Jenna Perry has colored the hair of celebs and supermodels alike who have proceeded to wear her creations, proudly, all over the world and all over our FYP’s. From the pages of VOGUE to PageSix, and from a hotel in Ohio to the Prada runway in Milan, Perry has crafted the signature do’s, re-do’s and stitches of people like Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, the Olsen twins, and Maude Apatow to name a few.
But there’s more to Perry than just meets the eye, which is currently a fiery red mane not unlike Kendall’s Milan Fashion Week upset in February last year, on the head of a pleasantly sharp-tongued woman, clad only in a blazer and jeans, living freely in a feminist, bra-free twenty-first century. Brownstone Cowboys Magazine caught up with Jenna as she was being styled and photographed for the Wall Street Journal to promote her new SoHo salon as well as one of her top colorists, Joey, who had set up shop on the back patio of the Brownstone Cowboys Apartment. And after styling Jenna for our shoot, Heathermary Jackson promptly sat in one of the deck chairs and asked for a haircut, which he obliged. But that’s just how caring and spontaneous Jenna Perry Hair is; client first, environment first, and hair first - even if that environment is a peeling back deck covered in fake turf in Kips Bay.
Jenna is all about the person in her chair - or in our case the floral deck chair. In fact, when Jenna has her way, not only does someone look great but they’ll have a damn good time waiting for those highlights to dry.
Although her newest location at 347 Broadway will continue to populate the block between Grand and Broome with even more celebrity sightings, Perry will retain her location on East Ninth street as a ‘content studio.’ Maybe this means we’ll soon see the right way to color hair on our FYP’s.
Brownstone Cowboys Magazine (BSC): What defines and redefines the salon experience. You’re opening a new one, so how is it different beyond the physical location?
Jenna Perry (JP): “Our new location will be different because it will feel less high volume with the amount of space. Our East Village location didn’t have room for guests or visitors, so we’ve designed the new location to be more inviting to that. It’s going to be a place where you can come and hang out with your friends”.
(Which, let’s be honest, how many of us don’t lift our heads up from our iphones while we scroll endlessly waiting for our highlights to dry? Bringing friends, having fun, and redefining the camaraderie of your (new) favorite salon is what JPH is all about.
BSC: When a celebrity comes to visit you, do they usually know what they want? Does it come down to specific requests, like "I want to go blonde" or more image-based "I want to be perceived as more carefree, spirited, etc"
JP: ”It’s always an ‘I want to go blonde’ moment. It’s equally exciting for the person and for me. It’s exciting to look through references together and dream up the perfect color and then execute it.”
BSC: How do you tell people no? For example, you colored Karlie’s hair, and a girl comes in asking for the same exact thing, but you feel it won’t look right.
JP: “I am comfortable saying no, and always explain thoroughly why it has to be a no. Sometimes people don’t know what will look best on them and it’s important to be thorough with managing dreams and expectations”.
BSC: Is that what happened with Kendall Jenner?
JP: “If we go back to the process leading up to Kendall’s debut - which two months later was the hottest thing after Evan Mock’s bubblegum pink buzz - it wasn’t done in one take. I’m always patient. I knew that she’d look better with my hair color, but I gave her what she wanted first (which was Jessica Chastain’s ginger locks as a reference)… all from a bathtub in Cincinnati.”
BSC: And then she opted for something else? Why? Because that Chastain shade just didn’t go with her complexion?
JP: “It wasn’t translating the way we wanted, it just didn't hit the mark. So we decided to go darker. I grabbed the little stools and made a bed inside of the tub. And then she laid on the ‘bed’ and I was barefoot with my jeans rolled up in the bathtub, and that’s how we did round two. Ultimately, it really was my hair color - and she looked great! And I was really happy that I wasn’t allowed to talk about it for a little bit, because of course it blew up. Guido tagged us, which was crazy, because no one tags colorists. But that moment was all about her color.”
“It wasn’t translating the way we wanted, so we decided to go darker. I grabbed the little stools and made a bed inside of the tub. And then she laid on the ‘bed’ and I was barefoot with my jeans rolled up in the bathtub, and that’s how we did round two. Ultimately, it really was my hair color - and she looked great! And I was really happy that I wasn’t allowed to talk about it for a little bit, because of course it blew up. Guido tagged us, which was crazy, because no one tags colorists. But that moment was all about her color.”
BSC: When you’re doing a coloring job, do you yourself consider the way in which it’s going to appeal to such a large audience or is it more of a one on one conversation with your client?
JP: “Both! I think it starts as a personal transformation and then once it’s all said and done, it’s like ‘Babe! This is going to be a major fashion moment!’”
(BTW Perry has had and made many major fashion moments.)
BSC: What’s it like to see your work blow up on such a large scale and then to see the trickle down through so many people, once they’re inspired by a job you did?
JP: “It’s really humbling. It’s a great feeling to be passionate about your job, deliver, and then get an excellent response.”
BSC: How do / have you seen a new color influence the way someone dresses (either your client’s or just the general public’s)? It’s a pretty major personal style shift. I feel like it changes which color clothes you lean towards, makeup, etc.
JP: “A hair color transformation can definitely change the way one approaches their overall style. But I’d say whenever anyone gets their hair colored, no matter how drastic the transformation, they immediately gain more confidence, which naturally leads to dressing more confidentially overall.”
BSC: Speaking directly to Prada’s request for Kendall’s hair change - is it usual that a brand will go so far as to request a model’s totally beauty transformation? Do you think that a major change like this could overshadow the clothes on the runway?
JP: “I wouldn’t say it is usual, but I do think that the fashion world is incorporating beauty as an accessory more and more these days.”
BSC: Also, are you already looking for inspiration to put out your ‘next big look’ or can we expect this one to stick around for a while?
JP: “I think this look will be sticking around a little while longer :)”
If you’re looking to fix those dried out split-ends or just want to switch it up now that you’re finally traveling post Covid, visit Jenna Perry Hair’s new salon at 347 Broadway in SoHo, or to learn a little more about her team, check out https://www.jennaperryhair.com/teampage or her IG: @jennaperryhair.
Jenna Perry has colored the hair of celebs and supermodels alike who have proceeded to wear her creations, proudly, all over the world and all over our FYP’s. From the pages of VOGUE to PageSix, and from a hotel in Ohio to the Prada runway in Milan, Perry has crafted the signature do’s, re-do’s and stitches of people like Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, the Olsen twins, and Maude Apatow to name a few.
But there’s more to Perry than just meets the eye, which is currently a fiery red mane not unlike Kendall’s Milan Fashion Week upset in February last year, on the head of a pleasantly sharp-tongued woman, clad only in a blazer and jeans, living freely in a feminist, bra-free twenty-first century. Brownstone Cowboys Magazine caught up with Jenna as she was being styled and photographed for the Wall Street Journal to promote her new SoHo salon as well as one of her top colorists, Joey, who had set up shop on the back patio of the Brownstone Cowboys Apartment. And after styling Jenna for our shoot, Heathermary Jackson promptly sat in one of the deck chairs and asked for a haircut, which he obliged. But that’s just how caring and spontaneous Jenna Perry Hair is; client first, environment first, and hair first - even if that environment is a peeling back deck covered in fake turf in Kips Bay.
Jenna is all about the person in her chair - or in our case the floral deck chair. In fact, when Jenna has her way, not only does someone look great but they’ll have a damn good time waiting for those highlights to dry.
Although her newest location at 347 Broadway will continue to populate the block between Grand and Broome with even more celebrity sightings, Perry will retain her location on East Ninth street as a ‘content studio.’ Maybe this means we’ll soon see the right way to color hair on our FYP’s.
Jenna Perry has colored the hair of celebs and supermodels alike who have proceeded to wear her creations, proudly, all over the world and all over our FYP’s. From the pages of VOGUE to PageSix, and from a hotel in Ohio to the Prada runway in Milan, Perry has crafted the signature do’s, re-do’s and stitches of people like Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, the Olsen twins, and Maude Apatow to name a few.
But there’s more to Perry than just meets the eye, which is currently a fiery red mane not unlike Kendall’s Milan Fashion Week upset in February last year, on the head of a pleasantly sharp-tongued woman, clad only in a blazer and jeans, living freely in a feminist, bra-free twenty-first century. Brownstone Cowboys Magazine caught up with Jenna as she was being styled and photographed for the Wall Street Journal to promote her new SoHo salon as well as one of her top colorists, Joey, who had set up shop on the back patio of the Brownstone Cowboys Apartment. And after styling Jenna for our shoot, Heathermary Jackson promptly sat in one of the deck chairs and asked for a haircut, which he obliged. But that’s just how caring and spontaneous Jenna Perry Hair is; client first, environment first, and hair first - even if that environment is a peeling back deck covered in fake turf in Kips Bay.
Jenna is all about the person in her chair - or in our case the floral deck chair. In fact, when Jenna has her way, not only does someone look great but they’ll have a damn good time waiting for those highlights to dry.
Although her newest location at 347 Broadway will continue to populate the block between Grand and Broome with even more celebrity sightings, Perry will retain her location on East Ninth street as a ‘content studio.’ Maybe this means we’ll soon see the right way to color hair on our FYP’s.
Brownstone Cowboys Magazine (BSC): What defines and redefines the salon experience. You’re opening a new one, so how is it different beyond the physical location?
Jenna Perry (JP): “Our new location will be different because it will feel less high volume with the amount of space. Our East Village location didn’t have room for guests or visitors, so we’ve designed the new location to be more inviting to that. It’s going to be a place where you can come and hang out with your friends”.
(Which, let’s be honest, how many of us don’t lift our heads up from our iphones while we scroll endlessly waiting for our highlights to dry? Bringing friends, having fun, and redefining the camaraderie of your (new) favorite salon is what JPH is all about.
BSC: When a celebrity comes to visit you, do they usually know what they want? Does it come down to specific requests, like "I want to go blonde" or more image-based "I want to be perceived as more carefree, spirited, etc"
JP: ”It’s always an ‘I want to go blonde’ moment. It’s equally exciting for the person and for me. It’s exciting to look through references together and dream up the perfect color and then execute it.”
BSC: How do you tell people no? For example, you colored Karlie’s hair, and a girl comes in asking for the same exact thing, but you feel it won’t look right.
JP: “I am comfortable saying no, and always explain thoroughly why it has to be a no. Sometimes people don’t know what will look best on them and it’s important to be thorough with managing dreams and expectations”.
BSC: Is that what happened with Kendall Jenner?
JP: “If we go back to the process leading up to Kendall’s debut - which two months later was the hottest thing after Evan Mock’s bubblegum pink buzz - it wasn’t done in one take. I’m always patient. I knew that she’d look better with my hair color, but I gave her what she wanted first (which was Jessica Chastain’s ginger locks as a reference)… all from a bathtub in Cincinnati.”
BSC: And then she opted for something else? Why? Because that Chastain shade just didn’t go with her complexion?
JP: “It wasn’t translating the way we wanted, it just didn't hit the mark. So we decided to go darker. I grabbed the little stools and made a bed inside of the tub. And then she laid on the ‘bed’ and I was barefoot with my jeans rolled up in the bathtub, and that’s how we did round two. Ultimately, it really was my hair color - and she looked great! And I was really happy that I wasn’t allowed to talk about it for a little bit, because of course it blew up. Guido tagged us, which was crazy, because no one tags colorists. But that moment was all about her color.”
BSC: When you’re doing a coloring job, do you yourself consider the way in which it’s going to appeal to such a large audience or is it more of a one on one conversation with your client?
JP: “Both! I think it starts as a personal transformation and then once it’s all said and done, it’s like ‘Babe! This is going to be a major fashion moment!’”
(BTW Perry has had and made many major fashion moments.)
BSC: What’s it like to see your work blow up on such a large scale and then to see the trickle down through so many people, once they’re inspired by a job you did?
JP: “It’s really humbling. It’s a great feeling to be passionate about your job, deliver, and then get an excellent response.”
BSC: How do / have you seen a new color influence the way someone dresses (either your client’s or just the general public’s)? It’s a pretty major personal style shift. I feel like it changes which color clothes you lean towards, makeup, etc.
JP: “A hair color transformation can definitely change the way one approaches their overall style. But I’d say whenever anyone gets their hair colored, no matter how drastic the transformation, they immediately gain more confidence, which naturally leads to dressing more confidentially overall.”
BSC: Speaking directly to Prada’s request for Kendall’s hair change - is it usual that a brand will go so far as to request a model’s totally beauty transformation? Do you think that a major change like this could overshadow the clothes on the runway?
JP: “I wouldn’t say it is usual, but I do think that the fashion world is incorporating beauty as an accessory more and more these days.”
BSC: Also, are you already looking for inspiration to put out your ‘next big look’ or can we expect this one to stick around for a while?
JP: “I think this look will be sticking around a little while longer :)”
If you’re looking to fix those dried out split-ends or just want to switch it up now that you’re finally traveling post Covid, visit Jenna Perry Hair’s new salon at 347 Broadway in SoHo, or to learn a little more about her team, check out https://www.jennaperryhair.com/teampage or her IG: @jennaperryhair.
“It wasn’t translating the way we wanted, so we decided to go darker. I grabbed the little stools and made a bed inside of the tub. And then she laid on the ‘bed’ and I was barefoot with my jeans rolled up in the bathtub, and that’s how we did round two. Ultimately, it really was my hair color - and she looked great! And I was really happy that I wasn’t allowed to talk about it for a little bit, because of course it blew up. Guido tagged us, which was crazy, because no one tags colorists. But that moment was all about her color.”
Jenna Perry has colored the hair of celebs and supermodels alike who have proceeded to wear her creations, proudly, all over the world and all over our FYP’s. From the pages of VOGUE to PageSix, and from a hotel in Ohio to the Prada runway in Milan, Perry has crafted the signature do’s, re-do’s and stitches of people like Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, the Olsen twins, and Maude Apatow to name a few.
But there’s more to Perry than just meets the eye, which is currently a fiery red mane not unlike Kendall’s Milan Fashion Week upset in February last year, on the head of a pleasantly sharp-tongued woman, clad only in a blazer and jeans, living freely in a feminist, bra-free twenty-first century. Brownstone Cowboys Magazine caught up with Jenna as she was being styled and photographed for the Wall Street Journal to promote her new SoHo salon as well as one of her top colorists, Joey, who had set up shop on the back patio of the Brownstone Cowboys Apartment. And after styling Jenna for our shoot, Heathermary Jackson promptly sat in one of the deck chairs and asked for a haircut, which he obliged. But that’s just how caring and spontaneous Jenna Perry Hair is; client first, environment first, and hair first - even if that environment is a peeling back deck covered in fake turf in Kips Bay.
Jenna is all about the person in her chair - or in our case the floral deck chair. In fact, when Jenna has her way, not only does someone look great but they’ll have a damn good time waiting for those highlights to dry.
Although her newest location at 347 Broadway will continue to populate the block between Grand and Broome with even more celebrity sightings, Perry will retain her location on East Ninth street as a ‘content studio.’ Maybe this means we’ll soon see the right way to color hair on our FYP’s.
Jenna Perry has colored the hair of celebs and supermodels alike who have proceeded to wear her creations, proudly, all over the world and all over our FYP’s. From the pages of VOGUE to PageSix, and from a hotel in Ohio to the Prada runway in Milan, Perry has crafted the signature do’s, re-do’s and stitches of people like Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, the Olsen twins, and Maude Apatow to name a few.
But there’s more to Perry than just meets the eye, which is currently a fiery red mane not unlike Kendall’s Milan Fashion Week upset in February last year, on the head of a pleasantly sharp-tongued woman, clad only in a blazer and jeans, living freely in a feminist, bra-free twenty-first century. Brownstone Cowboys Magazine caught up with Jenna as she was being styled and photographed for the Wall Street Journal to promote her new SoHo salon as well as one of her top colorists, Joey, who had set up shop on the back patio of the Brownstone Cowboys Apartment. And after styling Jenna for our shoot, Heathermary Jackson promptly sat in one of the deck chairs and asked for a haircut, which he obliged. But that’s just how caring and spontaneous Jenna Perry Hair is; client first, environment first, and hair first - even if that environment is a peeling back deck covered in fake turf in Kips Bay.
Jenna is all about the person in her chair - or in our case the floral deck chair. In fact, when Jenna has her way, not only does someone look great but they’ll have a damn good time waiting for those highlights to dry.
Although her newest location at 347 Broadway will continue to populate the block between Grand and Broome with even more celebrity sightings, Perry will retain her location on East Ninth street as a ‘content studio.’ Maybe this means we’ll soon see the right way to color hair on our FYP’s.
Jenna Perry has colored the hair of celebs and supermodels alike who have proceeded to wear her creations, proudly, all over the world and all over our FYP’s. From the pages of VOGUE to PageSix, and from a hotel in Ohio to the Prada runway in Milan, Perry has crafted the signature do’s, re-do’s and stitches of people like Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, the Olsen twins, and Maude Apatow to name a few.
But there’s more to Perry than just meets the eye, which is currently a fiery red mane not unlike Kendall’s Milan Fashion Week upset in February last year, on the head of a pleasantly sharp-tongued woman, clad only in a blazer and jeans, living freely in a feminist, bra-free twenty-first century. Brownstone Cowboys Magazine caught up with Jenna as she was being styled and photographed for the Wall Street Journal to promote her new SoHo salon as well as one of her top colorists, Joey, who had set up shop on the back patio of the Brownstone Cowboys Apartment. And after styling Jenna for our shoot, Heathermary Jackson promptly sat in one of the deck chairs and asked for a haircut, which he obliged. But that’s just how caring and spontaneous Jenna Perry Hair is; client first, environment first, and hair first - even if that environment is a peeling back deck covered in fake turf in Kips Bay.
Jenna is all about the person in her chair - or in our case the floral deck chair. In fact, when Jenna has her way, not only does someone look great but they’ll have a damn good time waiting for those highlights to dry.
Although her newest location at 347 Broadway will continue to populate the block between Grand and Broome with even more celebrity sightings, Perry will retain her location on East Ninth street as a ‘content studio.’ Maybe this means we’ll soon see the right way to color hair on our FYP’s.
Brownstone Cowboys Magazine (BSC): What defines and redefines the salon experience. You’re opening a new one, so how is it different beyond the physical location?
Jenna Perry (JP): “Our new location will be different because it will feel less high volume with the amount of space. Our East Village location didn’t have room for guests or visitors, so we’ve designed the new location to be more inviting to that. It’s going to be a place where you can come and hang out with your friends”.
(Which, let’s be honest, how many of us don’t lift our heads up from our iphones while we scroll endlessly waiting for our highlights to dry? Bringing friends, having fun, and redefining the camaraderie of your (new) favorite salon is what JPH is all about.
BSC: When a celebrity comes to visit you, do they usually know what they want? Does it come down to specific requests, like "I want to go blonde" or more image-based "I want to be perceived as more carefree, spirited, etc"
JP: ”It’s always an ‘I want to go blonde’ moment. It’s equally exciting for the person and for me. It’s exciting to look through references together and dream up the perfect color and then execute it.”
BSC: How do you tell people no? For example, you colored Karlie’s hair, and a girl comes in asking for the same exact thing, but you feel it won’t look right.
JP: “I am comfortable saying no, and always explain thoroughly why it has to be a no. Sometimes people don’t know what will look best on them and it’s important to be thorough with managing dreams and expectations”.
BSC: Is that what happened with Kendall Jenner?
JP: “If we go back to the process leading up to Kendall’s debut - which two months later was the hottest thing after Evan Mock’s bubblegum pink buzz - it wasn’t done in one take. I’m always patient. I knew that she’d look better with my hair color, but I gave her what she wanted first (which was Jessica Chastain’s ginger locks as a reference)… all from a bathtub in Cincinnati.”
BSC: And then she opted for something else? Why? Because that Chastain shade just didn’t go with her complexion?
JP: “It wasn’t translating the way we wanted, it just didn't hit the mark. So we decided to go darker. I grabbed the little stools and made a bed inside of the tub. And then she laid on the ‘bed’ and I was barefoot with my jeans rolled up in the bathtub, and that’s how we did round two. Ultimately, it really was my hair color - and she looked great! And I was really happy that I wasn’t allowed to talk about it for a little bit, because of course it blew up. Guido tagged us, which was crazy, because no one tags colorists. But that moment was all about her color.”
BSC: When you’re doing a coloring job, do you yourself consider the way in which it’s going to appeal to such a large audience or is it more of a one on one conversation with your client?
JP: “Both! I think it starts as a personal transformation and then once it’s all said and done, it’s like ‘Babe! This is going to be a major fashion moment!’”
(BTW Perry has had and made many major fashion moments.)
BSC: What’s it like to see your work blow up on such a large scale and then to see the trickle down through so many people, once they’re inspired by a job you did?
JP: “It’s really humbling. It’s a great feeling to be passionate about your job, deliver, and then get an excellent response.”
BSC: How do / have you seen a new color influence the way someone dresses (either your client’s or just the general public’s)? It’s a pretty major personal style shift. I feel like it changes which color clothes you lean towards, makeup, etc.
JP: “A hair color transformation can definitely change the way one approaches their overall style. But I’d say whenever anyone gets their hair colored, no matter how drastic the transformation, they immediately gain more confidence, which naturally leads to dressing more confidentially overall.”
BSC: Speaking directly to Prada’s request for Kendall’s hair change - is it usual that a brand will go so far as to request a model’s totally beauty transformation? Do you think that a major change like this could overshadow the clothes on the runway?
JP: “I wouldn’t say it is usual, but I do think that the fashion world is incorporating beauty as an accessory more and more these days.”
BSC: Also, are you already looking for inspiration to put out your ‘next big look’ or can we expect this one to stick around for a while?
JP: “I think this look will be sticking around a little while longer :)”
If you’re looking to fix those dried out split-ends or just want to switch it up now that you’re finally traveling post Covid, visit Jenna Perry Hair’s new salon at 347 Broadway in SoHo, or to learn a little more about her team, check out https://www.jennaperryhair.com/teampage or her IG: @jennaperryhair.
Super talented stylist-turned-photographer Thistle Browne and stylist Heathermary Jackson — both in New Zealand during COVID-19 lockdowns — traveled to Rangitoto Island, a dormant volcano off the coast of Central Auckland, to shoot the new campaign for New Zealand jewelry designer Jasmin Sparrow. The shoot showcases Sparrow’s timeless gold and silver jewelry, and a beautiful collection of hand-beaded bras and skull caps designed with Glen Prentice. Models wore mainly vintage from Search and Destroy and Brownstone Cowboys’ collection, combined with some local, sustainable brands and New Zealand gumboots (rainboots).
Photography:Thistle Brown Styling:Heathermary Jackson Designers: Jasmin Sparrow and Glen Prentice Models: Charlotte Moffatt, Nina Katungi, Obadiah Russon
Jenna Perry has colored the hair of celebs and supermodels alike who have proceeded to wear her creations, proudly, all over the world and all over our FYP’s. From the pages of VOGUE to PageSix, and from a hotel in Ohio to the Prada runway in Milan, Perry has crafted the signature do’s, re-do’s and stitches of people like Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, the Olsen twins, and Maude Apatow to name a few.
But there’s more to Perry than just meets the eye, which is currently a fiery red mane not unlike Kendall’s Milan Fashion Week upset in February last year, on the head of a pleasantly sharp-tongued woman, clad only in a blazer and jeans, living freely in a feminist, bra-free twenty-first century. Brownstone Cowboys Magazine caught up with Jenna as she was being styled and photographed for the Wall Street Journal to promote her new SoHo salon as well as one of her top colorists, Joey, who had set up shop on the back patio of the Brownstone Cowboys Apartment. And after styling Jenna for our shoot, Heathermary Jackson promptly sat in one of the deck chairs and asked for a haircut, which he obliged. But that’s just how caring and spontaneous Jenna Perry Hair is; client first, environment first, and hair first - even if that environment is a peeling back deck covered in fake turf in Kips Bay.
Jenna is all about the person in her chair - or in our case the floral deck chair. In fact, when Jenna has her way, not only does someone look great but they’ll have a damn good time waiting for those highlights to dry.
Although her newest location at 347 Broadway will continue to populate the block between Grand and Broome with even more celebrity sightings, Perry will retain her location on East Ninth street as a ‘content studio.’ Maybe this means we’ll soon see the right way to color hair on our FYP’s.
Brownstone Cowboys Magazine (BSC): What defines and redefines the salon experience. You’re opening a new one, so how is it different beyond the physical location?
Jenna Perry (JP): “Our new location will be different because it will feel less high volume with the amount of space. Our East Village location didn’t have room for guests or visitors, so we’ve designed the new location to be more inviting to that. It’s going to be a place where you can come and hang out with your friends”.
(Which, let’s be honest, how many of us don’t lift our heads up from our iphones while we scroll endlessly waiting for our highlights to dry? Bringing friends, having fun, and redefining the camaraderie of your (new) favorite salon is what JPH is all about.
BSC: When a celebrity comes to visit you, do they usually know what they want? Does it come down to specific requests, like "I want to go blonde" or more image-based "I want to be perceived as more carefree, spirited, etc"
JP: ”It’s always an ‘I want to go blonde’ moment. It’s equally exciting for the person and for me. It’s exciting to look through references together and dream up the perfect color and then execute it.”
BSC: How do you tell people no? For example, you colored Karlie’s hair, and a girl comes in asking for the same exact thing, but you feel it won’t look right.
JP: “I am comfortable saying no, and always explain thoroughly why it has to be a no. Sometimes people don’t know what will look best on them and it’s important to be thorough with managing dreams and expectations”.
BSC: Is that what happened with Kendall Jenner?
JP: “If we go back to the process leading up to Kendall’s debut - which two months later was the hottest thing after Evan Mock’s bubblegum pink buzz - it wasn’t done in one take. I’m always patient. I knew that she’d look better with my hair color, but I gave her what she wanted first (which was Jessica Chastain’s ginger locks as a reference)… all from a bathtub in Cincinnati.”
BSC: And then she opted for something else? Why? Because that Chastain shade just didn’t go with her complexion?
JP: “It wasn’t translating the way we wanted, it just didn't hit the mark. So we decided to go darker. I grabbed the little stools and made a bed inside of the tub. And then she laid on the ‘bed’ and I was barefoot with my jeans rolled up in the bathtub, and that’s how we did round two. Ultimately, it really was my hair color - and she looked great! And I was really happy that I wasn’t allowed to talk about it for a little bit, because of course it blew up. Guido tagged us, which was crazy, because no one tags colorists. But that moment was all about her color.”
“It wasn’t translating the way we wanted, so we decided to go darker. I grabbed the little stools and made a bed inside of the tub. And then she laid on the ‘bed’ and I was barefoot with my jeans rolled up in the bathtub, and that’s how we did round two. Ultimately, it really was my hair color - and she looked great! And I was really happy that I wasn’t allowed to talk about it for a little bit, because of course it blew up. Guido tagged us, which was crazy, because no one tags colorists. But that moment was all about her color.”
BSC: When you’re doing a coloring job, do you yourself consider the way in which it’s going to appeal to such a large audience or is it more of a one on one conversation with your client?
JP: “Both! I think it starts as a personal transformation and then once it’s all said and done, it’s like ‘Babe! This is going to be a major fashion moment!’”
(BTW Perry has had and made many major fashion moments.)
BSC: What’s it like to see your work blow up on such a large scale and then to see the trickle down through so many people, once they’re inspired by a job you did?
JP: “It’s really humbling. It’s a great feeling to be passionate about your job, deliver, and then get an excellent response.”
BSC: How do / have you seen a new color influence the way someone dresses (either your client’s or just the general public’s)? It’s a pretty major personal style shift. I feel like it changes which color clothes you lean towards, makeup, etc.
JP: “A hair color transformation can definitely change the way one approaches their overall style. But I’d say whenever anyone gets their hair colored, no matter how drastic the transformation, they immediately gain more confidence, which naturally leads to dressing more confidentially overall.”
BSC: Speaking directly to Prada’s request for Kendall’s hair change - is it usual that a brand will go so far as to request a model’s totally beauty transformation? Do you think that a major change like this could overshadow the clothes on the runway?
JP: “I wouldn’t say it is usual, but I do think that the fashion world is incorporating beauty as an accessory more and more these days.”
BSC: Also, are you already looking for inspiration to put out your ‘next big look’ or can we expect this one to stick around for a while?
JP: “I think this look will be sticking around a little while longer :)”
If you’re looking to fix those dried out split-ends or just want to switch it up now that you’re finally traveling post Covid, visit Jenna Perry Hair’s new salon at 347 Broadway in SoHo, or to learn a little more about her team, check out https://www.jennaperryhair.com/teampage or her IG: @jennaperryhair.
Jenna Perry has colored the hair of celebs and supermodels alike who have proceeded to wear her creations, proudly, all over the world and all over our FYP’s. From the pages of VOGUE to PageSix, and from a hotel in Ohio to the Prada runway in Milan, Perry has crafted the signature do’s, re-do’s and stitches of people like Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, the Olsen twins, and Maude Apatow to name a few.
But there’s more to Perry than just meets the eye, which is currently a fiery red mane not unlike Kendall’s Milan Fashion Week upset in February last year, on the head of a pleasantly sharp-tongued woman, clad only in a blazer and jeans, living freely in a feminist, bra-free twenty-first century. Brownstone Cowboys Magazine caught up with Jenna as she was being styled and photographed for the Wall Street Journal to promote her new SoHo salon as well as one of her top colorists, Joey, who had set up shop on the back patio of the Brownstone Cowboys Apartment. And after styling Jenna for our shoot, Heathermary Jackson promptly sat in one of the deck chairs and asked for a haircut, which he obliged. But that’s just how caring and spontaneous Jenna Perry Hair is; client first, environment first, and hair first - even if that environment is a peeling back deck covered in fake turf in Kips Bay.
Jenna is all about the person in her chair - or in our case the floral deck chair. In fact, when Jenna has her way, not only does someone look great but they’ll have a damn good time waiting for those highlights to dry.
Although her newest location at 347 Broadway will continue to populate the block between Grand and Broome with even more celebrity sightings, Perry will retain her location on East Ninth street as a ‘content studio.’ Maybe this means we’ll soon see the right way to color hair on our FYP’s.
Brownstone Cowboys Magazine (BSC): What defines and redefines the salon experience. You’re opening a new one, so how is it different beyond the physical location?
Jenna Perry (JP): “Our new location will be different because it will feel less high volume with the amount of space. Our East Village location didn’t have room for guests or visitors, so we’ve designed the new location to be more inviting to that. It’s going to be a place where you can come and hang out with your friends”.
(Which, let’s be honest, how many of us don’t lift our heads up from our iphones while we scroll endlessly waiting for our highlights to dry? Bringing friends, having fun, and redefining the camaraderie of your (new) favorite salon is what JPH is all about.
BSC: When a celebrity comes to visit you, do they usually know what they want? Does it come down to specific requests, like "I want to go blonde" or more image-based "I want to be perceived as more carefree, spirited, etc"
JP: ”It’s always an ‘I want to go blonde’ moment. It’s equally exciting for the person and for me. It’s exciting to look through references together and dream up the perfect color and then execute it.”
BSC: How do you tell people no? For example, you colored Karlie’s hair, and a girl comes in asking for the same exact thing, but you feel it won’t look right.
JP: “I am comfortable saying no, and always explain thoroughly why it has to be a no. Sometimes people don’t know what will look best on them and it’s important to be thorough with managing dreams and expectations”.
BSC: Is that what happened with Kendall Jenner?
JP: “If we go back to the process leading up to Kendall’s debut - which two months later was the hottest thing after Evan Mock’s bubblegum pink buzz - it wasn’t done in one take. I’m always patient. I knew that she’d look better with my hair color, but I gave her what she wanted first (which was Jessica Chastain’s ginger locks as a reference)… all from a bathtub in Cincinnati.”
BSC: And then she opted for something else? Why? Because that Chastain shade just didn’t go with her complexion?
JP: “It wasn’t translating the way we wanted, it just didn't hit the mark. So we decided to go darker. I grabbed the little stools and made a bed inside of the tub. And then she laid on the ‘bed’ and I was barefoot with my jeans rolled up in the bathtub, and that’s how we did round two. Ultimately, it really was my hair color - and she looked great! And I was really happy that I wasn’t allowed to talk about it for a little bit, because of course it blew up. Guido tagged us, which was crazy, because no one tags colorists. But that moment was all about her color.”
BSC: When you’re doing a coloring job, do you yourself consider the way in which it’s going to appeal to such a large audience or is it more of a one on one conversation with your client?
JP: “Both! I think it starts as a personal transformation and then once it’s all said and done, it’s like ‘Babe! This is going to be a major fashion moment!’”
(BTW Perry has had and made many major fashion moments.)
BSC: What’s it like to see your work blow up on such a large scale and then to see the trickle down through so many people, once they’re inspired by a job you did?
JP: “It’s really humbling. It’s a great feeling to be passionate about your job, deliver, and then get an excellent response.”
BSC: How do / have you seen a new color influence the way someone dresses (either your client’s or just the general public’s)? It’s a pretty major personal style shift. I feel like it changes which color clothes you lean towards, makeup, etc.
JP: “A hair color transformation can definitely change the way one approaches their overall style. But I’d say whenever anyone gets their hair colored, no matter how drastic the transformation, they immediately gain more confidence, which naturally leads to dressing more confidentially overall.”
BSC: Speaking directly to Prada’s request for Kendall’s hair change - is it usual that a brand will go so far as to request a model’s totally beauty transformation? Do you think that a major change like this could overshadow the clothes on the runway?
JP: “I wouldn’t say it is usual, but I do think that the fashion world is incorporating beauty as an accessory more and more these days.”
BSC: Also, are you already looking for inspiration to put out your ‘next big look’ or can we expect this one to stick around for a while?
JP: “I think this look will be sticking around a little while longer :)”
If you’re looking to fix those dried out split-ends or just want to switch it up now that you’re finally traveling post Covid, visit Jenna Perry Hair’s new salon at 347 Broadway in SoHo, or to learn a little more about her team, check out https://www.jennaperryhair.com/teampage or her IG: @jennaperryhair.
Jenna Perry has colored the hair of celebs and supermodels alike who have proceeded to wear her creations, proudly, all over the world and all over our FYP’s. From the pages of VOGUE to PageSix, and from a hotel in Ohio to the Prada runway in Milan, Perry has crafted the signature do’s, re-do’s and stitches of people like Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, the Olsen twins, and Maude Apatow to name a few.
But there’s more to Perry than just meets the eye, which is currently a fiery red mane not unlike Kendall’s Milan Fashion Week upset in February last year, on the head of a pleasantly sharp-tongued woman, clad only in a blazer and jeans, living freely in a feminist, bra-free twenty-first century. Brownstone Cowboys Magazine caught up with Jenna as she was being styled and photographed for the Wall Street Journal to promote her new SoHo salon as well as one of her top colorists, Joey, who had set up shop on the back patio of the Brownstone Cowboys Apartment. And after styling Jenna for our shoot, Heathermary Jackson promptly sat in one of the deck chairs and asked for a haircut, which he obliged. But that’s just how caring and spontaneous Jenna Perry Hair is; client first, environment first, and hair first - even if that environment is a peeling back deck covered in fake turf in Kips Bay.
Jenna is all about the person in her chair - or in our case the floral deck chair. In fact, when Jenna has her way, not only does someone look great but they’ll have a damn good time waiting for those highlights to dry.
Although her newest location at 347 Broadway will continue to populate the block between Grand and Broome with even more celebrity sightings, Perry will retain her location on East Ninth street as a ‘content studio.’ Maybe this means we’ll soon see the right way to color hair on our FYP’s.
Brownstone Cowboys Magazine (BSC): What defines and redefines the salon experience. You’re opening a new one, so how is it different beyond the physical location?
Jenna Perry (JP): “Our new location will be different because it will feel less high volume with the amount of space. Our East Village location didn’t have room for guests or visitors, so we’ve designed the new location to be more inviting to that. It’s going to be a place where you can come and hang out with your friends”.
(Which, let’s be honest, how many of us don’t lift our heads up from our iphones while we scroll endlessly waiting for our highlights to dry? Bringing friends, having fun, and redefining the camaraderie of your (new) favorite salon is what JPH is all about.
BSC: When a celebrity comes to visit you, do they usually know what they want? Does it come down to specific requests, like "I want to go blonde" or more image-based "I want to be perceived as more carefree, spirited, etc"
JP: ”It’s always an ‘I want to go blonde’ moment. It’s equally exciting for the person and for me. It’s exciting to look through references together and dream up the perfect color and then execute it.”
BSC: How do you tell people no? For example, you colored Karlie’s hair, and a girl comes in asking for the same exact thing, but you feel it won’t look right.
JP: “I am comfortable saying no, and always explain thoroughly why it has to be a no. Sometimes people don’t know what will look best on them and it’s important to be thorough with managing dreams and expectations”.
BSC: Is that what happened with Kendall Jenner?
JP: “If we go back to the process leading up to Kendall’s debut - which two months later was the hottest thing after Evan Mock’s bubblegum pink buzz - it wasn’t done in one take. I’m always patient. I knew that she’d look better with my hair color, but I gave her what she wanted first (which was Jessica Chastain’s ginger locks as a reference)… all from a bathtub in Cincinnati.”
BSC: And then she opted for something else? Why? Because that Chastain shade just didn’t go with her complexion?
JP: “It wasn’t translating the way we wanted, it just didn't hit the mark. So we decided to go darker. I grabbed the little stools and made a bed inside of the tub. And then she laid on the ‘bed’ and I was barefoot with my jeans rolled up in the bathtub, and that’s how we did round two. Ultimately, it really was my hair color - and she looked great! And I was really happy that I wasn’t allowed to talk about it for a little bit, because of course it blew up. Guido tagged us, which was crazy, because no one tags colorists. But that moment was all about her color.”
BSC: When you’re doing a coloring job, do you yourself consider the way in which it’s going to appeal to such a large audience or is it more of a one on one conversation with your client?
JP: “Both! I think it starts as a personal transformation and then once it’s all said and done, it’s like ‘Babe! This is going to be a major fashion moment!’”
(BTW Perry has had and made many major fashion moments.)
BSC: What’s it like to see your work blow up on such a large scale and then to see the trickle down through so many people, once they’re inspired by a job you did?
JP: “It’s really humbling. It’s a great feeling to be passionate about your job, deliver, and then get an excellent response.”
BSC: How do / have you seen a new color influence the way someone dresses (either your client’s or just the general public’s)? It’s a pretty major personal style shift. I feel like it changes which color clothes you lean towards, makeup, etc.
JP: “A hair color transformation can definitely change the way one approaches their overall style. But I’d say whenever anyone gets their hair colored, no matter how drastic the transformation, they immediately gain more confidence, which naturally leads to dressing more confidentially overall.”
BSC: Speaking directly to Prada’s request for Kendall’s hair change - is it usual that a brand will go so far as to request a model’s totally beauty transformation? Do you think that a major change like this could overshadow the clothes on the runway?
JP: “I wouldn’t say it is usual, but I do think that the fashion world is incorporating beauty as an accessory more and more these days.”
BSC: Also, are you already looking for inspiration to put out your ‘next big look’ or can we expect this one to stick around for a while?
JP: “I think this look will be sticking around a little while longer :)”
If you’re looking to fix those dried out split-ends or just want to switch it up now that you’re finally traveling post Covid, visit Jenna Perry Hair’s new salon at 347 Broadway in SoHo, or to learn a little more about her team, check out https://www.jennaperryhair.com/teampage or her IG: @jennaperryhair.
Jenna Perry has colored the hair of celebs and supermodels alike who have proceeded to wear her creations, proudly, all over the world and all over our FYP’s. From the pages of VOGUE to PageSix, and from a hotel in Ohio to the Prada runway in Milan, Perry has crafted the signature do’s, re-do’s and stitches of people like Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, the Olsen twins, and Maude Apatow to name a few.
But there’s more to Perry than just meets the eye, which is currently a fiery red mane not unlike Kendall’s Milan Fashion Week upset in February last year, on the head of a pleasantly sharp-tongued woman, clad only in a blazer and jeans, living freely in a feminist, bra-free twenty-first century. Brownstone Cowboys Magazine caught up with Jenna as she was being styled and photographed for the Wall Street Journal to promote her new SoHo salon as well as one of her top colorists, Joey, who had set up shop on the back patio of the Brownstone Cowboys Apartment. And after styling Jenna for our shoot, Heathermary Jackson promptly sat in one of the deck chairs and asked for a haircut, which he obliged. But that’s just how caring and spontaneous Jenna Perry Hair is; client first, environment first, and hair first - even if that environment is a peeling back deck covered in fake turf in Kips Bay.
Jenna is all about the person in her chair - or in our case the floral deck chair. In fact, when Jenna has her way, not only does someone look great but they’ll have a damn good time waiting for those highlights to dry.
Although her newest location at 347 Broadway will continue to populate the block between Grand and Broome with even more celebrity sightings, Perry will retain her location on East Ninth street as a ‘content studio.’ Maybe this means we’ll soon see the right way to color hair on our FYP’s.
Brownstone Cowboys Magazine (BSC): What defines and redefines the salon experience. You’re opening a new one, so how is it different beyond the physical location?
Jenna Perry (JP): “Our new location will be different because it will feel less high volume with the amount of space. Our East Village location didn’t have room for guests or visitors, so we’ve designed the new location to be more inviting to that. It’s going to be a place where you can come and hang out with your friends”.
(Which, let’s be honest, how many of us don’t lift our heads up from our iphones while we scroll endlessly waiting for our highlights to dry? Bringing friends, having fun, and redefining the camaraderie of your (new) favorite salon is what JPH is all about.
BSC: When a celebrity comes to visit you, do they usually know what they want? Does it come down to specific requests, like "I want to go blonde" or more image-based "I want to be perceived as more carefree, spirited, etc"
JP: ”It’s always an ‘I want to go blonde’ moment. It’s equally exciting for the person and for me. It’s exciting to look through references together and dream up the perfect color and then execute it.”
BSC: How do you tell people no? For example, you colored Karlie’s hair, and a girl comes in asking for the same exact thing, but you feel it won’t look right.
JP: “I am comfortable saying no, and always explain thoroughly why it has to be a no. Sometimes people don’t know what will look best on them and it’s important to be thorough with managing dreams and expectations”.
BSC: Is that what happened with Kendall Jenner?
JP: “If we go back to the process leading up to Kendall’s debut - which two months later was the hottest thing after Evan Mock’s bubblegum pink buzz - it wasn’t done in one take. I’m always patient. I knew that she’d look better with my hair color, but I gave her what she wanted first (which was Jessica Chastain’s ginger locks as a reference)… all from a bathtub in Cincinnati.”
BSC: And then she opted for something else? Why? Because that Chastain shade just didn’t go with her complexion?
JP: “It wasn’t translating the way we wanted, it just didn't hit the mark. So we decided to go darker. I grabbed the little stools and made a bed inside of the tub. And then she laid on the ‘bed’ and I was barefoot with my jeans rolled up in the bathtub, and that’s how we did round two. Ultimately, it really was my hair color - and she looked great! And I was really happy that I wasn’t allowed to talk about it for a little bit, because of course it blew up. Guido tagged us, which was crazy, because no one tags colorists. But that moment was all about her color.”
BSC: When you’re doing a coloring job, do you yourself consider the way in which it’s going to appeal to such a large audience or is it more of a one on one conversation with your client?
JP: “Both! I think it starts as a personal transformation and then once it’s all said and done, it’s like ‘Babe! This is going to be a major fashion moment!’”
(BTW Perry has had and made many major fashion moments.)
BSC: What’s it like to see your work blow up on such a large scale and then to see the trickle down through so many people, once they’re inspired by a job you did?
JP: “It’s really humbling. It’s a great feeling to be passionate about your job, deliver, and then get an excellent response.”
BSC: How do / have you seen a new color influence the way someone dresses (either your client’s or just the general public’s)? It’s a pretty major personal style shift. I feel like it changes which color clothes you lean towards, makeup, etc.
JP: “A hair color transformation can definitely change the way one approaches their overall style. But I’d say whenever anyone gets their hair colored, no matter how drastic the transformation, they immediately gain more confidence, which naturally leads to dressing more confidentially overall.”
BSC: Speaking directly to Prada’s request for Kendall’s hair change - is it usual that a brand will go so far as to request a model’s totally beauty transformation? Do you think that a major change like this could overshadow the clothes on the runway?
JP: “I wouldn’t say it is usual, but I do think that the fashion world is incorporating beauty as an accessory more and more these days.”
BSC: Also, are you already looking for inspiration to put out your ‘next big look’ or can we expect this one to stick around for a while?
JP: “I think this look will be sticking around a little while longer :)”
If you’re looking to fix those dried out split-ends or just want to switch it up now that you’re finally traveling post Covid, visit Jenna Perry Hair’s new salon at 347 Broadway in SoHo, or to learn a little more about her team, check out https://www.jennaperryhair.com/teampage or her IG: @jennaperryhair.
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Jenna Perry Talks Color
FASHION & BEAUTY
January 15, 2024
Jenna Perry has colored the hair of celebs and supermodels alike who have proceeded to wear her creations, proudly, all over the world and all over our FYP’s. From the pages of VOGUE to PageSix, and from a hotel in Ohio to the Prada runway in Milan, Perry has crafted the signature do’s, re-do’s and stitches of people like Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, the Olsen twins, and Maude Apatow to name a few.
But there’s more to Perry than just meets the eye, which is currently a fiery red mane not unlike Kendall’s Milan Fashion Week upset in February last year, on the head of a pleasantly sharp-tongued woman, clad only in a blazer and jeans, living freely in a feminist, bra-free twenty-first century. Brownstone Cowboys Magazine caught up with Jenna as she was being styled and photographed for the Wall Street Journal to promote her new SoHo salon as well as one of her top colorists, Joey, who had set up shop on the back patio of the Brownstone Cowboys Apartment. And after styling Jenna for our shoot, Heathermary Jackson promptly sat in one of the deck chairs and asked for a haircut, which he obliged. But that’s just how caring and spontaneous Jenna Perry Hair is; client first, environment first, and hair first - even if that environment is a peeling back deck covered in fake turf in Kips Bay.
Jenna is all about the person in her chair - or in our case the floral deck chair. In fact, when Jenna has her way, not only does someone look great but they’ll have a damn good time waiting for those highlights to dry.
Although her newest location at 347 Broadway will continue to populate the block between Grand and Broome with even more celebrity sightings, Perry will retain her location on East Ninth street as a ‘content studio.’ Maybe this means we’ll soon see the right way to color hair on our FYP’s.
Jenna Perry has colored the hair of celebs and supermodels alike who have proceeded to wear her creations, proudly, all over the world and all over our FYP’s. From the pages of VOGUE to PageSix, and from a hotel in Ohio to the Prada runway in Milan, Perry has crafted the signature do’s, re-do’s and stitches of people like Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, the Olsen twins, and Maude Apatow to name a few.
But there’s more to Perry than just meets the eye, which is currently a fiery red mane not unlike Kendall’s Milan Fashion Week upset in February last year, on the head of a pleasantly sharp-tongued woman, clad only in a blazer and jeans, living freely in a feminist, bra-free twenty-first century. Brownstone Cowboys Magazine caught up with Jenna as she was being styled and photographed for the Wall Street Journal to promote her new SoHo salon as well as one of her top colorists, Joey, who had set up shop on the back patio of the Brownstone Cowboys Apartment. And after styling Jenna for our shoot, Heathermary Jackson promptly sat in one of the deck chairs and asked for a haircut, which he obliged. But that’s just how caring and spontaneous Jenna Perry Hair is; client first, environment first, and hair first - even if that environment is a peeling back deck covered in fake turf in Kips Bay.
Jenna is all about the person in her chair - or in our case the floral deck chair. In fact, when Jenna has her way, not only does someone look great but they’ll have a damn good time waiting for those highlights to dry.
Although her newest location at 347 Broadway will continue to populate the block between Grand and Broome with even more celebrity sightings, Perry will retain her location on East Ninth street as a ‘content studio.’ Maybe this means we’ll soon see the right way to color hair on our FYP’s.
Brownstone Cowboys Magazine (BSC): What defines and redefines the salon experience. You’re opening a new one, so how is it different beyond the physical location?
Jenna Perry (JP): “Our new location will be different because it will feel less high volume with the amount of space. Our East Village location didn’t have room for guests or visitors, so we’ve designed the new location to be more inviting to that. It’s going to be a place where you can come and hang out with your friends”.
(Which, let’s be honest, how many of us don’t lift our heads up from our iphones while we scroll endlessly waiting for our highlights to dry? Bringing friends, having fun, and redefining the camaraderie of your (new) favorite salon is what JPH is all about.
BSC: When a celebrity comes to visit you, do they usually know what they want? Does it come down to specific requests, like "I want to go blonde" or more image-based "I want to be perceived as more carefree, spirited, etc"
JP: ”It’s always an ‘I want to go blonde’ moment. It’s equally exciting for the person and for me. It’s exciting to look through references together and dream up the perfect color and then execute it.”
BSC: How do you tell people no? For example, you colored Karlie’s hair, and a girl comes in asking for the same exact thing, but you feel it won’t look right.
JP: “I am comfortable saying no, and always explain thoroughly why it has to be a no. Sometimes people don’t know what will look best on them and it’s important to be thorough with managing dreams and expectations”.
BSC: Is that what happened with Kendall Jenner?
JP: “If we go back to the process leading up to Kendall’s debut - which two months later was the hottest thing after Evan Mock’s bubblegum pink buzz - it wasn’t done in one take. I’m always patient. I knew that she’d look better with my hair color, but I gave her what she wanted first (which was Jessica Chastain’s ginger locks as a reference)… all from a bathtub in Cincinnati.”
BSC: And then she opted for something else? Why? Because that Chastain shade just didn’t go with her complexion?
JP: “It wasn’t translating the way we wanted, it just didn't hit the mark. So we decided to go darker. I grabbed the little stools and made a bed inside of the tub. And then she laid on the ‘bed’ and I was barefoot with my jeans rolled up in the bathtub, and that’s how we did round two. Ultimately, it really was my hair color - and she looked great! And I was really happy that I wasn’t allowed to talk about it for a little bit, because of course it blew up. Guido tagged us, which was crazy, because no one tags colorists. But that moment was all about her color.”
“It wasn’t translating the way we wanted, so we decided to go darker. I grabbed the little stools and made a bed inside of the tub. And then she laid on the ‘bed’ and I was barefoot with my jeans rolled up in the bathtub, and that’s how we did round two. Ultimately, it really was my hair color - and she looked great! And I was really happy that I wasn’t allowed to talk about it for a little bit, because of course it blew up. Guido tagged us, which was crazy, because no one tags colorists. But that moment was all about her color.”
BSC: When you’re doing a coloring job, do you yourself consider the way in which it’s going to appeal to such a large audience or is it more of a one on one conversation with your client?
JP: “Both! I think it starts as a personal transformation and then once it’s all said and done, it’s like ‘Babe! This is going to be a major fashion moment!’”
(BTW Perry has had and made many major fashion moments.)
BSC: What’s it like to see your work blow up on such a large scale and then to see the trickle down through so many people, once they’re inspired by a job you did?
JP: “It’s really humbling. It’s a great feeling to be passionate about your job, deliver, and then get an excellent response.”
BSC: How do / have you seen a new color influence the way someone dresses (either your client’s or just the general public’s)? It’s a pretty major personal style shift. I feel like it changes which color clothes you lean towards, makeup, etc.
JP: “A hair color transformation can definitely change the way one approaches their overall style. But I’d say whenever anyone gets their hair colored, no matter how drastic the transformation, they immediately gain more confidence, which naturally leads to dressing more confidentially overall.”
BSC: Speaking directly to Prada’s request for Kendall’s hair change - is it usual that a brand will go so far as to request a model’s totally beauty transformation? Do you think that a major change like this could overshadow the clothes on the runway?
JP: “I wouldn’t say it is usual, but I do think that the fashion world is incorporating beauty as an accessory more and more these days.”
BSC: Also, are you already looking for inspiration to put out your ‘next big look’ or can we expect this one to stick around for a while?
JP: “I think this look will be sticking around a little while longer :)”
If you’re looking to fix those dried out split-ends or just want to switch it up now that you’re finally traveling post Covid, visit Jenna Perry Hair’s new salon at 347 Broadway in SoHo, or to learn a little more about her team, check out https://www.jennaperryhair.com/teampage or her IG: @jennaperryhair.
Jenna Perry has colored the hair of celebs and supermodels alike who have proceeded to wear her creations, proudly, all over the world and all over our FYP’s. From the pages of VOGUE to PageSix, and from a hotel in Ohio to the Prada runway in Milan, Perry has crafted the signature do’s, re-do’s and stitches of people like Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, the Olsen twins, and Maude Apatow to name a few.
But there’s more to Perry than just meets the eye, which is currently a fiery red mane not unlike Kendall’s Milan Fashion Week upset in February last year, on the head of a pleasantly sharp-tongued woman, clad only in a blazer and jeans, living freely in a feminist, bra-free twenty-first century. Brownstone Cowboys Magazine caught up with Jenna as she was being styled and photographed for the Wall Street Journal to promote her new SoHo salon as well as one of her top colorists, Joey, who had set up shop on the back patio of the Brownstone Cowboys Apartment. And after styling Jenna for our shoot, Heathermary Jackson promptly sat in one of the deck chairs and asked for a haircut, which he obliged. But that’s just how caring and spontaneous Jenna Perry Hair is; client first, environment first, and hair first - even if that environment is a peeling back deck covered in fake turf in Kips Bay.
Jenna is all about the person in her chair - or in our case the floral deck chair. In fact, when Jenna has her way, not only does someone look great but they’ll have a damn good time waiting for those highlights to dry.
Although her newest location at 347 Broadway will continue to populate the block between Grand and Broome with even more celebrity sightings, Perry will retain her location on East Ninth street as a ‘content studio.’ Maybe this means we’ll soon see the right way to color hair on our FYP’s.
Brownstone Cowboys Magazine (BSC): What defines and redefines the salon experience. You’re opening a new one, so how is it different beyond the physical location?
Jenna Perry (JP): “Our new location will be different because it will feel less high volume with the amount of space. Our East Village location didn’t have room for guests or visitors, so we’ve designed the new location to be more inviting to that. It’s going to be a place where you can come and hang out with your friends”.
(Which, let’s be honest, how many of us don’t lift our heads up from our iphones while we scroll endlessly waiting for our highlights to dry? Bringing friends, having fun, and redefining the camaraderie of your (new) favorite salon is what JPH is all about.
BSC: When a celebrity comes to visit you, do they usually know what they want? Does it come down to specific requests, like "I want to go blonde" or more image-based "I want to be perceived as more carefree, spirited, etc"
JP: ”It’s always an ‘I want to go blonde’ moment. It’s equally exciting for the person and for me. It’s exciting to look through references together and dream up the perfect color and then execute it.”
BSC: How do you tell people no? For example, you colored Karlie’s hair, and a girl comes in asking for the same exact thing, but you feel it won’t look right.
JP: “I am comfortable saying no, and always explain thoroughly why it has to be a no. Sometimes people don’t know what will look best on them and it’s important to be thorough with managing dreams and expectations”.
BSC: Is that what happened with Kendall Jenner?
JP: “If we go back to the process leading up to Kendall’s debut - which two months later was the hottest thing after Evan Mock’s bubblegum pink buzz - it wasn’t done in one take. I’m always patient. I knew that she’d look better with my hair color, but I gave her what she wanted first (which was Jessica Chastain’s ginger locks as a reference)… all from a bathtub in Cincinnati.”
BSC: And then she opted for something else? Why? Because that Chastain shade just didn’t go with her complexion?
JP: “It wasn’t translating the way we wanted, it just didn't hit the mark. So we decided to go darker. I grabbed the little stools and made a bed inside of the tub. And then she laid on the ‘bed’ and I was barefoot with my jeans rolled up in the bathtub, and that’s how we did round two. Ultimately, it really was my hair color - and she looked great! And I was really happy that I wasn’t allowed to talk about it for a little bit, because of course it blew up. Guido tagged us, which was crazy, because no one tags colorists. But that moment was all about her color.”
“It wasn’t translating the way we wanted, so we decided to go darker. I grabbed the little stools and made a bed inside of the tub. And then she laid on the ‘bed’ and I was barefoot with my jeans rolled up in the bathtub, and that’s how we did round two. Ultimately, it really was my hair color - and she looked great! And I was really happy that I wasn’t allowed to talk about it for a little bit, because of course it blew up. Guido tagged us, which was crazy, because no one tags colorists. But that moment was all about her color.”
BSC: When you’re doing a coloring job, do you yourself consider the way in which it’s going to appeal to such a large audience or is it more of a one on one conversation with your client?
JP: “Both! I think it starts as a personal transformation and then once it’s all said and done, it’s like ‘Babe! This is going to be a major fashion moment!’”
(BTW Perry has had and made many major fashion moments.)
BSC: What’s it like to see your work blow up on such a large scale and then to see the trickle down through so many people, once they’re inspired by a job you did?
JP: “It’s really humbling. It’s a great feeling to be passionate about your job, deliver, and then get an excellent response.”
BSC: How do / have you seen a new color influence the way someone dresses (either your client’s or just the general public’s)? It’s a pretty major personal style shift. I feel like it changes which color clothes you lean towards, makeup, etc.
JP: “A hair color transformation can definitely change the way one approaches their overall style. But I’d say whenever anyone gets their hair colored, no matter how drastic the transformation, they immediately gain more confidence, which naturally leads to dressing more confidentially overall.”
BSC: Speaking directly to Prada’s request for Kendall’s hair change - is it usual that a brand will go so far as to request a model’s totally beauty transformation? Do you think that a major change like this could overshadow the clothes on the runway?
JP: “I wouldn’t say it is usual, but I do think that the fashion world is incorporating beauty as an accessory more and more these days.”
BSC: Also, are you already looking for inspiration to put out your ‘next big look’ or can we expect this one to stick around for a while?
JP: “I think this look will be sticking around a little while longer :)”
If you’re looking to fix those dried out split-ends or just want to switch it up now that you’re finally traveling post Covid, visit Jenna Perry Hair’s new salon at 347 Broadway in SoHo, or to learn a little more about her team, check out https://www.jennaperryhair.com/teampage or her IG: @jennaperryhair.
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