The Mobile Atelier
Welcome to the Red Carpet
Luxury mobile hairstyling across Chicago & the North Shore, brought directly to your space.
Exhausted by the endless, chaotic routine of battling traffic, hunting for parking, and sitting in a loud, crowded blowout bar just to get a standard style?
Welcome to the private luxury of your own space. Rafael delivers red carpet salon luxury directly to your doorstep, tailored flawlessly for your essential weekly maintenance or your most special events, sure to leave you effortlessly glamorous.
This is not a traditional appointment, it is a private styling experience curated entirely around your lifestyle. Explore our interactive lookbook catalog below, select your signature canvas finish, and tap any catalog page to seamlessly reserve your chair.
About the Artist
Rafael Styles:
The Mobile Atelier
Before bringing his luxury hair design directly to your door, Rafael spent over a decade styling for Chicago’s most exclusive circles. From mastering the perfect blowout at the city’s top beauty landmarks to directing artistry for celebrity salon brands, his background is rooted in pure prestige. Step inside his story.
Read Rafael’s Journey
Rafael’s career in luxury hair design began in 2011, when he was hand-selected from Mario Tricoci Hair University to join the finishing departments of Elizabeth Arden’s prestigious Red Door Spas across Deerfield, Northbrook Court, and Michigan Avenue. Specializing as a premier finishing stylist for their elite color clientele, he developed the signature speed, precision, and high-fashion eye that later made him an integral part of the original launch team for Drybar’s first iconic Chicago locations, anchoring his home base in Lincoln Park and launching their River North location.
Following the closure of Harpo Studios, a powerful shift occurred in the Chicago beauty landscape, and Rafael’s artistry was called back up to the North Shore when he was scouted for the elite styling team of Vivian Arpino, Oprah Winfrey’s long-standing head hair stylist, at BloOuts in Winnetka and Highland Park. This mastery came full circle when he returned to the Lincoln Park neighborhood where his city center career first ignited, spending half a decade as the Lead Stylist and Educator for Rachel Zoe’s iconic DreamDry Salon.
Now anchored weekly at a premier, full-service salon destination in Andersonville, his deep-seated passion for executing flawless, specialized custom blowouts remains the ultimate expression of his artistry.
Signature Canvas Finishes
The Lookbook
Curated for those who demand effortless glamour, our Lookbook Menu serves as the initial inspirational introduction to your private styling experience. Browse our foundational service categories below—the premier canvas for your transformations—and uncover the lavish, intricate details of each experience inside the lookbook.
Turn a corner. Find your signature.
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