Antoinette Beenders
Antoinette Beenders is the Global Creative Director of Aveda. Acclaimed for her originality, creativity, and vision, her stunning images elevate hairdressing to an art form.
Antoinette has won many major hairdressing awards during her prolific career. Much of her time is spent traveling around the world demonstrating her skills to professional audiences.
Her down-to-earth attitude has made her in great demand for television and editorial work. Antoinette's hairdressing images appear in all the global glossy magazines.
2005
- Appointed Global Creative Director of Aveda
- Winner British Hairdresser of the Year 2004
- Channel Four (tv) “10 years younger”
- BBC 2 “Would like to meet”
- Standing ovation at Hair Expo “Gala Show”, Sydney, Australia
- Nominated Best Photo Collection AIPP 2004
- Earth Month shoot with Mary McCartney
- USA shows in Philadelphia, Chicago, Toronto, Atlanta and Dallas
- European shows/seminars in Ireland, Germany and Holland
2003
- Fellowship Best of British Show
- New York Fuse Show with Alexander McQueen, Ghost and Warren Noronha.
- Invented the Squeeze technique
- London Fashion Week – Ghost Show
- Nominated for UK British Hairdresser of the Year
2002
- Winner of The Fellowship for British Hairdressing, Hairdresser of the Year.
- LA Fashion week – Ghost show
- Nominated for UK British Hairdresser of the Year
2001
- Nominated for UK British Hairdresser of the Year
- Cyberlink presentation for Hair Expo 2001 in Sydney
- Masterjam Minneapolis
2000
- Invented new technique, The Clippertwist
- Fellowship Power Night
- Standing ovation after presenting a show for a 1000 Dutch hairdressers in
- Showbizcity in the Netherlands
- Represented the Best of British at Hair Expo, Sydney
- Standing ovation after presenting a show for 4000 at Aveda Conference, Minneapolis
- Master of Arts Award from Horst Rechelbacher
- Nominated finalist, Editorial Hairdresser of the Year
1999
- Winner of The Fellowship for British Hairdressing, British Hairdresser of the Year.
- Nominated by Modern Salon Magazine, USA, as one of the Best 75 Educators of the Millennium.
- Women of the Year, 1999 - chosen to represent the best of British Hairdressing by Lady Lothian, OBE.
- Shortlisted for British Hairdresser of the Year & Editorial Hairdresser, 1999 BHA.
- Designed the hair for Burn the Floor.
- This Morning TV
- Jerwood Prize Fashion show - Highly prestigious event, designed to promote young designers
- Appeared in Vogue – April, May, June editions.
1998
- Invented the Backslash hair cut
- Shortlisted for Session, London and British Hairdresser of the Year.
- Aveda 20/20 Vision Show, Radio City Hall, New York.
- Most Newsworthy Female Hair Designer Worldwide (IBS Award), New York.
- International guest artist at Hair Expo Australia.
- Hussein Chalayan and Clements Ribeiro shows
1997
- London Hairdresser of the Year - British Hairdressing Awards.
- Nominated for Salon Industry Press Most Newsworthy Hair Designer.
- International Guest Artist at Australian Hairdressers’ Journal Fair, Brisbane, Australia.
- Appearance at Hot Shots, Salon 97.
- Hussein Chalayan, Prada, Mui Mui, Dolce & Gabbana shows.
1996
- London Hairdresser of the Year - British Hairdressing Awards.
1995
- Presented with ‘Fellow with Honours’ by the Fellowship of British Hairdressing.
- Avant-Garde Hairdresser of the Year – British Hairdressing Awards.
- Nominated finalist in London Hairdresser of the Year and Artistic Team of the Year categories.
1994
- Appointed International Artistic Director for Trevor Sorbie International.
1993
- Nominated finalist for British Hairdressing Awards, category – Artistic Team of the Year.
1992
- Finalist in British Hairdressing Awards, category – London Hairdresser of the Year.
- Appointed UK Artistic Director for Trevor Sorbie International.
1991
- Nominated finalist in British Hairdressing Awards, category – Newcomer.
1990
- Nominated finalist of Cosmopolitan Woman of the Year.
- Promoted to supervising the educational program within Trevor Sorbie
- International and teaching abroad.
Overseas Shows:
America - Australia - Denmark - Germany - Hong Kong - Ireland - Italy - Sweden
The Netherlands and Taiwan.
Collections:
Pure Dutch
Retro Active