Poetica is a futuristic bricolage of East meets West. Chinese cheongsams, Japanese kimonos and Korean hanboks combine with modern sportswear and utility fashion for new tribes of techno nomads, offbeat courtesans and virtual vagabonds.

Vidal Sassoon’s legacy lives on as the Beauty Changes Lives Foundation and Wella’s Hairdressers at Heart announce the opening of the Spring 2017 “Basic” and “Advanced” Vidal Sassoon Professional Beauty Education Scholarship Program.

Sassoon UK Colour Director, Edward Darley was awarded the coveted accolade of ‘Fellowship Hairdresser of the Year 2016’ at the Fellowship for British Hairdressing Luncheon Awards held at the Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London.

For his British Hairdressing Awards 2016 collection Mark says, “I am excited this year to have created images that are informed and inspired by the subconscious, the paradoxical, and the dreamlike state explored by the Surrealists and Dadaists of the early 20th Century.”

The International Creative Director of Sassoon, Mark Hayes, has distinguished his career with creativity, inspiration, and countless awards.  Hairdressing, according to Mark Hayes, is a constant discovery!

Milan, October 23rd 2016: The Creative Director of Sassoon will interpret the Bob theme for the amazing Estetica Master Parade show!

Premiere Orlando is back by popular demand; bigger, smarter, prettier and even better than ever. Continuing in the league of excellence, this year’s show is set out to bring the professional beauty industry to new heights.

Enter the era of PermaYouth, an age of age-denying where the traditional boundaries between adolescent and adult have eroded. In uncertain times we look back with nostalgia to a past that we’ve already lived when there was no pressure, just play. 

Wella’s Hairdressers at Heart and the Beauty Changes Lives Foundation (BCL) announce the opening of the Spring 2016 Vidal Sassoon Professional Beauty Education Scholarship Program application window.

ESTETICA ran into Mark Hayes last weekend at ISSE Long Beach and HAD to stop him for a Gimme-5! He had an incredible show, demonstrating his skill and sensational talent with the new Sassoon collection, Androgyne, which plays with gender and identity across eras and geographies.