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“I didn't do great in school. I didn't have many options. I mean, I'd like to have gone to art college, but I didn't have the grades. I didn't have any qualifications. But I had some friends who were hairdressers, so I just thought, Well, I'll have a go at it.”

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“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.”

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“I worked at a bunch of other salons, and at one, this girl was going out to do a photo shoot for a women's magazine and brought me along to assist her. I remember going on that shoot and thinking, "God, this is great. It's creative, and you get to work with all of these other creative people." At that point I decided that hair would be my in to fashion and all the things I thought I would enjoy - and did enjoy.”

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“I worked in salons, where you do learn the basic sort of thing. But I didn't know anything about the kinds of things I'm doing now. I learned how to put hot-rollers in.”

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“I was building my work, and it took me a long time. For a good five or six years I was just kind of bobbing around, doing everything and anything.”

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“When you look back at your career, there are moments that are levels that you hit and you bounce off them.”

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“The Brits always favor the underdog. There's an eccentricity to us, and I think you can see that through the fash- ion and the music and the way people look.”

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“Suddenly it was cool to have your hair lank . . . It was a whole different way of looking at things, and it shook up the whole industry.”

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“To be a good hairdresser, you have to understand what the vision is of the designer or the photographer and then sort of add your thing.”

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“I'm very lucky that I've worked mainly with two amazing photographers in David Sims and Steven Meisel.”

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“With Steven Meisel, I'd looked at his work from afar and always loved it, and when I started to work with him, I was blown away. He taught me so much about looking at women and looking at images.”

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