Davines International Artist Danny Pato recently won the title of Australian Hairdressing Industry Awards (AHIA) Avant Garde Hairdresser of the Year 2024 with his collection called The Nomad Queens.
The notion of “nomad” often symbolizes freedom, adaptability, and blooming where you’re planted. Itโs also about embracing what you’ve seen along your travels, and bringing it into your lifestyle.
In the caption of an Instagram post that features his collection images, Pato shared a description of the collection: ย
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ฌโ
๐๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ข, ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ.โ
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ, ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ต.โ
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ-๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ.โ
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ.โ
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CREDITS
Hair & Art Director: Danny Pato using Davines, assisted by Michael Sisaengrath and the D&M Hair Design team.
Photographer: Mara Sommer, assisted by Josh Szeto.
Stylists: Danny Pato & Rachel Morton
Makeup Artist: Kiekie Stanners
Producer: Ryland Wood
Post: Olivia Mander
Models: Lillian Egan from 62, Crystal Lim from N, Jenna Watermeyer from Red11 and Zephaniah from Unique.
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