Sacha mascolo-tarbuck's life through a lens
Sacha Mascolo-Tarbuck was born into the Toni & Guy empire so you could argue that hairdressing has always been in her blood.
Being surrounded by such a creative and dynamic family, it was inevitable that hairdressing would have a profound effect on Sacha, and despite studying fashion and design, hairdressing had already taken its grip.
"I found hairdressing very easy and enjoyed it. I was a natural. I was very privileged to be joining the family business - and learning from the best in the world - and I still enjoy what I do more than 20 years later. " she says.
"As global creative director for Toni & Guy, essensuals and label.m, I don't see myself as successful - I am so critical of myself and always strive to be better. However, I am very lucky to have a career I love," she adds.
Here, Sacha shares some of the images that have defined her career.
1990
In the early 90s Guido was our in-house session worker and I was lucky to go on trips with him. At the time I was the show director, organising all the shoots, models, teams and locations. Guido hadn't done a fashion show before and he was invited to do the hair by Calvin Klein and I assisted. This gave me an insight into the session world and how it worked. It was the time of the supermodel and Kate Moss was one of the models we were working with. We really hit it off and instead of the groomed, glamorous look Calvin Klein was known for, Guido created a more grunge feel - it was a real turning point in fashion. I assisted Guido for four years and learnt a lot from him.
1991
Bruno Mascolo organised a huge three-day conference in Dallas, Texas, about 17 years ago, with Cinderella as the theme. We had been working with Vivienne Westwood at the time, so used her clothes to complement the avant-garde hair. The model with the updo was Cinderella and the blonde hair was an ugly step-sister. It was one of the best shows we ever did as it was so theatrical and full of drama.
This is one of the images in the collection that won me HJ's Newcomer of the Year in 1991. Anthony took the photographs and I was the youngest person to win the award at the time. Anthony has been a real influence on my career; I have been lucky to travel the world with him and he has been a huge inspiration.
1994
This image is very reflective of its era and I love the photography and feel of this image. Anthony and I had been travelling a lot around the world - we had a show almost every weekend - which was a lot of hard work but great fun. Then we would come back to London and recreate some of the looks we created on stage. It's great to do that because you get to keep the look rather than it just being a memory.
1995
I worked with Robert Lobetta, who shot the collection. I did the hair for four images where clocks were the theme - they were stood in front of clock faces and all held a miniature of themselves. It was an interesting time in my life as I was really getting involved in the creative side and working with Robert was amazing.
1997
I worked with Anthony on this shoot after I'd been working behind the scenes at fashion shows, and I think this image is very fashion influenced.
1999
This is from my HJ's London Hairdresser of the Year collection in 1999. I had started our salon group essensuals with my brother Christian, as our dad thought it would be good for us to have our own company to build rather than work in the main business. I worked with photographer Stuart Weston on this collection and after hairdressing for so many years for other people, it was great to do something just for me. I think it still looks good now - many winning images from HJ's British Hairdressing Awards are classic and stand the test of time - this is one of them.
2006
This was part of a supplement we did with Vogue and I loved every minute of it. I organise shoots all the time but to work with the creative directors of such a prestigious magazine was an amazing experience as they introduced me to lots of new people. After spending so many years art directing shoots it was nice to do a shoot for me, and when I get to do hair I really enjoy it.
2007
Erin O'Connor was one of our models for our new consumer range Model.Me last year. After redesigning the red Toni & Guy product range I wanted to bring out a new collection. We decided to do something in association with models, so used Erin, Helena Christensen and Jamelia. It was completely different to other ranges on the market - most celebrities just endorse a product - but Erin, Helena and Jamelia g ot involved in the whole product development. I cut Erin's hair for the campaign, but because she works for M&S she couldn't have anything too drastic. This look was different to how we normally see her and promotes wearable, commercial hair, perfect for the range.
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