Hairstylist Trevor Sorby, who pioneered the wedge cut and is known for inventing the scrunch-dry method, has died at the age of 75, his company announced.
The stylist, who frequently appeared on TV and had her own hair product line, revealed in October that she had only weeks to live because her colon cancer had spread to her liver.
Sorby “passed away peacefully surrounded by his family and beloved dog,” the team said in a statement. Statement on Instagram on friday. “Trevor’s journey, filled with unparalleled creativity and kindness, has left an indelible mark on the beauty world and beyond.”
Sobie was awarded British Hairdresser of the Year four times and his methods influenced the beauty world through the style he named. werewolf, sculpture,and wavefast scrunch drying process.
Born in Paisley in 1949, he grew up in Essex. He wanted to be an artist, but after being bullied at school he started cutting hair as a 15-year-old apprentice at his father's barber shop in Ilford. “I thought beauty was easy,” he said. “I was on a creative journey with both, from paint to hair.”
He worked in a number of salons before opening his first salon in central London in 1977, followed by opening his own range of styling products in 1986.
wedgeThe sleek, angular cut was invented by a hairdresser while working for Vidal Sassoon in 1974, and was the first haircut to be featured on a double-page spread in Vogue magazine. “This wedge captured the spirit of the time and was flaunted in nightclubs around the world,” he later said. “I understand the power of invention. If I can accomplish this once, I'm sure I can accomplish it again.”
busy on ITV's This Morning last month.Sobee said the invention of scrunch-drying, which involves compressing hair with your hands while drying it with a hairdryer, came about by chance. “I didn’t know at the time that I was groundbreaking.
“I had a woman with long, dark red, porous hair. These were women having lunch and she wanted to dry it with my hands. , I said, “Can I speed it up a little bit?” and I grabbed a little bit of her hair and shook her out, and this hair fell out like a haystack.
“I've tried different hair types and it's worked out every time. Every woman in the world wears her hair in a mess.”
He continued to appear frequently on television and style various celebrity clients.
His greatest honor was receiving an MBE from Queen Elizabeth II in 2004.
After taking time off from the salon floor in 2006, Ms Sobie began volunteering at Princess Alice Hospice in Esher, Surrey.
When he was asked to cut a patient's wig for a wedding, but was told he might die before doing so, he “got really nervous,” he told The Times. “The next day she passed away, but when I closed the door, [after cutting her wig]I remember thinking this for the first time in my life. 'I feel like I'm more than just a hairdresser, I'm special,' he recalled.
He then founded the charity My New Hair, which supports and advises independent salons and stylists providing wig styling services for cancer patients, and also helped develop standards for NHS wigs.
