The Stories: Famously took the ‘Farrah’ out of Farrah Fawcett by giving her a bob. Took Madonna’s hair from club kid to everyone wanting to look like her. Responsible for Karlie Kloss' short hair transformation. Glory days at Studio 54. Making news in the 1990’s with celebrity clients. The Backstory: Started doing hair at age 13, and declaring it at school. His time at Bergdorf Goodman left a lasting impression, where Suga was his mentor. Wisdom Rains: Don’t get too chummy or personal with clients. You are there to serve them and make them feel taken care of. Hot Heads: Farah Fawcett, Madonna, Karlie Kloss, Victoria Beckham, Lady Gaga. On Inspo: “I’ve learned how to collaborate; it’s one of the biggest things I’ve learned, and one of the biggest things I've always been inspired by.” On R + Co: “I reflected on my first couture show in Paris with Polly Mellen, Irving Penn, and his wife. We were at YSL, I saw the girls come out in all these colors. I was knocked away and it never left me. That color storyboard was so in my head that when we were able to do the R + Co Bleu line and we didn’t know what to call it, I said, ‘Bleu’.” What Else: Taking leaps and getting to the next level. Living well and in style. Obsixed: a collection of Garren’s lifestyle obsessions.

A WORD FROM THE HOST

So let me ask you this, when do you not see R&Co, R&Co Blue on the shelves in your favorite beauty boutiques, on the shelves in your favorite department stores, online on your favorite beauty driven websites? That's Garren's brand. And I sat down with the icon to talk all things entrepreneurship, how you build a brand like R &Co from its incredible artful packaging to its complex layered out of the box scents. This brand that has achieved so much success and has just celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 2024. Garren is an icon in hair. He has been the fashion leader in hair. He defines what it is to be a celebrity stylist. We would not know the term celebrity stylist had it not been for Garren.  You're going to hear Garren talk all about the imagery, the hair imagery that we've all become so familiar with. That Garren created. Looks and styles that people copy to this day. We talk about his longtime collaboration with Madonna. Think about all the images that you have burned on your brain of Madonna's iconic hair looks over the years. That's Garren.  Garren shares some of his favorite things, how to live a stylish life and so much more. I'm gonna let you get to it. You know, what makes Story + Rain Talks a unique listen is that we tell the stories of creatives and creators in their entirety. We begin at the very beginning. You get to hear someone's whole story. So what you experience ahead is the kind of podcast we live for and we have the privilege of sharing it with you. Garren's story is a game changer story, a story filled with stories and teachings and inspiration. Here's the one and only Garren who I could have spoken to for three hours. 

                                        + tamara rappa