The salon felt a little dated with its 1960’s era decor, it had pale blue wallpaper with light yellow floral patterns. Rosa, the owner was a middle-aged Italian woman who ran the salon with Luisa, her niece. It was in the local strip mall in the suburb where we lived. I remember we arrived at the salon a little early that day. After we were going to go shopping for some new clothes for school. Mom had made the appointments for my younger sister and I at the local beauty salon. I loved the way my hair felt as it cascaded all the way down my back to my waist. It was pin straight and dark chestnut-brown. I had only ever had trims and I never ever considered cutting my hair. I was 14 at the time and I had always had worn my hair very long as that was the popular style for that time. My mom had made an appointment for my younger sister and I to get our haircuts for school. It was my last week of summer before starting my freshman year in high school, and I was really nervous about it. I remember my mother forcing me to wear that same haircut. When Dorothy Hamill won the hearts of America back in the 1976 Winter Olympics, not only did she win the gold medal, she also wore a revolutionary new hairstyle that was to become a phenomenon in the years that followed. I was very fortunate to not be one of those but I recall a few friends with one. This haircut started a fad in the late 1970’s and was worn by many in those years. Cutting a blunt bob (which would be today’s modern bob) I created a wave in the front, using an old technique from the 1930s.Foreword: This haircut would have been considered the ‘Rachel Haircut’ of that time.
“I wanted to push the boundaries with this look and combine the old and new. The 12 looks surprised and impressed the audience so much I got a standing ovation!” I was told to present six looks, but at the end of the show the models changed into wigs that I’d cut and styled before the show. “I created this for the very first show I did in Switzerland. “Instead of cutting the hair perfectly, I decided to cut the hair into the lengths at random, making me the first hairdresser to create the ‘texturised’ look.” I also bleached the ends to enhance a grown-out look.” Instead of drying the hair downwards, I dried it to stand up. Instead of cutting with scissors, I cut with a razor. “This look was inspired by punk and went completely against all the rules at the time. I wanted to create a new way of drying hair quickly so took a ball of hair in my hands and dried it with the dryer to create a brand new texture.” “This was created when I was working at John Frieda. The now famous wedge was one of my creations for this show!” “In 1974 whilst I was at Vidal Sassoon, Vidal asked myself and the other directors to do a show in Paris. Here are six of Trevor’s all-time favourite images – would you be able to recognise them and would you choose the same ones from his endless repertoire of inspiring collections?
He created the iconic wedge haircut while working with Vidal Sassoon and he was the first hairdresser to receive an MBE from the Queen. Trevor Sorbie images have won HJ’s British Hairdressing Awards, sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional, an impressive four times.
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