 NEWS RELEASEfrom international celebrity hairstylist wendy iles Attention: Women's, beauty, fashion editor Date: 4/12/09 Catchword: famous 1 The beauty secret shared by many famous women A beauty secret shared by Hilary Swank, Penelope Cruz, Monica Bellucci and many other famous women around the world is that of having their hair styled by Australian born Wendy Iles. As well as Swank, Cruz and Bellucci, Wendy this year has styled the hair of Frieda Pinto, the star of the award-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire", Eva Longoria, of the television show "Desperate Housewives", Maggie Chung, of the movie "In the mood for love", Charlotte Rampling, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dita von Tesse and many other international celebrities. Wendy has been busy this year styling the hair of celebrities in Hollywood, New York, Paris and London, like she has been doing for the last 10 years or so of her 25 years as a hairstylist. Between jobs she likes to relax with her family at home in the countryside near Paris and once a year she likes to holiday with them in the country setting of Latrobe in Tasmania where she was born. She and her husband, Jacques Masi, and daughter, Beatrice, will visit relatives while holidaying in Tasmania this Christmas. "As passionate as I am about hairstyling all year long, it will be lovely to take a holiday and visit my family back home in Australia after what has been a fairly busy year," she says. Because she is so busy, she has had to trim their holiday in Tasmania to only one week this year. Wendy seems to have become a celebrity in her own right by being so creative as a hairstylist and so popular with many famous women. She has even had a book devoted to her and her creations. She will be available to the Australian media for interviews between Christmas Day and New Year's Eve. As a freelance, celebrity hairstylist, her clients over the years have included: Magazines Vogue, Elle, L'Officiel, Mixte, i-D, Glamour, Vanity Fair, Harpers Bazaar, Amica, CitizenK, Ten and V; Advertisers Christian Dior, Chanel, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Swarovski, Boucheron, Cacharel, Sonia Rykiel, Nina Ricci, Geurlain, Lancôme, H&M, Guess, Astor Cosmetics, Nivea, Palmolive, Clairol, Schwarzkopf, Herbal Essence, Wella, L'Oréal and Pantene; Celebrities Monica Bellucci, Dianne Kruger, Penelope Cruz, Chloe Sevigny, Dita Von Tesse, Cat Deeley, Juliette Lewis, Amira Casar, Marion Cotillard, Lambert Wilson, Charlotte Gainsbourg; Charlotte Rampling; and World acclaimed photographers Jean Paul Goude, Karl Lagerfeld, Ruven Afandor, Koto Bolofo, Rankin, Tyen, Ellen von Unwerth, Ralph Mecke, Christophe Kutner, Felix Lammers, Manuela Pavesi, Louis Decamps, Zanna, Simon Emmett, Daniele Duella and Iango Henzi, Indlekofer and Knoepfel, Vincent Peters, Eric Traoré, Boris and Sol, Jean Baptist Mondino, Phil Poynter. Wendy and some of her fabulous hairstyles can be seen in the book titled "Archive", published by Printkultur and sold by Intermedia, ISBN 978-3-00-023631-0, and on the internet at www.wendyiles.com . #end Wendy will be available to the media for telephone interviews between Christmas Day and New Year's Eve. For the private phone number, please contact her by email wendy.iles@gmail.com ; or publicist Wal Baker, email wal@wb-pr.com , phone 612 9416 7111, fax 44871 994 3402 . More information and photos available at www.wb-pr.com/wi/wi.htm . Family photos Wendy Iles |