2024 AHIA DENNIS LANGFORD HALL OF FAME - Jamie Carroll

A highlight of the AHIA Gala each year is the announcement of the recipient of the Dennis Langford Hall of Fame Award and this year was no exception. In honour of its namesake, Sara and Jackson Langford once again delivered the news to be this year, Jamie Carroll

Hair and beauty have been a passion for over 40 years for this year’s recipient, who was born and raised in outback Australia. His country background saw him shearing sheep and after initially working as a photographer, working with artists such as Roxette, Joe Cocker, Duran Duran, English legend Sir Cliff Richard, and many more, he entered the world of hairdressing and has never looked back.

He is the recipient of the Order de Chevalier, better known as a French knight in the Arts for Intercoiffure Mondial and has been a member of Intercoiffure here in Australia for the last 20 years.

Jamie won a Global business award for customer service judged by U.C.L.A, created the “Top to Toe”, best-selling project in TAFE in the early 90s and was part of the World Cup hair team.

He has consulted with online training for Just Cuts and worked behind the scenes for other major chains and companies like Goldwell, Wella and Pivot Point USA.

He has had his hair and photographic work published in more than 40 countries and was an official sponsor for Australia Week promoting trade in the USA, through the G’day LA initiative, along with such luminaries as Olivia Newton-John, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, and Keith Urban, to name a few.

Jamie is a celebrity hairstylist both at home and overseas and most recently was commissioned to work on the new Rebel Wilson movie.

His picture appears on the famous Getty’s site naming him as a hairdresser, who made a video on how not to look for a job interview with messy hair, unshaven, shirt unbuttoned, wrong collar (winged), tie askew and too thin. Jacket too casual, runners too casual and untied, and his pants unironed!

Most recently he assumed the Patron role for SKWAD – Special Kids with a Disability, he continues to work on the floor at his salon in the Sutherland Shire and one of his proudest moments, he says, was taking the photo of Vidal Sassoon’s hands, that started and inspired the campaign “Helping Hands for Hurricane Katrina.”

Taking on Vidals’ personal advice to be a life-long learner, he has not only learnt but taught and left a huge mark on the hairdressing community both here in Australia and on a global scale.

Congratulations to Jamie Carroll