Marec, the proud child of Ewa and Ryczard Porebski-Szczepaniak, was born on May 29th, 1982 in Olsztyn, Poland and developed his first hair designs in early childhood, styling his younger cousin Laura and sister Anna. After moving to Germany he became more and more fascinated by hair and fashion.
Upon graduation, he began his career in Heidelberg’s number one trendsetting salon, AD-HOC, where his passion and excitement grew under the guidance of Ruediger Lautenschlaeger. Desiring more creativity and occupational skills he relocated to Berlin where he quickly found work in Mitte’s trendiest hair salon, Dermont O’Dyna.
After two years he took a managing position in a upscale salon in Schoeneberg. In his quest for more experience and a new challenge he spent a year assisting one of the leading European hairstylist in the fashion industry, Andreas Bernhardt, who became a great mentor and a dear friend. With Andreas he worked extensively throughout Europe on fashion shows, commercials, photo shoots and music videos.
In 2004, Marec made the leap to New York City where he quickly became the most sought after stylist in Manhattan, known for his “one of a kind” custom made wig creations. Word spread fast and in a short time he established a big clientele in the underground art, drag and club scene where his work appeared on the cover of several issues of HX and NEXT magazine and he received a Glammy award nomination for Best Hair Design in 2005.
In 2006, he was simultaneously working on two theatrical events; “SCREENTEST” with Theo Kogan and Rob Roth and the sold out hit of Theater Couture’s “CARRIE” and two music videos; Theo and The Skyscrapers and Peppermint’s “Serving it up”. In addition, Marec worked on his first film, the short “Mr.&Mrs.Porebski, which had its world premiere in the Berlin Film Festival in February 2007.
His clientele includes:
Sherry Vine, Theo Kogan, Peppermint, Shequida, Acid Betty, Epiphany, Gusty Winds, Cashetta, Rubi Di Glamour and members of the Imperial Court.
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