Trevor Sorbie, the British hair stylist, salon proprietor and brand founder has died aged 75, representatives for Sorbie confirmed on Friday.
Sorbie was born in Paisley, Scotland in 1949, and began working in his father’s salon aged 14. In 1974, while working at the influential London salon Vidal Sassoon, he created an avant-garde new hairstyle known as “the wedge”, which brought him global recognition after being featured in Vogue. He opened a flagship salon in London’s Covent Garden in 1979, and went on to pioneer more new hair styles and techniques throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004 for services to British hairdressing, he was a recognisable face and name in the beauty industry. Sorbie launched a hair care line in 1986, and there are now six Trevor Sorbie salons throughout the UK.
Sorbie spoke publicly about his battle with cancer, including his recent terminal diagnosis of bowel cancer, having previously founded a charity called My New Hair in 2006 which offered wig styling services to cancer patients.
He is survived by his wife, daughter, stepson and brother.
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