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A DAY OF WORK/LIFE BALANCE FOR TOM CONNELL, HAIR ART DIRECTOR AT DAVINES UK @TOMM CONNELL
I GET UP AT… Whatever unreasonable hour my one-year-old son decides.
MY WORK WARDROBE CONSISTS OF… Universal Works, Homecore and Clarks Originals.
MY JOB ENTAILS… Designing and directing the hair identity for Davines on photographic campaigns, stage shows, product development and community building.
I GOT HERE BY… Not following the traditional career path of progression and trying to have an original take on hair from the beginning.
MY DAY CONSISTS OF… Getting the kids to school then heading to my studio at the Davines village in Parma. I commit 9am to 11am every day for idea development then have a coffee and look at the wall of projects I have in motion. This is a standard day at home but any day could be travelling or on set.
MY FAVOURITE WORK TOOL IS… A razor from the ’70s that my grandad bought my mum when she began hairdressing. It’s the best razor I’ve ever used and has a big sentimental value.
MY DAILY FUEL IS… Coffee. Lots of coffee!
MY SPOTIFY PLAYLIST INCLUDES… For whatever show I’m building at that moment I create a playlist of any potential tracks that could work for it and listen to it on repeat. My last show at NOISE was solely Chali 2na from Jurassic 5 for weeks in the lead up to the event.
I’M ALWAYS… Figuring out how to balance work, travel and family.
WHEN I GET STRESSED I… Remember that most of the time it’s about things that may not happen.
WHEN I GET STUCK I… Will talk to a few people whose opinions I trust.
THE HABIT I NEED TO BREAK IS… Clogging up my desktop and slowing my computer down.
THE MISTAKE I LEARNED THE MOST FROM… Agreeing to projects when there wasn’t enough time or budget to execute them to the right level.
THE ADVICE I’M GLAD I IGNORED… That entering awards is the only way to progress in hairdressing.
MY INBOX LOOKS LIKE… Elon Musk’s bank balance.
MY BIGGEST INDULGENCE IS… Taxis.
AFTER WORK… I head to my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gym.
I DECOMPRESS BY… Training Jiu-Jitsu. It’s a discipline that you must be totally focused on while doing it.
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