Do you need to be up to date on all the latest fashion trends?

Do you need to be up to date on all the latest fashion trends?

Trevor Sorbie (Director) gives expert video advice on: What skills do I need to be a hairdresser?; Is it best to be trained at a college or a hair salon?; What makes a successful hairdresser? and more...

You do need to be up to date in hairdressing with the fashion trends, simply because it's a very fashion orientated business. It's a very young business, in terms of hairdressers are usually very young, excluding me, but I was once, and at the same time, fashion leads and hair follows fashion. So you have to know exactly what's happening through the media, television, films and, obviously, magazines. It's a very important part of being a hairdresser, knowing the trends, because if somebody comes in and says I want my hair cut like Posh Spice and you haven't seen her or read about her for the last six months, you'll probably give her the wrong hair style because she's probably changed it, knowing her. So, yes, very important to keep up with the trends.