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WE’RE SITTING IN ATHERTON COX, THE LUSH MARYLEBONE SALON THAT DESMOND MURRAY, MEN’S HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR, WORKS OUT OF. AS USUAL DES HAS HIS TRUSTY MACBOOK WITH HIM – BETWEEN THAT AND HIS IPHONE THIS MAN HAS THOUSANDS OF IMAGES, OF EITHER HIS OWN SHOOTS OR PHOTOGRAPHY FOR OTHER HAIRDRESSERS. THE FIRST TIME IMET DES WAS A FEWMONTHS PREVIOUS TO OUR INTERVIEW: HE WAS WITH CURRENT SOUTHERN HAIRDRESSER OF THE YEAR, LEO BANCROFT, ANDLEO WAS DOING SOME DIY PR FOR DES. IT SEEMS THAT EVERYONE WHO WORKS WITH DES CATCHES THE BUG, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SEE HIS WORK: HE’S DEFINITELY GOT THAT

‘SOMETHING’…CHARISSE KENION

UTSTANDING

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