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A wonderful shoot with a amazing team from our Agency : Saints Row Agency
taken at the Drottningholms Castle in Stockholm.
Photographer : Stefan Jellheden
Stylist : Barbara Palladino
Hair / Make up : Maria Oldenstedt Legge
Special Creations : Åke Bjurström
Model : Elin F @ Stockholms Gruppen
All Represented by Saints Row Agency
Click on the image to come to their website
Maria Legge Oldenstedt = ghd Session Stylist 2013 ->
We are more than proud of releasing this wonderful news for you all
now at the beginning of 2013
Maria’s great knowledge as a hair / make up artist and and wast knowledge about fashion
made her the first choice for ghd Sweden in search for the perfect stylist to inspire and take them to the next level.
We have now got the official ghd decition from International in London and the Swedish office and can release this wonderful news.
Maria will work during 2013 as Their Head Session Stylist to create high end workshops and events to promote ghd
as the absolutly top brand within the fashion and beauty industry.
ghd in this collaboration is also working with Maria at her new concept House of Session
as her collaborator and for the creative platform and salon, as well as for all her freelance work for the hair and beauty industry.
Stefan Lundström Managing Director / CEO for ghd Sweden said “Quote” :
” Maria was the perfect choice for us as a international hair tool brand
This was our first and most obvius choise due to that Maria in becoming
a true international hair stylist star, with great collaborations and sponsors.
We wanted the best for ghd Sweden, and we manage to find a way together
with Maria to fullfill our needs and fuse everything together in perfect harmony.
This is for us a longterm collaboration that we really look forward to.”
2013 … A perfect start for us.
We are moving to a new really cool office 1 January and will share it with House of Session
Since we are opening up a new office in Los Angeles in May at Sunset Boulevard ( secret until we move )
with House of Session we decided its time to get a new cool place here in Stockholm.
We found a spacy place just perfect and just 8 sqm smaller than this.
Right now we have the handyman fixing the place, new paint of the walls and a great touch-up
The cleaning crew is jumping in on monday to fix the last bit with the new flooring and kitchen part.
We have a new Art Designer working with us full-time that will remake Spectacular Studios
graphic design, that we will also release in January if all goes well :)
We have over the last few month since we got back from Los Angeles we have been doing some really wonderful advertising shoots and commercial films, as well as a bunch of editorials and fashion shoots. All will be released now in January.
Lets just say we have had a really full schedule and are so happy for everything.
Here is a sneak-peak from our shoot with MUSE in Copenhagen <3
Maria Oldenstedt Legge is opening up her new concept and platform
She and her team will be opening this new venue 1 jan 2013 in Stockholm
This will be the 1 shop of 2 planned.
The second one will be opening up around may in Los Angeles
“In her own words she explains it” :
“For me as a hair and makeup artist on stage and backstage it is just as important to be updated with latest trends to be confident about my self and take care of my creativity in best way possible.”
I surround my self with talented people who challenge me in different ways, my addiction is knowledge and creativity. House of Session is my platform to share with other creative spirits. With passion and love for our work and humble attitude we work together to push each other forward”
This is House of session:
We are in wonderful Copenhagen doing a wonderful fashion editoral for MUUSE
and are at the same time doing some really cool Look-book shoots for their promotional book.
Maria Oldenstedt Legge has been creating this shoot together with their In-house Photographer
and Stylist in a new collaboration and to build up a new platform in Denmark.
We are looking into expanding to the Danish fashion industry, were we find so much more passion
and inspiration than anywhere else in Scandinavia..
They show hands on WHY they are the fashion capital of Scandinavia.
We are right now just in the middle of a big commercial production for Weight watchers here in Sweden, all based on a campaign they have been doing in USA alongside wonderful Jennifer Hudson.
Spectacular Studios together with Saints Row Agency have been the creative team.
We have been doing this now the last 2 weeks with preparing a famous swedish artist and worked on a Music TV Show and are doing the still shoot and the commercial film tomorrow .
We are doing this is a wonderful collaboration with ELFVIK FILM and their Production manager Jenny Johansson and the wicked film producer Mike Adelica alongside The Producers and The Fan Club
It is still under great secret who this artist is.. But watch out after New Years for the Weight Watchers Commercial and advertising images..
Maria Oldenstedt Legge have been the Creative artist and the Hair /Make up artist working on the full design for our wonderful artist Creating the final look, On special request from the Production team
Our Stylist Dyvecke Berg have in thsi been coordination and handling all the styles and final approach.
Eric Legge have been the Navigator and manager connecting the artists and teams.
Impossible to do without all our wonderful collaborators and Sponsors :
Toupema Belgal - REDKEN - Bratt Trading and Parlux
We are right now working on re-location Spectacular Studios and move to Los Angeles
Our plan is to open up in the beginning of 2013 and move over 1 may.
We are still keeping the office and creative platform in Stockholm and will of course continue
to work 100% in Europe and Scandinavia with both new and old customers.
We will however have a new manager in Sweden that will handle Spectacular Studios
and a new agent to handle all artists at Saints Row Agency.
We will in this also work in New York and have a small base there as well alongside some
Companies we are collaborating with.
// Eric Legge
Maria Oldenstedt Legge is right now working on a couple of great workshops and seminars for Redken over here in Sweden
She is putting all focus on sassion within the haisfashion and beauty industry and.
In this we will release new wonderful images and even some new video material.
In this Maria is doing some really great collaborations with a famus Swedish designer and other
very interesting people in the industry. and with the artists from Saints Row Agency
This is just one of Marias new things she is doing with Redken and she was taken onboard in their team
this year as one of their inhouse Session stylists and invited to their International Creative team.
Maria is right now attending the Redken Artistic Team program and are working on being ready spring 2013
Here is a small image teater
So.. we are back home after 3 wonderful weeks in USA.
A fantastic journey in the name of hair fashion and creativity.
The show we did at Mandalay Bay / Naha Awards was a massive success story
and to be honoured top work with PBA and Cosmo Prof was just a outstanding experience.
We was special invited to create the show for Cloud 9 Hair as they were Naha Awards official Sponsor
for this event and they were also invited as the head presentation company for the awards
Maria Oldenstedt Legge was their Special invited Guest and Top Session stylist & make up artist for the show
she worked with Cloud 9`s Creative director Mr Daniel Scott.
Maria brought along Stylist Dyvecke Berg from Sweden as the main stylist
and Christofer Berg as a logistic assistant and manager.
This was Cloud 9 Hairs FIRST Official hair show and we all at Spectacular Studios
is very honoured to have been chosen as their main collaborator and production company
for this event.
The show got standing ovations and a huge positive response
Maria Oldenstedt Legge was the first european artist that was invited as a guest artist
to create a show within PBA and Naha Awards shows. and this year was their biggest
and costly event so far in their history with over 3500 Vip Guests in the audience
and over 37 000 people watching the show online on HairDesigner TV.
.Micaela Moreno from the Swedish model agency ZAP Models
set up us with a collaboration with a Las Vegas Based agency that helped out
with 6 fantastic models for the show.This shows true passion and a very professional way of working from Micaela.
Moreno and Zap Models team.
Eric Legge was the Art director and Choreographer and put together the show
Based on Cloud 9`S Manga film they have as their commercial.
The show was 7 minutes long and was the main show before the nominees was presented.
Special designed cat suits was designed by Åke Bjurström Spectacular Studios own in-house designer/choreographer
Maria had as always Toupema Belgal and Redken with her as her own sponsors and collaborators
and of course Art Deco make up from Mette Cosmetic
Designers and pr for clothes was: Lars Wallin , Sofifi , Zetterberg
Shoes was from Wallice
The whole Naha Show was a tribute to the wonderful late Mr Vidal Sassoon
and presented by some of the absolutely world top stylists
like Vivienne Mackinder , Kris Sorbie, Phillip Wilson and the complete Artistic team from Vidal Sassoon
and on cable Mr Vidal`s son Elan Sassoon as opening presenter live from London.
This was a memory for life and a true honour to be apart of this event
We did spend another 2 weeks and stayed in Los Angeles 8 days
in the very hip Los Feliz. So many wonderful positive people and a way of life
that we feel not only suits us perfect but we know will become our new home in the future.
A BIG very very special thanks to wonderful Gina Angulo from Cloud 9 Hair USA
for a fantastic job and a amazing logistic and managment
and above all the love and positive attitude .. We love you <3
For more images and videos please visit the official webpage :
NAHA AWARDS PRESS MATERIAL AND IMAGES
We will upload more images and videos asap…
100 % success story.
Last night we did the Special Guest Show for the Naha Awards / Cosmo Prof
at The Mandalay Bay Resort and Spa for Cloud 7 Hair
Spectacular Studios created the Art direction and the Choreography
With Eric Legge as the Ad and Choreographer
And Maria Oldenstedt Legge was the Special guest and team-partner to Mr Daniel Scott
The Creative director for Cloud 9 Hair ..
.Our top stylist Dyvecke Berg made a fab job
and made a heavy impression with Dresses from Lars Wallin among others
We managed to get over 3500 people go OHHHHHHH when we opened the show with a Manga Theme
and got standing ovations after the show..
Maria Oldenstedt Legge was making her true world wide debut in Big Style
and we had some wonderful meetings with the board from The Naha Awards and other partners.
We will upload video and images later and show the event online.
There was over 3500 Vip Guests invited to the show
and Icons like Cris Sorbie ,Vivienne Mackinder,and the BIG names from Vidal Sasson
The show was a tribute to the late Mr Vidal Sasson and it was opened via tele link by
his son Elan Sasson from London.
Over 45 000 people international was watching online.
and we do not now how many that was watching on Tv
The after party at Eyecandy nighclub was a great succes and the champagne was poring like a heavy rain
with all the amazing artists and celebreties and some of the true icons within the hair industry in North America.
We want to say thanks to Gina and Jeff Angulo from Cloud 9 Usa
and wonderful President and founder of Cloud 9 Robert Powls from UK
This was a honour and a privilege to be a part of this wonderful event
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