THEWORLD'S GREATEST HAIR ARTIST … OR THE PEOPLE'S HAIRDRESSER?

This is the conundrum that is Trevor Sorbie, born in Paisley in 1949, the son and grandson of barbers, who dropped out of school at 15 and who dreamed of becoming a famous artist.

On the one hand, he is revered by his peers in the international hairdressing and fashion scene as probably the greatest hairdresser in the world. Since the early 1970s, when he was Artistic Director at Vidal Sassoon, his pioneering techniques and cuts (like The Wedge, The Chop, The Scrunch) have defined the avant-garde "look" in hair around the globe over almost three decades.