Runway S/S20

DARK ROMANCE
A young boy in a Midlands
bedroom dreamed of a different
world; Anthony Turner, the Most
Wanted Session Stylist winner,
took a leap of faith and made it
happen. He tells Runway how he’s
delivering his brand of different
FROM THE INTENT STARE of his clear
blue eyes to the passion with which he
discusses his muses and inspirations, you
know very early on when meeting
Anthony Turner that he’s an artist with a
serious passion. A passion for hair, yes –
that’s evident in the incredible work seen
on runways, editorials and advertising
campaigns – but also a passion for words,
for stories. So it comes as no surprise to
learn that the Most Wanted Session Stylist
winner first wanted to be a journalist.
“From an early age, when I picked up
The Face magazine, I became obsessed
with fashion,” he recalls. “Through iD
and Dazed and those younger, cooler
magazines, I educated myself because I
came from a small town in the middle of
the country and there wasn’t really a lot.
Quite a predictable scenario because there
wasn’t really any other outlet, right?
“So I used to read these magazines like
they were my Bible and learn about
designers and fashion. I wanted to be a
journalist. I wanted to be a writer.
Hairdressing never came into it at all.”
That all changed when, as a media
studies student at the turn of the century
needing to find a job to pay his way
through his education, he became an
assistant at Toni&Guy in Stafford
Anthony Turner at Erdem
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2019
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36 SPRING/SUMMER 2020
RUNWAY