Never ones to rest on their laurels, O&M is taking Made For Originals somewhere new.
Grab your passports, because on October 18 2026, the brand’s largest global education event will unfold on the waterfront at Gaženica Bay in Zadar, Croatia!
“This is the 4th year of Made For Originals, our O&M community education event that has grown a huge following here in Australia,” explains O&M Founder and CEO Jose Bryce Smith. “We are so excited to be taking it to Croatia as a true destination experience this year. It’s a chance to bring together our friends from across the globe, welcoming our European and US hairdressing community to experience Made For Originals firsthand.
Our Australian roots and our COR.creators are at the heart of everything we do, and we’re excited to have so many of them joining us, alongside COR.creators from the UK, France and the US, making this a truly global moment for O&M.
We’re also excited to have so many Australian hairdressers and salon owners travelling with us, we’d love to see as many Aussies as possible join us on tour. MFO will be returning to Australia in 2027, but for 2026, we’ll see you in Croatia.”
From 10AM to 4PM, the space will play host to a full day of education that’s less about sitting and watching, more about moving through it.
Framed as a socially-led festival, Made For Originals places hairdressers firmly at its centre. Attendees will be treated to six stages, a rolling program of live education and spaces to step into and experience rather than just observe the educator.
As for the lineup? José Bryce Smith leads a global cast including Jaye Edwards, Kim Haberley, Amelia Jane, Dane Wakefield, Charlie Gauci, Jordan Doroschuk, Lee Quinn, April Yardley, Sherette Parker, Saraya Hernandez and Lucas Di Oslo, with more to come. Expect a mix of colour, cutting and styling, balanced with business, mindset and social strategy – the realities of the industry, not just the highlights.
Beyond the stages, the experience opens out through interactive moments and exciting brand activations. Tickets are now available, with bundle pricing aimed at teams – €320 for a single pass, with reduced rates across group bookings.
Made For Originals has always backed individuality, but more than that, it understands the value of bringing people into the same room – or in this case, the same stretch of coastline.
This year, that room just happens to be Zadar.
Will we see you in Croatia? Grab your tickets here.