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Who is Mr Walker's Wiggery?

Rachel Walker is the woman behind Mr Walker's Wiggery, Rachel has had over 30 years as on of Australia's top award winning colourists and stylists, and spent 10 years the owner of Prestigious Perth salon Chilli Couture Pure Hair Indulgence. Throughout her career, Rachel has guided many of her clients through their personal journeys of various forms of hair loss and knew there was a distinct lack of choices for many people dealing with hair loss either through illness, alopecia, chemotherapy or even just the aging process.

Her compassion and empathy for her clients going through this process and her frustration at the lack of choices available to her clients led her to New York where she trained one on one under New York’s finest wig makers Lisa Greene Owner of Luxury Hair Plus and celebrity stylist; Casey King; wig maker and educator, whose portfolio includes many celebrities and is the preferred wig maker for  for many people who suffer from hair loss and he also caters for Broadway shows. 

Rachel & Mr Walkers Wiggery were featured on the Sustainable Salons blog recently. You can read more about the devotion and behind the scenes of how Rachel helps people with her unique talent by ready this blog on the Sustainable Salons website.

Custom wigs, toppers, inserts and extensions are a uniquely individual process and no two wigs or hair pieces are the same. Rachel will work with you to design a wig or hair piece that is bespoke and completely customised to suit your needs. Rachel provides solutions for people of all ages and all forms of hair loss, she is also able to work with designers for film and theatre to create wigs of all types for the stage and screen. Rachel has now retired from salon work to work exclusively on her wig making. She keeps her skills and passion for hair fresh and current with the latest trends to ensure your wig, extensions or topper are not only individually crafted for you, but also reflecting the latest fashion and colouring techniques.

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In her long career Rachel has been a finalist for the Australian Hair Fashion Awards West Australian Hairdresser of the Year multiple times, is an International Gold Level competition Judge, an International Platform Educator, she spent 12 years as the West Australian Design Artist for Sebastian Professional; a coveted position which saw her traveling throughout Australia and the Asia/Pacific Region teaching to both her peers in the education industry as well as presenting cutting and styling collections to the hairdressing industry. As an international stylist, Rachel’s work is esteemed and has been published not only in Australia, but in Brazil, Russia, India, Italy, Singapore and Malaysia. Her work has been seen in trade magazines and fashion magazines Vogue and Harpers Bazaar. Her online media has been published globally.

Below are some of her accolades prior to retiring for her salon work:

  • 2021 Educator for Intercoiffure West Australia
  • 2020 Guest Artistic Photographic Team for Natulique Australia
  • Winner 2019 International Hairstylists Society WA Photographic Creative Colourist of the year Award
  • Winner 2019 International Hairstylists Society WA Photographic Avante Gard Stylist of the year
  • Photographer for finalist of the 2019 Australian Hair Fashion Awards West Australian Hairdresser of the Year Award
  • Winner 2018 International Hairstylists Society WA Photographic Colourist of the Year Award
  • Finalist of the 2016 Australian Hair Fashion Awards West Australian Hairdresser of the Year Award
  • Photographer for all awards finalists 2013-2015 Australian Hair Fashion Awards
  • 2015 Guest Presenter and Educator for Original & Mineral
  • Winner of the 2013 Australia New Zealand Artistic Senior for Intercoiffure Australia
  • Winner of the 2013 Australia New Zealand Editorial Senior for Intercoiffure Australia
  • Finalist of the 2013 Australian Hair Fashion Awards West Australian Hairdresser of the Year
  • Finalist 2013 40 under 40 Business Awards
  • Winner of the 2012 Australian Hair Fashion Awards Artistic Team Of The Year for Sebastian Professional
  • Finalist of the 2011 Australian Hair Fashion Awards Artistic Team Of The Year for Sebastian Professional
  • Winner of the 2010 Australian Hair Fashion Awards Artistic Team Of The Year for Sebastian Professional
  • Sebastian Design Artist 2007 – 2013
  • WA Winner – Wella Trend Vision Master Visionary Award 2007
  • WA Winner – Wella Trend Vision Master Visionary Award 2006
  • Silver National Medalist – Wella Trend Vision 2007
  • Silver National Medalist – Wella Trend Vision 2006
  • Green/Gold International Level I.H.S. Judge for the past 8 years
  • Assistant Chairperson of Judges I.H.S. WA 2006 & 2007
  • Wella Trend Vision Judge WA 2004
  • Platform Educator for Wella 2001 to 2007
  • Platform Educator & WA Technician for Sebastian International 1998 to 2001
  • Winner – 1994 Tasmanian Apprentice Of The Year (NB- Both first woman and hairdresser to ever win overall award in the 69 year history of the award)
  • Finalist – 1994 Australian Apprentice Of The Year


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