James Brown (hair stylist)

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James Brown (born 1969 in Croydon, London) is a London-based Hair stylist, Fashion editor, Art director.

Life and career[]

Brown grew up near Croydon in the 1970s. His introduction to hairdressing came early when he landed his first job in a Croydon salon at the age of 15 and where he first encountered schoolgirl Kate Moss.

Moving into London, Brown completed his apprenticeship at Zoo in Covent Garden, before moving onto salon 'Brinks and Huck' where he began as a session hairdresser for style magazines i-D and The Face. Brown is a vintage clothes collector.

Aged 24, he re-located to New York to pursue his freelance career. In 2005 he made London his permanent base once more to focus on building his own haircare brand James Brown London. In 2009 James starred in his own TV shows, ‘James Brown’s Supermodel Salon’ created by E4 that revolved around his life and his celebrity friends. ‘The Great British Hairdresser’ was another TV show with Jo Elvin editor of Glamour and Abbey Clancy, which attracted almost a million viewers each week in the UK. It has since been aired around the world in countries including Australia, Sweden and The Netherlands. James Brown also appeared on Supermodel Salon in 2009 and on Stephen Fry’s 100 Best Gadgets in 2011.

Racial abuse[]

At the 2011 Bafta Television Awards ceremony in London,at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Brown was involved in a racial abuse incident, referring to Ben Douglas as a 'n*****r' multiple times. Following the incident, Brown issued an apology: “I’d like to make a public apology to Mr Douglas, to his friends and to Bafta for my offensive and stupid comments. The simple truth is that I had drunk far too much on the evening and my behaviour was totally unacceptable."^[1]. Ben Douglas is the director of a children's theatre. Douglas was quoted as saying: “He thought he was being fashionable.... I believe they call it ‘street’.”

Television[]

See also[]

• List of celebrity hairdressers

References[]

• http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/40331/galway-born-celeb-hairdresser-apologises-for-racist-comments-at-baftas