Vidal Sassoon was a British hairstylist, businessman, and philanthropist. He was noted for repopularising a simple, close-cut geometric hairstyle called the bob cut, worn by famous fashion designers including Mary Quant and film stars such as Mia Farrow, Goldie Hawn, Cameron Diaz, Nastassja Kinski and Helen Mirren.
A hairdresser is a person whose occupation is to cut or style hair in order to change or maintain a person's image. This is achieved using a combination of hair coloring, haircutting, and hair texturing techniques. A hairdresser may also be referred to as a 'barber' or 'hairstylist'.
Addy Lee Eng-tat is a Malaysian celebrity hairstylist and businessman who is based in Singapore and China. He left his hometown in Malaysia in 1984, at the age of 13, to pursue a childhood dream in Singapore.
Trevor John Sorbie MBE, is a British celebrity hairdresser.
Nicky Clarke is an English hair stylist and media personality. He initially became famous for styling the hair of various celebrities on several television shows, before earning fame in his own right.
Michael P Reitz is a film and TV hair stylist. He currently occupies the position of department head hair stylist at Star Request Film and Television, where he has worked on a number of high-profile productions.
Joshua Galvin was an English hairdresser and educator.
Keith Wainwright is an English hairdresser who was awarded an MBE in 2010.
Errol Douglas MBE is a Guyanese-British hair stylist. He was presented with an MBE by the Queen for services to hairdressing in 2008. In 1998 Douglas opened his own salon in Belgravia, London.
Sydney Guilaroff was a hair stylist during Hollywood's Golden Age, and the first to receive on-screen credit in films. He worked for more than 40 years at Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios, on more than 1,000 films. He was instrumental in creating many of the hairstyles that became signature looks for film stars.
Adhuna Bhabani is an English hair stylist and the co-host of BBLUNT, which airs on TLC.
Josh Wood is a British hair colourist. He is best known for his work with colour, his hair salons and his celebrity clientele. Wood is co-founder of home hair colour brand, Josh Wood Colour and Global Colour Creative Director for Redken. Wood is a regular guest host on ITV's This Morning.
Janet Stephens is a hairstyle archaeologist who studies historical hairstyles, aiming to prove that they were not achieved by using wigs, as commonly believed, but by styling the person's own hair.
Leonard Lewis, known professionally as Leonard of Mayfair, was a British hairdresser, credited with creating the haircut that launched the career of prominent 1960s model Twiggy as well as establishing the careers of other successful British hairdressers, including John Frieda, Daniel Galvin, Nicky Clarke, Keith Wainwright and Michael Gordon. His hair styles were at their most fashionable during the Vogue sittings of the late 1960s and early 1970s, for which he would "illustrate the exuberant moment when hair was somehow a totem of youth and freedom in itself". He worked with many of the leading photographers of the day, including Clive Arrowsmith, Terence Donovan, David Bailey and Barry Lategan for fashion publications such as Vogue and Queen, often collaborating with designer Zandra Rhodes who favoured Leonard's colourist, Daniel Galvin, whose vibrant shades of pinks, blues and reds, were revolutionary at the time.
Alexander Moser is an Austrian hair stylist living and working in Vienna.
Daniel William Joseph Galvin, OBE is a British hairdresser and businessman. He is particularly known for his expertise as a hair colourist.
Rose Evansky, née Rose Lerner was a British hairdresser notable for introducing the "blow dry" or "blow wave" technique of hairstyling.
Samuel McKnight is a hairstylist known for his work with celebrities including Princess Diana, Kate Moss and Lady Gaga, and for his collaborations with fashion houses like Chanel, Fendi, Balmain and Burberry.
Jawed Habib is an Indian hairstylist, businessman and politician.
