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The Beginning In 1989, Kené Franklin and John Mifsud, two like-minded creative hairdressers, went into partnership in order to found MACMILLAN in Covent Garden, London. Both Kené and John were united in their vision of the future of |
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hairdressing
and their commitment to growth through client satisfaction achieved
via state of the art techniques and facilities, progressed from a platform
of sound education and advanced by a media profile of integrity and
creativity.
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The MACMILLAN company philosophy is focused on key words that Kené and John believe are essential to the success of salon and training centre of excellence:
Quality
MACMILLAN employ and train every stylist to enable them to provide a unique, quality hairdressing experience for each and every client. There is no set house style and each stylist is encouraged to utilise their skill and creativity to develop the latest trends and interpret them according to the client’s requirements.
Education
Kené and John wanted to achieve more – why open ‘just another trendy London salon’? They have a vision to improve standards within the industry by means of their superb on-going staff training for both new recruits and existing staff and through the many national and international seminars and workshops conducted by Kené.
Innovation
MACMILLAN ensure they continually improve services where possible and offer both customers and staff cutting edge training, facilities, techniques and products.
Artistry
The MACMILLAN Artistic Team is both nationally and internationally renowned for its cutting edge techniques, slick shows and innovative session work. Kené and his team share a unique ideology to:
Artistic credits are too numerous to mention, but recent highlights include working with Victoria Beckham to develop her look for her new single and with Texas on their forthcoming video.
Celebrity
Through their innovative techniques, MACMILLAN has attracted a huge celebrity client base that reads more like an award ceremony nomination list. High-profile celebrities to have benefited from MACMILLAN monofibre hair extension expertise include Denise van Outen, Melinda Messenger and Louise. Others committed to the MACMILLAN experience include Blur, Oasis, The Spice Girls, All Saints, Steps and B*Witched.
The MACMILLAN salon is currently based on Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London – an area synonymous with fashion and at the heart of London’s trendy retail, bar, club scene.
Kené Franklin –
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Artistic Director
Kené Franklin, MACMILLAN Artistic Director is one of British Hairdressing’s brightest stars and is fast becoming one of our greatest exports. Kené began his career with the Vidal Sassoon Artistic Team and then moved to Trevor Sorbie’s International Creative Team as Artistic Director. In 1989 he joined forces with John Misfud to create MACMILLAN. Since then Kené’s charismatic personality and gift for presenting has allowed his profile on the national and international hairdressing circuit to go from strength to strength. He has created looks for key designers such as Antonio Berardi, Hussein Chalayan and Alexander McQueen on their international fashion collections in London, New York, Paris and Milan and has also made numerous television appearances in America on prime-time shows such as Ricki Lake, CNN and Jenny Jones, as well as countless live stage appearances from LA to New York. Closer to home Kené enjoys a high profile with both published and electronic media. He is a familiar face on BBC,ITV and Satallite networks and is no stranger to the glossy pages of leading magazines and newspapers.
2001 brings a great deal of change for MACMILLAN. Building of their new state of the art concept salon and training academy in Central London is currently in progress and is due to open in August 2001. This will provide the perfect platform for MACMILLAN to continue developing their unique hairdressing philosophy and provide both clients and staff with revolutionary new facilities.
Bryony
Johnson/Sam Coon/Emilie Mason
Strawberry
PR
1st
Floor
237 Kensington
High Street
London
W8 6SA
Tel: 020 7937 4174/ Fax: 020 7937 6237
Email: emason@strawberrypr.co.uk
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