Michael Brennan

THE INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS AND REPUTATION OF MICHAEL BRENNAN IS BUILT ON EXTRAORDINARY FOUNDATIONS. IN MANY WAYS IT’S A VERY EUROPEAN STORY. STUDYING ART AND DESIGN AT UNIVERSITY THEN APPRENTICING IN DUBLIN, HE DESCRIBES HIS TRAINING AS “CLASSICAL” IN THE SENSE THAT HE WORKED WITH THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS FROM DAY ONE. EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT HAIR AESTHETICS AND THE FULL RANGE OF CUTTING AND STYLING TECHNIQUES, HE WENT ON TO TRAVEL FOR SIX YEARS BETWEEN MILAN, PARIS, LONDON AND NEW YORK DOING THE SHOWS WITH LUIGI MURENU, WHICH HE DESCRIBES AS THE CORE OF FASHION - AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE SKILL MATCHES ART UNDER TREMENDOUS PRESSURE. BRENNAN’S EXPERIENCE ON THE RUNWAY AND POLISHED EDITORIAL WORK SWIFTLY DEVELOPED INTO A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH CELEBRITIES. IT’S A CHEMISTRY HE DESCRIBES AS “BEAUTY AND TRANSFORMATION CREATED BY TRUST”. HENCE THE ICONIC LOOKS HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO CREATE FOR STARS INCLUDING HEIDI KLUME, BRITNEY SPEARS, TAYLOR SWIFT, DANNII MINOGUE, DELTA GOODREM AND THE OLSEN TWINS. WHILE HIS COMMERCIAL WORK INCLUDES MAJOR BRANDS SUCH AS BONDS, QANTAS, AQUILA, KAILIS, CAYDON, LOVEABLE, WITTNER AND POLITIX. AND HIS EDITORIAL SPANS FROM MARIE CLAIRE TO ELLE, COSMOPOLITAN, GRAZIA, GQ, MAXIM, HARPER’S BAZAAR, VOGUE AND MORE. HE DEFINES HIS WORK AS A BALANCE BETWEEN PIVOTAL ELEMENTS: “SKILL, A SENSE OF PROPORTION, TIME MANAGEMENT, STYLE AND INSTINCT - GREAT HAIR IS A PUZZLE THAT HAS TO FIT TOGETHER IN THE MOMENT.”