I haven't got a good reputation with pain.

I haven't got a good reputation with pain.

Beauty shouldn't be taken too seriously. Life is stressful enough! Hair should be creative and crazy.

I'm not giving up on my work. I'm still trying to challenge people's aesthetics and myself.

Everyone has an opinion and I think we're at a time which is very heated all over the world, so of course people will speak out. And they have every right to.

I got into hairdressing and moved from Dorset to London, where I got an apprenticeship at Vidal Sassoon. This was around '83 or '84. I was working on South Molton Street, which was then the epicenter of all the shops. It was like a catwalk. So I did my apprenticeship there, but I wasn't successful.

I didn't know I wanted to be a hairdresser. I was always interested in fashion and imagery in a very naive way, but it was always an attraction, like glitter balls.