Pauline McCabe
GLOBAL TALENT SPOTTING WITH PAULINE McCABE
KAROLIINA SAUNDERS In the final instalment of our TALENT SPOTTING features, Pauline McCabe, owner of Rock, Paper, Scissors meets Karoliina Saunders who from her selftiled salon base in the beautiful village of Highworth, Wiltshire, UK, she has been fortunate enough to indulge her first love of fashion through a jampacked line-up of stage, photographic, editorial and session work. These assignments have taken her all over the world, as well as working backstage at all the major Fashion weeks. As a style influencer, Karoliina has carved out a reputation for a gritty more edgy look than the mainstream and this daring eye has led to her being picked out as a finalist for various top awards. She also holds a role as an educator and Ambassador for the Label.m brand.
If you had to name one skill that has got you to where you are today, what would it be? Attention to detail.
What professional achievement are you most proud of?
My career has had so many moments that I truly am great full and proud of, but getting to work with the great teams in fashion weeks and shoots has definitely been one of the achievements I’m super proud of, I have to put another one in as well though because becoming a mentor and part of the Council and the Chancellory for The Fellowship of British hairdressing has been another one of my greatest achievements I’m proud of.
Can you share with readers a time when you overcame a challenge?
I was in Milan Fashion week and had a call from my salon team to inform me that things were going wrong so I knew I had to go back to UK to check things out, but my dilemma was that I had a Dior show booked in Paris in two days’ time. My plan originally was to go straight to Paris from Milan but as it was, I went back home. I
