• Elysium Salon Is Honored To Have Maurice Tidy Join Our Team

    by  • November 11, 2010

    photo by Jerry Wald

    Maurice Tidy Hairdesigner

    Maurice Tidy a native of London, began his career at the age of 13, as a apprentice barber. At age 15, he searched for innovation and someone who could challenge his talents to greater heights. He found this in a small hairdressing salon in London with only five employees called Vidal Sassoons.

    Within a year, at the age of 16, Maurice became Artistic Director of Sassoon and played a significant role in formulating the Vidal Sassoon technique of haircutting and finishing. He retained his position for twenty years and significantly aided the launching of  Vidal Sassoons  into the American, Japanese and Canadian markets. as well as creating worldwide recognition of Sassoon through his Technical Leadership, Educational seminars, Hairstyles and Professional shows.

    Maurice has owned salons on Madison and Park Avenues in New York. He has presented over 250 sponsored tours and solo shows in Japan to a average of twenty seven cities per tour.  He has been featured in professional shows in the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Spain,  Australia, Thailand, Canada and the United States. Maurice spearheaded Loreal’s American launch to all major American fashion editors at a New York City gala. In March 1993, Maurice returned to New York City as the featured guest stylist in the 50 year celebration of Vidal Sassoon.  He was the International Artistic Director for Mei Salons with full creative and educational responsibility for over 14,000 hairdressers in 1950 salons withing 110 diverse markets ranging from Saks Fifth Avenue, Niemann Marcus, Bloomingdales, Macys, Dillards, Sears.


    Designer  Client List

    Pierre Cardin, Bill Blass, Chanel, Valentino, Norma Kamali, Jerry Hall model

    Editorial And Production List

    Vogue, Harpers and Queen, Womans Wear Daily, Modern Bride, Glamour, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Womans Day, Seventeen, Elle, American Salon, Modern Salon, The New York  Times,Salon News

    THE BEATLES



    The Rolling stones

    Maurice has collaborated with some of the most famous celebrities in the world including the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Hendrix, Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Tiegs, Twiggy, Jerry Hall, Jean Shrimpton, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Connie Chung, Naomi Campbell, Renee Russo, Patti Smith and Isabella Rosellini.

    VISIT MAURICE TIDY.COM HERE

    Double hair knot

    by  • November 10, 2010

    When it comes to the year’s fashion trends a lot of 2011 will focus on embellished, quality details – it won’t be exactly the same for 2011 hairstyles, however. Quality, yes. Embellishment, not always. 2011 won’t be a year in which hair trends are based around adornments and accessories – yes, there’ll be headbands, but there’ll be a larger push towards styles that are au naturel. And amongst those styles will be the double hair knot.

    What is a double hair knot?

    Taking the lead from last year’s hairstyles, the double hair knot continues the infatuation with styles that seem effortless – think the plaited and braided hairstyles that have been so popular for more then 12 months, simplify, and you have the double hair knot.

    Like the topsy tail hairstyle of years gone by, the double hair knot sits roughly at the nape of the neck or a little higher. The style also works as a single knot – but by knotting the hair twice the effect is more interesting, and easier to secure.

    How to style it

    Though a hairstyle suited to the entire year, the style of double hair knot you’re seeing in the pictures are best suited to spring / summer 2011. Styled by Orlando Pita for the Michael Kors catwalk, the summer influence comes courtesy of a desire to have fuse urban hairstyle with the feel that its wearer has “been out at the beach all day.”

    To capture the summer interpretation of the double hair knot:

    1. First, spritz the hair all over with a sea-salt spray (Orlando Pita used Bumble and Bumble Surf Spray)
    2. Next, scrunch the hair into bunches while drying to add waves and texture
    3. Pull a thick section of hair out at the front, sweeping it into a deep side part
    4. Finally, take back two sections of hair and tie into a knot – then again into a double knot

    For a take on the style that is suited to autumn / fall or winter, play down the beachy-ness by making the hair smoother and a little less textured. Try replacing the sea-spray with a volumizer and keeping the hair in place with a little hairspray.