2. • Nicholas French hails from a world famous British hairdressing family. Having
owned several salons in the UK, he has expanded his interests to work in
print, video and even motion picture.
• Nicholas has traveled extensively producing 1,500 high energy educational shows
for professional hairdressers worldwide in the USA, Japan
Australia, Italy, France, Spain, Hong Kong, Holland, Switzerland and Croatia. His
presentations range from small hands on seminars to large shows for over 2,000
people and has received many best main stage and educational awards.
3. • Nicholas exploits have extended to designing the runway hair for such
designers as Emanual Ungaro, Eres, luca luca, Alpana Bawa, Guess Jeans,
Levi, Doll House, Mavi and Betsey Johnson. He has recently appeared on
Fashion TV, E Channel, Channel 7 in Chicago, Good Day New York Channel
5 and The Today Show. His work has been as diverse as producing and
developing trends to film and print work.
• Most notably, Nicholas has been invited to appear six times at the
Alternative Hair Show, the last three in Chicago.
4. • Nicholas’ awards and achievements include 2
time winner of North American Hairstyling award
for Avant Garde, 3 nominations for Southern
British Hairdresser of the Year, Matrix “Avant
Garde” Hairdresser of the Year 1997 and 2001
and Matrix Platform Artist of the Year 1998.
Additionally, Nicholas was voted in the top 75
Educators of the Century by Modern Salon
Magazine and was recently inducted into The
British Hairdressing Icons, book published in
2004.
5. • Nicholas’ skill set is
diverse, Cutting, Finishing, Dress work, Long
Hair, Runway Shows, Trade
Shows, Seminars, Motivational Speaker and
Inventor.
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14. Avant Garde
• a·vant-garde
• [uh-vahnt-gahrd, uh-vant-, av-ahnt-, ah-vahnt-; Fr. a-
vahn-gard]
• noun 1. the advance group in any field, especially in
the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are
characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental
methods.
• adjective 2. of or pertaining to the experimental
treatment of artistic, musical, or literary material.
• 3. belonging to the avant-garde: an avant-garde
composer.
• 4. unorthodox or daring; radical.
