The Ed.
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Holy haircut! Ted Gibson, celebrity stylist and TV personality, is offering the most expensive hair cut in the world and what's more, he's hoping to up the price to $1,500 and reckons he'll still have a waiting list. Gibson reckons the demand for the kind of experience he offers hasn't let up despite the tough financial climate.
So, what does the most expensive hair cut get you? For that money, Ted himself will wash your hair (how down to earth of him) and spend an hour and a quarter cutting your hair in either his New York salon or his new Ft. Lauderdale salon. Currently, he has ten people on the waiting list in NYC and twenty-five lining up in Ft. Lauderdale. The average waiting time is between one month and eight weeks.
Surprisingly, this isn't a treatment for the rich and famous. For celebrities, Gibson says he usually services them outside of the salon and will therefore charge his day rate which is much higher. Some customers, he says, are simply fans of the show What Not To Wear but the majority are actually "mid-income" women seeking the same luxury experience Gibson provides for clients before the Oscars or Grammies.
"I'm bringing that same kind of access to the Upper East Side woman. The woman from New Jersey. The woman whose husband wants to give her a gift for the holidays," says the most expensive hairdresser in the world. Gibson strives to make the experience a lasting one (not at one hour and forty five minutes he doesn't!) and says the value is in getting to know clients and make them feel special. I have to ask though, isn't that what every client is entitled to expect from a hair appointment at any price?
Gibson says the ability to make people feel great is priceless. I say the ability to make people feel great is a fundamental skill that every hairdresser needs and surely it shouldn't take $950 to guarantee? Gibson, unsurprisingly, disagrees.
"Hair, more than clothes and the make up and the Mercedes and the Jaguar - dictates how a woman feels about who she really is." Oh, and he reckons you can all do the same thing. "Every hairdresser in the world should charge $950 or more," he quips.
So, who's with Gibson and his $950 haircut? Anyone going to give it a shot?
Until then...geek on!
The Ed.
So, what does the most expensive hair cut get you? For that money, Ted himself will wash your hair (how down to earth of him) and spend an hour and a quarter cutting your hair in either his New York salon or his new Ft. Lauderdale salon. Currently, he has ten people on the waiting list in NYC and twenty-five lining up in Ft. Lauderdale. The average waiting time is between one month and eight weeks.
Surprisingly, this isn't a treatment for the rich and famous. For celebrities, Gibson says he usually services them outside of the salon and will therefore charge his day rate which is much higher. Some customers, he says, are simply fans of the show What Not To Wear but the majority are actually "mid-income" women seeking the same luxury experience Gibson provides for clients before the Oscars or Grammies.
"I'm bringing that same kind of access to the Upper East Side woman. The woman from New Jersey. The woman whose husband wants to give her a gift for the holidays," says the most expensive hairdresser in the world. Gibson strives to make the experience a lasting one (not at one hour and forty five minutes he doesn't!) and says the value is in getting to know clients and make them feel special. I have to ask though, isn't that what every client is entitled to expect from a hair appointment at any price?
Gibson says the ability to make people feel great is priceless. I say the ability to make people feel great is a fundamental skill that every hairdresser needs and surely it shouldn't take $950 to guarantee? Gibson, unsurprisingly, disagrees.
"Hair, more than clothes and the make up and the Mercedes and the Jaguar - dictates how a woman feels about who she really is." Oh, and he reckons you can all do the same thing. "Every hairdresser in the world should charge $950 or more," he quips.
So, who's with Gibson and his $950 haircut? Anyone going to give it a shot?
Until then...geek on!
The Ed.
