I didn’t really know who Peter Gray was before I left for New York Fashion Week for the first time. I googled his name and saw enough to know he was important. You probably have seen his work in Vogue, on the runway, and in lots of Redken ads. I couldn’t escape the surreal feeling that I would have access to talk to a stylist of this caliber.

I was NYC Fashion Week supporting easihair and the tape in extension system I helped create called easilengths. We were there to make sure shows like Betsey Johnson, Carlos Miele, Nichola K, and Badgley Mischka  had all the extensions they needed to create the Fall 2011 runway looks.

Jennifer Edwards, director of education/easihar, carried a huge suitcase around filled with extensions and clip in bangs. In essence, we were hair dealers. Haha!

We got the chance to go to the Betsey Johnson show. We were there early and got in on all the behind the scenes action.

As a stylist I was blown away with Peter’s precision and passion to his craft. His Japanese team descended upon a model like an elite machine. 3 people, 6 hands, hairspray and bobbi pins moved in a circular motion around the model like a whirlwind. One mind and one objective: to wrap the long models hair around and around her head so they could use the China Doll wig by Jon Renau on the runway.

I stopped and stared. Mesmerized. I have never seen anything like that in my career. My only thought was, I want to be like that.