Biography

Tease it. Curl it. Straighten it.

Make it shine, make it bounce.

Shellac it with spray into a virtual sculpture.

Hair is what you make it – and Nicolas Jurnjack has made it all.

Styles may change, but what he brings is more than style – it’s art. In the high fashion hair game for more than 20 years, Jurnjack has had his hands on all the great manes that have graced the pages of the world’s most well-known fashion magazines. A full list may be pushing it, but a tasting includes Natasha Poly, Gisele Bundchen, Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys … , and Vogue, Allure, V Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar …

But what would you expect of a man born and raised in Marseille in the South of France, at a time when the French unemployment system didn’t allow people to go without work for more than 6 months? Leaving school at age 16, Jurnjack’s options were limited: street cleaner, messenger, builder, and every boy’s dream, the illustrious salon sweeper. The latter was the one he took but keeping the job was something else – he quit time and time again, vowing to not repeat the mistake. But there’s something to the pull of the pattern (aided by the pointing finger of the law) and as it would turn out, being forced to take one last sweeper job would lead to the first styling opportunity – with French ELLE no less – that pissed off a boss, ignited a passion to learn, and launched an extensive career.

Determined to not take on the signatures of a master, a possibility when assisting, Jurnjack relocated to a tiny basement flat in Paris and surrounded himself with magazine clippings and plastic heads. (A striking visual, no?) The result of all this private work was a vision and style that was uniquely his own. Without great timing though, it all could have stayed below ground. “Luckily” his career at that time afforded him no summer escape from the city, and with everyone else away, he nabbed the chance to style for French Vogue. That shoot landed him his first cover of the 350+ he’s done since – 100+ of which have been for Vogue.

His work has been internationally recognized, nominated and awarded many prizes, including Best Hair of the Season. Hell, his work has been seen in the Louvre Museum… as part of the International Festival of Fashion, six black and white portraits styled by Jurnjack and shot by Jean Loup-Sieff and Christoph Sillem were hung alongside the likes of Linda Evangelista, Kate Moss, Steven Meisel and Peter Lindbergh.
Talent like this is not for 2D alone. Designers, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Albert Elbaz, Olivier Theyskens to name a few, have put their runway models’ heads in Jurnjack’s hands. The freedom of working for such stunning talent gave Jurnjack the platform for some of his most iconic and memorable looks: from hair styled into bird cages, to abstract expressionism for an Alexander McQueen show, to the elaborate-minimalism of Japanese Geisha hair for Givenchy. These looks and more for Prêt-à-Porter and Haute Couture lines have been broadcast around the world during Fashion Week in Paris, Milan, New York, Tokyo, London, Berlin and Sao Paulo.
And now? Talent like this is no longer for the elite alone. Two decades of experience at the top of his profession have given Jurnjack the desire to share his knowledge and expertise with a wider audience. From the very start, he’s had a passion for products – from bottle design to styling innovations – and as his career has proven, when Jurnjack has a passion, there’s no stopping him.