10 MINUTES WITH
ANTHONY NADER By Louise May
Celebrating a silver anniversary of 25 amazing years in business, with RAW Anthony Nader. Anthony Nader is no stranger when it comes to being backstage at Fashion Week around the globe, this is where he absolutely thrives. When not in the salon, Anthony’s on photo shoots for print and online publications in Fashion and beauty. In his downtime, Anthony loves to immerse himself in reading autobiographies, updating his Spotify playlists, and sketching. We caught up with the gorgeous man himself recently, to get a little up close and personal, and to also find out a little more about ‘love thy nader’…
Tell us what you do in the industry today: I’m fortunate that I can split my time up between being on the salon floor and being on photoshoots for fashion brands and publications. I’ve always loved being on shoots from the very start of my thirty-year young career. It’s an avenue that I feel keeps me excited about playing with hair. In saying this, I love my salon clients immensely and wouldn’t be where I am today without them all. From time to time, I hold editorial workshops on a Monday and the class is capped at seven
students which has a mixture of makeup artists and hairdressers. I designed the workshop for those wanting to feel more confident being on a photoshoot and knowing how to master strong hair shapes with an editorial feel.
Help us get to know you a little more with your personal history: I grew 300 km south of Sydney in a small town called Moruya. My family owned a clothing store and in the back of the store was a hair salon. I loved being in the store as I used to help with the window displays and merchandising in the store. Needless to say, when I hung out in the hair salon, this is where I got my real taste of the ‘what and where’ playing with hair could take me. Years went by, I finished year eleven and said to my parents that year twelve was going to be such a waste of time as I knew I wanted to just start my hairdressing apprenticeship. With my parents blessing I then started my career in my elder sister’s salon up the road. Ok so here’s where I came across old but I’m not ok!!! Back then an apprenticeship was four years, so I used to write letters (yes, write letters) to hair salons in Beverly Hills to see if I could do work
experience in their salon for three weeks and without pay. Between you, HAIR BIZ readers and I, it was purely a shopping trip, but I wasn’t going to tell my accountant this each of the four times I made the trek over to America. Then the day I finished my apprenticeship I moved to London for one year, where I worked at a salon in Kensington.
How did you first get involved in the industry?
First and foremost, playing with my twin sisters barbie and ken dolls… she’s still bitter that I did better hair than her. When I turned eighteen, I started my career in hairdressing and I all knew was that there had to be a bigger picture of where doing hairdressing could take me.
What achievements are you most proud of in your life/career?
A small handful as I don’t want to bore you... Living and working in New York for ten years. The AHJ industry awards I’ve won. David and I celebrating our salons Silver Anniversary this year and lastly and most thankfully, good health.
