PROJECT SASSOON TEAM DAY WITH KITTY LATHAM SASSOON’S ASSISTANT CREATIVE DIRECTOR

The team spent the day at the House of Sassoon in London, with their project leader Kitty Latham and the Sassoon’s London Academy Assistant Creative Director, it was all about the cut!

The morning was spent with a cutting theory lecture.  Going through the ABC fundamentals in detail & showing the team how to draw headsheets.  This was then followed by Haircut 1 and then lots of focus on blow drying the Sassoon way.

After lunch was Haircut 2, with time to recap their learnings.

Joanna Jones comments: “I just had the best day Kitty, who took us through the concept of ABC cutting.  It was awesome, learned lots and looking forward to putting into action in the salon.”

Callum Bates-Siney comments: "Had a wonderful time with Kitty, what she doesn’t know about cutting hair! Had a wonderful time looking at the in depth of ABC cutting and different techniques. We then took that into an afternoon session and did the Sassoon ‘shake’ technique on our blocks. Learnt something super new and had such fun doing it. A huge Thank you to Kitty again."

Sarah Dawes added: "The day began with Kitty explaining about the history of Vidal Sassoon and how he was a modernist - he didn’t like the way women did their hair. He went to the Bauhaus design school in Germany to study shape and architecture and he related this to shapes in hair. We learnt about technique and how A is for lines, B is for graduation C is for layers. Also about Elevation, Tension and Cutting Angles and how shapes in hair are round, square or triangular. Then had fun cutting a long layered Shake haircut using our new theory knowledge, really loved the day! Ooh also wrap drying!! Thank you Project Sassoon."

PROJECT TEAM LEADERS:  Kitty Latham & Pink Grubb
PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS:

• Ellie Rider, Collective Studios
• Joanna Jones, The Empress & Co
• Callum Bates-Siney, William & Mary Hair & Beauty
• Bela Nunes, Quay Street Collective Hairdressing
• Marcos Garcia, Tonics
• Cheryl Poulter
• Rosa Nockles Moore, DK UK
• Kaitlyn White, Trinder Hair Studios
• Sarah Dawes, West Suffolk College