Stuart Phillips began his hairdressing career at the age of 16, training at Vidal Sassoon. At the age of 19 he qualified and set his sights for Australia. Stuart worked as an International Hair Stylist in Sydney’s top hair salons. During this time he created amazing Hair Shows that were televised by MTV and were staged in arenas and auditoriums to house the shear size of the events.

Stuart extended his travels to South East and North East Asia, including Japan and Indonesia. Whilst visiting these countries, Stuart was overwhelmed by the customer care and advanced technology, thus giving him the inspiration to one day own his own salon.

After 3 years Stuart returned home to London and continued his hairdressing, this time in the mecca of style and fashion, Covent Garden. It was during this time that Stuart met Tabitha, who at the time was working for Virgin Atlantic Airways Upper Class in a senior position looking after the companies VIP’s. After a truly whirlwind romance Tabitha soon became Mrs Stuart Phillips.

Towards the end of 1994 and only into their first year of marriage, Tabitha believed in Stuart’s dreams and knew it was now the time to make them come true. Therefore, with Stuarts highly talented hairdressing skills and his natural business drive, combined with Tabitha’s flair for art, design and fashion from her interior design background and Italian heritage, her own extended travelling experiences and first class people skills, they both realised that together they had the perfect ingredients to create a successful business.

When opening their salon they knew the competition was going to be tough so Stuart and Tabitha set themselves 3 main objectives to be one step ahead of the rest.

1. To create the most relaxing atmosphere possible.
2. To have highly experienced and talented stylists and colourists.
3. To provide the best possible service in London.

All this was achieved and more, but Stuart soon realised (along with the help of his very stylish wife) that as an owner of a top London salon his image was going to be as important as the salon itself.

 

“Before the idea of the salon came about, Stuart was a very casual dresser, t-shirts, jeans, trainers etc. This was mainly to accommodate Stuarts’ large frame and his lifestyle at this time, as he was not only a hairdresser when we met, but also a competitive body builder”. Tabitha, along with not too much persuasion, got Stuart to swap some of his bulk for a wonderful new collection of outfits.
 

Within the fashion conscious industry Stuart very quickly acquired his own distinct style, so much so that during a haircut a regular client made the comment “I have never seen you in the same shirt twice”. From then on he set a challenge to all his clients that should they catch him in the same outfit twice they will receive a free haircut! The situation soon escalated with several national and international magazines wanting the story with full fashion spreads of Stuart and his array of many outfits, included in these was a double page feature in The Sunday Times Style Magazine.

 

Stuarts’ creative talents and high standards have now elevated him to become a leading face within his profession, he is in high demand working on movie sets and international TV commercials, regularly contributing to all areas of the media both behind the scenes and as a prominent personality.

From radio to television where Stuart was featured in the documentary programmes “The Truth About Men” and BBC2’s “Spend Spend Spend”. Appearing on other TV shows being interviewed and demonstrating his cutting and styling talents, these programmes include, This Morning, GMTV, Sky News, Living TV, Loose Lips and Nickelodeon. Other regular publicity includes features in many glossy magazines showing makeovers, demonstrations and giving hair advice. Recent work has been covered in OK Magazine, Hello, Heat, Now, Closer, Top Sante, New Woman and Marie Claire.

The past years success of Stuart Phillips hair salon is contributed by a host of reasons; Stuart and Tabitha have dedicated their lives to the success and well being of their staff. Their client care is paramount throughout the entire salon, the work ethic of staff from apprentices to the stylists is truly phenomenal.