How Hair Wars legend Keith Matthews got his start
, 2022-09-23 06:29:43,
Longtime fantasy hair designer Keith Matthews, 69, of Beauty Village salon in Detroit, remembers the time he showed up to Hair Wars late back in 1997.
Although the event, a show featuring creatively outrageous hair styles sported by models, was a party in essence, there was no playing around when it came to the model call time. Each year, the show begins promptly at 6:05 p.m. Zero exceptions.
“Even though I came all the way from Detroit, Hump (event producer David Humphries) would not let me go on,” said Matthews. “He handed me some tickets and said ‘I’ll catch you at the next one,’ and I couldn’t say anything.”
Matthews did in fact go back, many times over the next two decades.
Sarahbeth Maney, Detroit Free Press
Sarahbeth Maney, Detroit Free Press
TOP: A VHS tape of a previous runway show plays at Keith Matthews’ Beauty Village salon in Detroit on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. BOTTOM: Raya York, 36, of Detroit, practices her runway walk at Keith Matthews’ Beauty Village salon in Detroit on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. “Keith is always doing something different than what everybody else is doing,” said York, who has been walking in Matthews’ shows since 2011.
LEFT: A VHS tape of a previous runway show plays at Keith Matthews’ Beauty Village salon in Detroit on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. RIGHT: Raya York, 36, of Detroit, practices her runway walk at Keith Matthews’ Beauty Village salon in Detroit on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. “Keith is always doing something different than what everybody else is doing,” said York, who has been walking in Matthews’ shows since 2011.
Sarahbeth Maney, Detroit Free Press
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