List of hairdressers

A caricature of the Académie de Coiffure founded by Legros de Rumigny

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. 17th century French hairdresser, subject of the comic play Champagne le coiffeur.^[1][2]
• Legros de Rumigny
• Léonard — hairdresser to the late 18th century French court^[1][3]
• Madame Martin, hairdresser to the court of Louis XIV.^[1][4]
• Marcel Grateau — inventor of the Marcel wave in the 1870s, although it was most popular in the 1920s.^[1]
• Franz Ströher, German hairdresser, company founder of Wella

Salon hairdressers

1900-1960

• Alexandre de Paris (1922-2008). Clients included the Duchess of Windsor and Daisy Fellowes^[1]
• 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.^[1][5]
• Kenneth (1927-2013). American, one of the foremost New York hairdressers since the 1950s,^[6] and sometimes described as the world's first celebrity hairdresser.^[7]
• 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^[1][8]

From 1960 – Present

• James Brown — best known for his work with Kate Moss^[9]
• Lino Carbosiero MBE British. Clients include David Cameron, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Minnie Driver.^[10]
• Nicky Clarke OBE London. — Clients include David Bowie, Elizabeth Hurley, and Diana, Princess of Wales.^[11]
• Errol Douglas MBE London; clients include Diana Ross, Naomi Campbell, Melanie Griffith.^{[12][13][14][15]}
• Frédéric Fekkai - A French hairstylist, particularly famous during the 1990s for his notoriously high prices.^[16]
• Ted Gibson, New York
• Leonard of Mayfair — leading London hairdresser from the 1960s to 1980s, training many other cutters.^[17]
• Denise McAdam RVM — hairdresser to the current British Royal Family.^[18]
• Michel Mercier — A French-Israeli hairdresser, his clients include Brigitte Bardot and Isabel Adjani.
• Vidal Sassoon CBE (1928-2012), London and later Los Angeles — clients included Mia Farrow^[1]
• Trevor Sorbie MBE London ^[19]
• Lee Stafford — leading British hairdresser from 1998, his clients include Victoria Beckham.^[20]

Film and television stylists

• Sydney Guilaroff — he worked for MGM on numerous movies and his clients included Greta Garbo, Grace Kelly and Joan Crawford.^[21]
• 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.^[22]

See also

• List of hairstyles

References

1. Victoria Sherrow (2006), Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History, Greenwood Publishing Group, pp. 163–166, ISBN 9780313331459
2. Joan DeJean (2005), "The Rule of Celebrity Hairdressers", The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafes, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour, Simon and Schuster, pp. 21 et seq., ISBN 9780743264136
3. Warwick Lister (2009), Amico: The Life of Giovanni Battista Viotti, Oxford University Press, pp. 126, 154–156, ISBN 9780195372403
4. Diana De Marly (1987), Louis XIV & Versailles, Much to Louis XIV's relief the French hairdresser Martin was able to save the reputation of the French court ... On 4 April 1671 the Marquise de Sevigne wrote to her daughter the Comtesse de Grignan that Madame Martin was...
5. Steven Zdatny (1999), Hairstyles and fashion: a hairdresser's history of Paris, 1910-1920
6. Amory, Cleveland and Blackwell,, Amory, Cleveland and Earl (1973). Celebrity Register, Volume 3. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 268.
7. Reed, Paula (2012). Fifty Fashion Looks that Changed the 1960s. Design Museum, London: Hachette UK. ISBN 1840916176.
8. "Fifties Glamour with "Teasy-Weasy"". Black Country Bugle. 2007-05-31. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
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10. "Revealed: the strategic cuts behind Cameron's swing from right to left." The Independent. 16 October 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
11. "Nicky Clarke takes estranged wife to Buckingham Palace to receive 'OBE'". London: Daily Mail. 19 February 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
12. Stout, Liz. "Pick of the best hairdryer". Daily Mail (London). Retrieved 2012-01-16.
13. Mount, Harry (11 January 2003). "Portrait of a driver: Errol Douglas". The Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 2012-01-16.
14. "Holiday Hair Salon". Retrieved 2012-01-16.
15. "Celebrity hair stylist Errol Douglas' top tips to holiday-proof your hair". Retrieved 2012-01-16.
16. Sherrow, Victoria (2006). Encyclopedia of hair : a cultural history (1. publ. ed.). Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. p. 341. ISBN 9780313331459.
17. West, Carinthia (May 1992). "Leonard's Second Wave". Tatler Magazine.
18. Hilary Alexander (4 November 2010), "VM Award for Royal hairdresser Denise McAdam", Daily Telegraph (London)
19. "Paisley Helped Make Me a Cut Above the Rest". 20 June 2007. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
20. "Lee Stafford", Celebrity Scissorhands, BBC
21. Tom Vallance (31 May 1997), "Sydney Guilaroff", The Independent (London)
22. "73rd Annual Academy Awards Full Cast". IMDB. Retrieved 15 August 2013.