Mary Quant Quotes

Vidal Sassoon changed hair forever.

In the 1960s, my father chose to introduce Italian-style clothing into a world that was filled with boxy Brooks Brothers suits. So if you were dressing in his clothes in New York or California, you were breaking a rule. And my mother, Risha, who is still living, has always been an activist. I don't think my mom has met a cause she doesn't like.

The bubble bowl! Yes, that made my career, and I should be grateful. I was stomping my feet when Garren was giving me that haircut. It's hard to say to a 17-year-old girl in 1993 that a bowl haircut was cool.

My hairdresser loves me because he gets the liberty to get creative with my hair.

Good hairstylists never die. Vidal Sassoon and Paul Mitchell will always live on.

For nine years I worked to change what was hairdressing then into a geometric art form with color, perm without setting which had never been done before.

The hair department on 'Game of Thrones' is incredible.

If you get hold of a head of hair on somebody you've never seen before, cut beautiful shapes, cut beautiful architectural angles and she walks out looking so different - I think that's masterful.

Working in a salon, you look at trends all day long. You're looking at color all the time, what new products are coming out. You're a part of the fashion industry, especially if you're working in a higher-end salon.

Vidal Sassoon was the most famous hairstylist in the history of the world.

Growing up in the '70s, it was only a few years before that when men started to grow their hair long. And in the '70s, people were pushing the envelope a little farther, with men having even more style and piercing both their ears and wearing makeup.

I think Princess Diana probably had the most famous haircut, or Farrah Fawcett or Jennifer Aniston.

Hairdressing in general hasn't been given the kudos it deserves. It's not recognised by enough people as a worthy craft.

My mom was a hairdresser. My aunt was a hairdresser. My brother was a hairdresser. My sisters are hairdressers.

Growing up, I was the preferred hairstylist for all of my friends.

I had a faux-hawk for a while and I used to buzz the sides and design it. It was really bad.

I used to be a hairdresser.

My cut is blunt and futuristic, and Nicki Minaj started wearing that bob on her head after she came to my show, so at the end of the day, I know what I do, and I know what I possess, and I know who I am. I'm a trendsetter. The biggest form of flattery is imitation, so I'm flattered.

I have my favourite fashion decade, yes, yes, yes: '60s. It was a sort of little revolution; the clothes were amazing but not too exaggerated.

Braids are not new. Black women have been wearing braids for a very long time.

A halfway decent haircut will go a long way!

The beehives from the '60s were gorgeous. The big hair from the '80s wasn't.

I was a hairstylist in London up until the age of 21, working in Sloane Square.

It took me years to get my hair right… after years of perms, conditioning… Nirvana came out and it wasn't cool to have big hair anymore. It was just a horrible injustice.

As a black woman, there's so much pride and communication through hair. It's naturally something that you are excited to embellish on and be creative about.