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124. "I'll See You in Milan." Richard Kavanagh on Fashion Week, Limiting Beliefs and Hair Products.
Blog Post Richard Kavanagh calls himself an odd jobber. Fair enough. He's a session stylist who started hairdressing in Auckland in 1986. Since then he has directed hair backstage at Fashion Week, worked on around 300 shows as part of Guido Palau's team, hosted a prime time home renovation show, written a hair book, run a tech company and coached other creatives for more than a decade. He still trains and competes in jiu-jitsu. I met with Richard about two and a half years ago, heard his career story and thought, this is a podcast. We talked for so long I've split it in two. This is Part 1, his story. Part 2 is his hair kit on The Insider Edit. What we covered: The career The post-punk haircut he got at 13 that made him choose hair over biochemistryDoor knocking every salon on Auckland's North Shore at 15 to find an apprenticeshipWhat a strict, old-school apprenticeship taught him, including the Mason Pearson brush that came flying over his boss's shoulderWhy his apprenticeship took seven or eight years, and the years in the middle when he lived on the streetThe question he asked himself at 24: what if I applied the same focus to my career that I apply to martial arts?Getting in the right room with the right people, and finding mentorsHow helping out backstage in New York led to Guido Palau saying "I'll see you in Milan"What working for Guido taught him about leading a team
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