I've never done a CV before and an agent asked me to provide one. Was quite a challenge putting it together, and I've probably left a whole lot of stuff out of it. Anyway, here it is...

RICHARD KAVANAGH

Curriculum vitae

Described by Style Magazine as 'a genius with the knack of making women look beautiful' and by Karen Magazine as 'too much fun not to have on a shoot', Richard Kavanagh is a freelance session stylist with 23 years in the hair business.

A platform artist since 1997 Richard Kavanagh has been a Redken Performing artist since 2001.

While still working in salons, Richard was a winner or finalist of every major hairdressing award in New Zealand for several years running including L'oreal Colour Trophy, New Zealand hairdresser of the year, New Zealand Hairdressing association Creative head of merit and more.

His work features on the covers and pages of publications such as Vogue, Marie Claire, Style, Karen, Pavement and many more in the US, UK, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Richard Kavanagh is the go to guy for top international directors when they need a hair specialist in New Zealand and he has created looks for international hair and fashion brands for the their TV campaigns.

Passionate about education and growing the professional image of the hair industry, Richard has been the resident fashion guru on prime time network television, hosts a weekly hair and fashion spot on TVNZ's Good Morning show and brings his passion to life through shows and seminars to thousands of hairdressers all over the globe.

Photographers:

• Cindy Wilson
• Jonathon Broadbent
• Jackie Mearing
• Derek Henderson
• Marissa Findlay
• Shaun Pettigrew
• Stephen Chee
• Kim Mun
• Ian Mcrae
• Anthony
• Chris Sisarich
• Craig Owen

Shows:

• Id Dunedin (lead stylist)
• NZ Fashion Week (Richard Kavanagh stylist)
• Australian Fashion Week (Richard Kavanagh stylist)
• New York Fashion Week
• Singapore fashion festival (Richard Kavanagh lead stylist)

Directors:

• Melanie Bridge (Sunsilk, Kohls, National Bank)
• Michel Gondry (Steriogram, Walkie Talkie Man)
• Kezia Barnett (Oreo Bites)
• Noah Marshall (Anika Moa,
• Jesse Warn (Zed, White Trash to Rock Gods)
• Adam Jones (Steriogram, White Trash)
• Nic Finlayson (Glassons)

Brands:

• Sunsilk
• Redken
• Versace
• Max mara
• Zegna
• AirNZ/Zambesi
• Line Seven
• You by Crocs
• Schweppes
• L’Oreal
• Starfish

Editorial:

• Pavement
• Karen
• Oyster
• Pulp
• Fashion Quarterly
• Cleo
• Style (NZ and Singapore)
• UK Cosmo Bride
• NZ Bride
• Next
• Australian Womans Weekly

Countries:

• Korea
• Australia
• USA
• Singapore
• Malaysia
• Hawaii
• South Africa
• Phillipines

Celebrities:

• Chloe Maxwell
• Kylie Bax
• Collette Dinigan
• Karen Walker
• Black Eyed Peas
• Roni Size
• Anika moa
• Margherita Missoni
• Miss Universe Australia
• Tyson Kennedy
• Alek Wek