Breaking news for the world of hairdressing in the form of Sam being announced as the new Global Creative Director of GHD. This campaign image, styled by Sam and shot by iconic photographer Rankin to show the versatility of the new eclipse styler, is just the first in a long line of artwork that will come as a result of the collaboration. Speaking about this new partnership, Sam says, “I’m really excited to be collaborating with GHD on their electrical tools, starting with the new Eclipse. And watch this space because I’ll be working on some new stuff too!”. A good day for hair? We think so.

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After years of shoots and shows, it’s not often that a hairstylist is forced to work without his tools, but that was the case for Sam on his most recent cover shoot – for Vogue, no less. Shot by Patrick Demarchelier in St. Barts, with Vogue’s Fashion Director Lucinda Chambers and model Kate Moss, the whole crew arrived at the airport with no luggage – it hadn’t made the transit in Paris. Sam and make-up artist Val Garland had to use what they had: Val, the make-up in her handbag and Sam, the water from the sea. Speaking of the shoot Sam explains: “The airline had lost everything and it wasn’t going to arrive until the day we were leaving, so we had to make do. I simply put some sea water in a spray bottle, spritzed some into Kate’s hair, let it air dry, backcombed the roots and then ran my fingers through it. Kate being Kate, just rose to the occasion and let her natural hair texture do the talking”. Who ever said that fashion shoots need to be high-maintenance? Sometimes just a bit of DIY does the trick – and to gorgeous results.

View the whole shoot here

Read Sam’s Interview with Vogue.co.uk about the shoot here

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This weekend saw the second annual instalment of the Vogue Festival at the new and improved venue of the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall next to London’s Royal Festival Hall. Two days packed full of guest speakers such as Victoria Beckham, Donatella Versace, Alber Elbaz, Michael Kors, Natalie Massenet, Mario Testino, Sam was asked to be part of a panel of speakers interviewed by Vogue’s editor-in-chief Alexandra Shulman, for one of the most popular talks, “Behind the Scenes of a Vogue Cover Shoot”. Also taking part in the panel was Vogue’s Fashion Director, Lucinda Chambers, make-up artist Charlotte Tilbury and model of the moment, Cara Delevingne, all of whom worked together on the now iconic Cara cover for this year’s March issue, and all of whom were shot by photographer David Bailey backstage for the magazine’s archive. Speaking of the day, Sam said, “it was a little daunting to be on stage speaking at the QE Hall, but Alexandra made us all feel comfortable and Lucinda’s stories had us in hysterics. Cara was sweet and chatty and Charlotte and I rambled on like only hair and makeup can. When it was all over, we said: ‘Oh was that it? When can we do it again?’. Same time again next year?

Read all about the Vogue Fesitval and see video footage of the talk, here

Watch the talk in full here

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Instagram. Good for scenic pictures and beautiful filters, but even better for having a bit of fun – especially when on shoots and backstage at shows. Case in point, the stir that Sam’s tongue-in-cheek self-portraits, or ‘selfies’, on Instagram have been causing. Catching the attention of Into The Gloss blogger Emily Weiss, she loved his pink windswept fringe… Which one is your favourite?

Read Emily’s Into The Gloss article here:

Follow Sam on Instagram on @SamMcKnight1

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Fresh from the shows, Sam spent an evening at The Coterie (a members-only club for the hairdressing industry), being interviewed by ex-Vogue Beauty Director and co-founder of shopping concept BeautyMART, in front of a small audience of his peers. In a question-and-answer session with Anna-Marie, Sam talked about Princess Diana, wanting to style the Queen’s hair, Kate Moss’s wedding, his endless amounts of shoots and how Twitter has changed the way the industry works. Sam also demoed three looks he has created for the runways from Chanel Pre-Fall and Couture, as well as Fendi A/W ’13.

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Sam is currently featured in British Vogue’s October issue for the feature detailing his love for colour, flowers and his garden; Darling Buds.

Having seen the Twitter and Instagram updates that Sam regularly posts about flowers, colour and their influence on his inspiration behind his work, British Vogue came to interview and photograph Sam in his beautiful garden for the feature. You can see the results (and images from Sam’s garden) on p197-8 of the current issue.

For more tweets follow Sam on twitter or see an example of my floral photos on instagram

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