CELEBRITY hairdresser Andrew Barton has teamed up with an internationally acclaimed British fashion photographer to create images for his new exhibition at the Civic.
Andrew, who is the creative director at Urban Retreat at Harrods, has teamed up with Ram Shergill who has worked with the likes of Amy Winehouse, Eddie Redmayne, Dame Judi Dench and Naomi Campbell and has produced covers for magazines such as Vogue.
Andrew’s exhibition, Beehives, Bobs and Blow-dries will open in February, and will celebrate the history and future of hairdressing. Often overlooked, fashion would not be complete without the right hair, and the exhibition will explore the cultural significance of hair fashion over the last 50 years.
It will feature wigs, film, photography, historical imagery, products and styling tools and chart the advancements in design, evolution and creativity.
|t also looks at the impact of the relationship between celebrity hairdressers and media stars who through the decades have helped make iconic styles so popular.
Andrew, originally from Royston, said: “Ram and I have wanted to work together for some time and I knew that he would bring the glamour for which his work is associated with to this capsule collection of images. My work with photographers is a collaborative process and starts with a synergy of beauty ethos. My work is synonymous with beauty. I’m more attracted to grace and femininity than quirkiness or edge. It’s important that as hairdressers that we all understand our own design ethos and this is important in selecting the other creative people that I work with.”
Donna Bevan, a fashion researcher who has co-curated the exhibition, said: “We have had the perfect collaboration of expertise between us - which has allowed us to evolve this unique look at the highly significant world of British hair and hairdressing. The UK has trained so many of the key movers and shakers in this industry - they have been setting, tweaking, cutting and blowing the trends from catwalk to street (and back again) over the past 50 years and beyond. This exhibition allows us to celebrate some of the major impacts this significant industry has on our hair fashions during this time.”
The exhibition will open on February 17 and will run until April 7 before moving to London, then potentially touring worldwide.
A fundraising dinner will accompany the opening, raising money for The Princes Trust charity of which Andrew is an ambassador.
