number of celebrities including Sienna Miller, supermodels Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell, Lily Donaldson, Jennifer Hawkins, David Williams’ wife Lara Stone, Liberty Ross, Alice Dellal and Stella Tennant.  He has some notable fans in the form of Hilary Alexander, the Daily Telegraph’s fashion guru, and Matthew Williamson the fabulous designer.  He has travelled the world and been the hair stylist in a number of photo shoots for the top fashion magazines, working alongside names like Mario Testino.

Warren says of his experience of styling celebrities’ hair: “these guys know the score so it’s a real compliment to do their hair.”

Warren is definitely one to watch out for, not only is he becoming hairdressing’s next big star, but he will be making an appearance throughout the three days of Style Birmingham Live (for which he is missing one day of Paris Fashion Week!).  More details will be released in due course, and you may even see Warren writing his own stuff on the site, so watch this space!

In the meantime you can get more information about Warren at http://www.nickyclarke.com/team/warren-holmes.php