Your favorite educator's favorite educators
They are not staff. They have their own salons, their own agents, their own seasons. Corinna brings them to Oakland, they teach two days on live models, and they come back. Every one of them is on the app.
Corinna Hernandez
Founder and creative lead, Oakland
via a three-year Sassoon apprenticeship, then Bumble and bumble
Founder of Pony. Twenty-five years behind the chair, twelve seasons backstage, and the reason this roster exists.
Michael Gordon
Founder and author, New York
Founded Bumble and bumble in 1977 and sold a majority stake to Estée Lauder in 2000. Later founded Hairstory.
Laurent Philippon
Session stylist and author, Paris
via Alexandre de Paris and Bumble and bumble
Represented by Bryant Artists
Paris session legend. Alexandre de Paris–trained, Bumble and bumble's first Global Artistic Director, Thames & Hudson author.
Howard McLaren
Co-founder and Creative Director, R+Co, Miami
via Toni & Guy and Bumble and bumble
Built Bumble and bumble's razor-cutting education program over twenty-five years. Co-founded R+Co in 2014.
James Pecis
Session stylist, New York and Paris
via Bumble and bumble
Represented by Bryant Artists
Session stylist at Bryant Artists. Chanel, Saint Laurent, Thom Browne. Founder of the plastic-free line Blu & Green.
Dennis Lanni
Session stylist, New York
via Bumble and bumble
Represented by Art Department
New York editorial hair. Tiffany & Co. with Beyoncé, Breitling, Marc Jacobs. Fifty-one magazine covers.
Amy Farid
Session stylist, New York
via Bumble and bumble
Represented by Honey Artists
Osage Nation editorial and session stylist. Key hair for Hood By Air, Chromat and Luar.
Ramona Eschbach
Session stylist, Paris
via Bumble and bumble
Represented by MA+ Group
Paris session stylist. Five years assisting Eugene Souleiman. Runway for Dries Van Noten and Jacquemus.
Jordan M
Editorial cutter, Brooklyn
via Bumble and bumble
Represented by Susan Price NYC
New York editorial hairdresser and precision cutter. A reputation built on bobs and bangs.
Mischa G
Founder, Treehouse Social Club, New York
via Bumble and bumble
Bumble and bumble veteran and founder of Treehouse Social Club, the East Village's unapologetically queer salon.
Rolando Beauchamp
Session stylist, New York
via Bumble and bumble
Represented by The Wall Group
New York session stylist. Heidi Klum, Margot Robbie, Brie Larson. Met Gala and NYFW runway.
Aura Friedman
Colourist, New York
via Bumble and bumble
New York colorist behind Lady Gaga's pink and the splashlights trend. Elle Genius Award, four Allure Best of Beauty.
Daniel Moon
Colourist and salon owner, Los Angeles
Founder of HAIR Los Angeles. Colour for Kanye West's Sunday Service purple, Madonna, Zoë Kravitz and Erykah Badu. A US Marine before he was a colourist. Elle Beauty Genius Award, 2017.
Patricia Morales
Curl specialist, Los Angeles
via Toni & Guy
Represented by The Visionaries Agency
Chicano and lowrider-inspired. Made Lady Gaga's hair bow. Owns LA MORALES in East Hollywood.
Kate Schlichter
Co-founder, Lost Hills, Los Angeles
via Sassoon and Bumble and bumble
Sassoon-trained, Bumble-trained, co-founder of L.A.'s Lost Hills — the salon Vogue called a secret hair hideaway.
Debi Alley
Cutter and educator, Oakland
via Sassoon and Bumble and bumble
Ten years at Vidal Sassoon, fourteen at diPietro Todd as Director of Haircutting Education. Leads apprentice education at Pony.
Dante Pronio
Head of Pony's creative team, New York
via Bumble and bumble
Razor cutting educator. Bumble and bumble apprentice from 2001, later rebuilt its apprentice training program.
Travis Speck
Senior stylist, New York
via Bumble and bumble
NYC razor cutter, senior stylist at Suite Caroline. Formerly Sally Hershberger Downtown.
Nicholas Roach
Cutter and educator, San Diego
via Sassoon and Bumble and bumble
One of the original Bumble and bumble University educators. Owner of Sweet Jane Salon, San Diego.
Coco Santiago
Global educator, New York
via Bumble and bumble
New York razor cutter known for pixies and bobs. At Bumble and bumble since 1997, teaching Bb.Cut Foundations.
Aaron Pursell
Educator, Boulder CO
via Bumble and bumble
Twenty years behind the chair. Aveda-trained, Bumble-apprenticed, Mr. Smith Core Team Educator since 2020.
Miss Tina Haukjaer Andersen
Cutter and educator, Oakland
via Sassoon and Bumble and bumble
Senior creative director at Vidal Sassoon in the UK and US. Rosamund Pike's hairdresser since Pike was seventeen.
Crystal Gerard
Razor cutter, New York
via Bumble and bumble
Rock and roll hairdresser, DJ and music photographer. Seventeen years at Bumble and bumble.
Christiaan van Bremen
Educator and coach, New York
via Bumble and bumble
Represented by The Wall Group
Ran Bumble and bumble's global training for twelve years. Certified professional coach. The person who taught the educators how to teach.
Dre Donoghue
Cutter and educator, Asheville
via Bumble and bumble
Apprenticed at Bumble and bumble in 2005 and became a lead educator there. Now cuts and teaches razor work in Asheville.
Eric Hauck
Educator, Newburyport MA
via Bumble and bumble
Eleven years at Bumble and bumble as Lead Educator and Art Director. Helped establish Bb's London school.
Anyea Garrido
Curl specialist, Alameda CA
Bay Area curl specialist. Owner of Emphasis on Curls in Alameda. Educator for Innersense Organic Beauty.
Brittany Sugrue
Cutter and educator, San Francisco
San Francisco cutting specialist. Precision, mod shapes and men's grooming.
Holly Vatter
Cutter and educator, Los Angeles
via Bumble and bumble
LA razor and scissor cutter. Sassoon-line apprenticeship, Bumble-trained. Modern Salon's French bob authority.
Lo Shabino
Founder, Strange Bird Salon, Austin
via Bumble and bumble
Founder of Strange Bird Salon, Austin. Razor and texture cutting with a sculptor's eye.
Garrett Markenson
Founder, Reverie, Los Angeles
via Sassoon and Bumble and bumble
Sassoon Academy–trained, salon owner, author of Reforma. Founded the clean haircare line Reverie in 2011.
Richy Kandasamy
Colourist and educator, New York
via Toni & Guy and Bumble and bumble
R+Co Collective member and haircolor category expert. Seychelles-born, TIGI-trained. Developed R+Co's Sunset Blvd masque.
Wendy Iles
Session stylist, Paris
via Sassoon and Bumble and bumble
Sassoon-trained session stylist, four decades in. Founder of Iles Formula. Hollywood Beauty Award winner.
Counts are the classes each educator currently has on ponyeducation.live. Raymond McLaren — Howard's brother, and the other half of the razor — never taught here, but he shaped the cutters who shaped this room.