Christiaan houtenbos biography for kids
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A free spirit, a punk, a sculptor—and the mind behind some of fashion’s most memorable moments, Christiaan Houtenbos is amongst a small group of editorial legender that create characters through the medium of hair. In the four plus decades since he arrived on the scene, the hairstylist has styled nearly twenty Vogue covers and been the rumble behind some of pop culture’s most seismic beauty shifts, from **Daria Werbowy’**s swingy bob and **Freja Beha Erichsen’**s bangs to **Grace Jones’**s flat top, **Nancy Kissinger’**s feathery layers, and **Debbie Harry’**s choppy crop.
It’s a remarkable résumé built on a single stroke of fate. Trained in his father’s barbershop in Holland, Christiaan (nee Peter Houtenbos), the eldest of twelve children, was on a two-year stint in Curaçao with the Dutch Marines in the 1960s when he styled the hair of a client, Mrs. Kurt Weill. Delighted with her hair, she recommended him by letter to Glamour's **Amy Greene—**who, in a case of mistaken
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Derek Laurence Johnson Jr., better known by his stage name Derek Minor and former stage name PRo, (born December 16, 1984) is an American Christian rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor, and screenwriter. He co-founded the hip-hop record label Reflection Music Group (RMG) with Doc Watson, and signed to Reach Records in a joint venture between the two labels in 2011. In 2012, Johnson announced that he had changed his stage name from Pro to Derek Minor. In 2014, he announced that as his two-album contract with Reach was complete, he would no longer be publishing releases through that label.
He is a founding member of the hip-hop group R.M.G. on Reflection, and was formerly a member of the Reach hip-hop collective 116 Clique. Johnson has released six studio albums and six mixtapes as a solo artist, as well as one studio skiva each with the groups R.M.G. and 116 Clique. His second studio album, Redemption, charted at No. 8 on the Bill
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The Dutch Christiaan Houtenbos is one of the most legendary hair stylists contributing to some of most talked about trends over the decades. He is credited for inventing the 'undercut'1 I have followed him for some time and I feel he is a really inspirational stylist that should be talked about.
Born 1945 Christiaan started early as a barber at the age of just twelve. Going on to study hair dressing in Amsterdam at a womens beauty school.2 Since then he has contributed a great deal to hair culture.
By the age of 20 christiaan was invited by Glamour Magazine to New york due to a recommendation from one of his first clients in his home country.3 Soon after Christiaan gained enormous popularity working in a New York Salon and then eventually going on shoots, TV appearances working for actresses and models.4
Christiaan has had many defining moments contributing endlessly to Vogue, Glamour, Calvin Klien. He has styled for big names such a