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PAUL LABRECQUE
A true hair visionary Paul Labrecque has risen to the apex of the hair care, fashion and beauty business. His one-of-a-kind engaging personality combined with his creative hair-styling techniques, sophisticated sense of style and spot on eye for color have resulted in a star-studded list of clients, two highly successful Manhattan salon & day spas, and a thriving line of luxury hair care products. Paul’s lifelong affair with hair has brought him numerous awards and accolades for his exceptional technique and contributions to the international world of beauty.
Trained in the art of hair cutting and coloring in London, Paul Labrecque embarked on a worldwide tour as a platform artist working with celebrities and models. After years of demonstrating his exceptional techniques to hairdressers throughout Europe and North America, Paul returned to New York to start a new career as artistic director in Manhattan’s finest salons. Paul followed by opening his own luxury salon & spa on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in 1988. With his natural penchant for carefree cuts, innovative techniques and custom-blended color, Paul Labrecque quickly became recognized as one of New York City’s go-to beauty hot spots.
Paul’s philosophy centers around the premise that style and color should simply reflect an individual’s own personality. His expertise exemplifies this, as does the Paul Labrecque luxury hair care collection. Paul’s “simpler is better” approach to beauty, hair care and style is the key to natural beauty and the best way to celebrate an individual’s own unique personality.
Paul has been credited with introducing the U.S. to ground-breaking hair and spa services from around the world, including clean modern free moving cuts, hair replacement, extensions, thermal reconditioning, and color varnishing. “My passion for fashion and beauty is contagious! Making people look and feel sexy, confident and full of life is what I love to do most” says Paul.
Continuously spotlighted by the media and beauty professionals for his expertise, Paul is considered one of the most creative stylists and colorists in New York City. Year after year, New York Magazine and Time Out NY have named Paul Labrecque Salon & Spa in their widely read "Best Of" issues. The New York Times & Vanity Fair have recognized Paul as a leader in bringing the world of beauty the newest and most advanced in hair-styling, color techniques, and spa treatments to his clients. Beauty editors, television producers and celebrity stylists have taken note, and Paul’s quotes and work regularly appear in national consumer magazines and the TV media.
Visit on the web : Paul Labrecque
EAST 171 E.65th Street
The Chatham
Between Lexington & 3rd Avenue
New York, NY 10021
(212) 988-7816
WEST 160 Columbus Avenue
Reebok Sports Club
Between 67& 68th Street
New York, NY 10023
(212) 988-7816
