List of hairdressers explained

This is a list of notable hairdressers. "Hairdresser" is a term referring to anyone 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. Most hairdressers are professionally licensed as either a barber or a cosmetologist.

Pre-20th century

• Monsieur Champagne (fl. 1663) - French hairdresser, subject of the comic play Champagne le coiffeur.
• Madame Martin (fl. 1671) - hairdresser to the court of Louis XIV.
• Legros de Rumigny (1710–1770) - French court hairdresser
• Léonard (c. 1751–1820) - hairdresser to the French court.
• Marcel Grateau (1852–1936) - inventor of the Marcel wave in the 1870s, although it was most popular in the 1920s.
• Franz Ströher (1854–1936) - German hairdresser, company founder of Wella

Salon hairdressers

1900–1960

• Alexandre de Paris (1922–2008) - clients included the Duchess of Windsor and Daisy Fellowes
• Antoine de Paris (1884–1976) - Polish, began in Paris, then in New York from 1924. Introduced a short bob cut in 1909, then the shingle cut in the 1920s.
• Kenneth (1927–2013) - American, one of the foremost New York hairdressers since the 1950s,^[1] and sometimes described as the world's first celebrity hairdresser.^[2]
• Karl Nessler (1872–1951) - German-born, worked around Europe before moving to the United States. Patented the permanent wave.
• Teasy Weasy Raymond OBE (1911–1992) - considered Britain's first celebrity hairdresser. His clients included Diana Dors^[3]

From 1960 present

• Franca Afegbua - Nigerian hairdresser and senator.^[4]
• James Brown - best known for his work with Kate Moss^[5]
• Lino Carbosiero MBE London - clients include David Cameron, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Adele Adkins and Melania Trump.^[6]
• Nicky Clarke OBE London - clients include David Bowie, Elizabeth Hurley, and Diana, Princess of Wales.
• Anthony Dickey - American celebrity hairstylist known for his expertise in natural hair textures^[7]
• Errol Douglas MBE London - clients include Diana Ross, Naomi Campbell, Melanie Griffith.^{[8] [9] [10]}
• Frédéric Fekkai - French hairstylist, particularly famous during the 1990s for his notoriously high prices.^[11]
• Daniel Galvin OBE - London Twiggy
• Joshua Galvin - London Judy Garland
• Ted Gibson - New York
• Leonard of Mayfair - leading London hairdresser from the 1960s to 1980s, training many other cutters.^[12]
• Denise McAdam RVM - hairdresser to the current British royal family.
• Denis McFadden - Sydney - Founder/CEO "Just Cuts"
• Michel Mercier - French-Israeli hairdresser, his clients include Brigitte Bardot and Isabel Adjani.
• Benoît Poirier d'Ambreville (born 1970) - salon owner and television consultant^{[13] [14] [15]}
• Vidal Sassoon CBE (1928–2012) - London and later Los Angeles - clients included Mia Farrow
• Trevor Sorbie MBE - London ^[16]
• Lee Stafford - leading British hairdresser from 1998, his clients include Victoria Beckham.
• Nicolas Jurnjack (1994–present) - Leading session stylist, hairdresser in the Fashion & Beauty Industry ^{[17] [18] [19] [20] [21]}
• Tabatha Coffey - Australian hairdresser and television personality
• Steven Jastrabek - American hairdresser known for Olympic Athlete clientele Kerry Weiland, Erika Lawler, Clarissa Chun, Caitlin Cahow, Gigi Marvin, Julie Chu and Ben Askren.

Film and television stylists

• Deborah Holmes Dobson - Emmy Award-winning hairstylist (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman)^[22]
• Sydney Guilaroff - worked for MGM on numerous movies and his clients included Greta Garbo, Grace Kelly and Joan Crawford.
• Gail Ryan, American. Won Academy Award in 2011 for How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Clients include Benicio del Toro, Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, and Dustin Hoffman.^[23]

See also

• List of hairstyles

Notes and References

1. Book: Amory, Cleveland and Blackwell, Amory, Cleveland and Earl. Celebrity Register, Volume 3. 1973. Simon and Schuster. New York. 268.
2. Book: Reed, Paula. Fifty Fashion Looks that Changed the 1960s. 2012. Hachette UK. Design Museum, London. 978-1840916171.
3. News: Fifties Glamour with "Teasy-Weasy". 12 October 2012. Black Country Bugle. 2007-05-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20110928060618/http://www.blackcountrybugle.co.uk/News/Fifties-Glamour-with-Teasy-Weasy-2.htm. 28 September 2011. dead.
4. Web site: Franca Afegbua - OnlineNigeria.com. www.onlinenigeria.com. en-US. 2018-09-24.
5. News: Fox. Imogen. The close up: James Brown, hairdresser. 12 October 2012. The Guardian. 4 December 2006. London.
6. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/revRealed-the-strategic-cuts-behind-camerons-swing-from-right-to-left-2108187.html "Revealed: the strategic cuts behind Cameron's swing from right to left."
7. Web site: Adekola . Lara . How to Grow Your Natural Hair . . May 11, 2019 . January 2, 2019.
8. News: Portrait of a driver: Errol Douglas . 2012-01-16 . London . The Daily Telegraph . Harry . Mount . 11 January 2003.
9. Web site: Holiday Hair Salon . 2012-01-16.
10. Web site: Celebrity hair stylist Errol Douglas' top tips to holiday-proof your hair . 2012-01-16 . dead . https://archive.today/20120906065029/http://www.ok.co.uk/posts/view/38208/Celebrity-hair-stylist-Errol-Douglas-top-tips-to-holiday-proof-your-hair . 2012-09-06 .
11. Book: Sherrow. Victoria. Encyclopedia of hair : a cultural history. 2006. Greenwood Press. Westport, Conn.. 9780313331459. 341. 1. publ..
12. West, Carinthia (May 1992). "Leonard's Second Wave". Tatler Magazine.
13. Nazar . María José . Datos ED - Gran Reconocimiento . ED . December 2012 . https://archive.today/20130708063111/http://www.ed.cl/datos-ed/datos-ed-diciembre-2012 . dead . 2013-07-08 .
14. Riedemann . Bárbara . Spa Capilar . 44 . Paula . Copesa . 4 December 2010 . 28 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141222001138/http://papeldigital.info/paula/index.html?2010120401 . 22 December 2014 . dead .
15. Las majors peluquerías de Santiago/Best hair salons in Santiago - Acento en lo Bello/Accent on Beauty . 44 . Travel Time Magazine Chile . 12 July 2012 .
16. Web site: Paisley Helped Make Me a Cut Above the Rest . 20 June 2007 . October 5, 2012.
17. Web site: Oribe. InConversation with Nicolas Jurnjack. Oribe. 2017-06-04. 2015-07-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20150707042412/http://www.oribe.com/index.php/backstage/nicolas-jurnjack. dead.
18. Book: Jurnjack. Nicolas. In The HAIR. May 7, 2017. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. 978-1544951751. 496. Book.
19. Web site: de Clercq. Emma. Explore genre-defying hair pieces by Nicolas Jurnjack. INFRINGE. 23 May 2017 . 4 June 2017.
20. Infante. Maman. Siete gurús de la belleza en la era digital. Harper's Bazaar.
21. Book: Jurnjack. Nicolas. In The HAIR. 20 December 2016. BOD Gmbh. 978-2-322-13267-6. 536. 4 June 2017.
22. Web site: Deborah Dobson - Awards & Nominations . . 27 June 2019.
23. Web site: 73rd Annual Academy Awards Full Cast. IMDB. 15 August 2013.