Resembling the Flat Iron building in New York – and with all the glamour inside, too – our Commercial Street premises is our flagship award-winning unisex hair salon; located in Shoreditch, East London. Just a stone's throw from Spitalfields Market. Inspired by the faded grandeur of 18th century France, Commercial Street's sumptuous Rococo interior is filled with vintage pieces and period finds, to stimulate your senses and make your time at our biggest luxury hair salon in East London a magical experience.
Upon arrival, you will be welcomed by our hairdressing team, who will offer you a cocktail from our authentic studded bar. Then you will be invited to recline upon a vintage chaise longue, where you can soak up the ambience and watch our celebrity hairstylists in action, giving a taste of what's to come with your very own styling to follow: or if you want to explore, our team will guide you through each individually designed room in the salon, so that you will feel as though you have found your very own exclusive members' club.
From the Grand Cutting Room – lit with oversized Murano glass chandeliers to the subterranean golden washrooms, beneath the darkened staircase – we know you will have a visit to Commercial Street that will be truly inspiring for both your hair and your heart.
Jayson has had a lustrous career in the hairdressing industry already with a impressive back catalogue of campaigns, advertising and tutorials to his name. A Wella Professionals Global Artist of 15 years and former International Technical Creative Director for Toni & Guy where Jayson spent 24 years.
He travels regularly on a global scale as a platform artist, showcasing his latest work and collaborations; not just for Wella Professionals, but also for his own brand Karbon KYD. A unique educational platform that specialises in visual and freehand colour techniques. His work has been published in a variety of print media, including Elle Italia and The Sunday Times.
Jayson has won numerous awards. He was named Most Wanted Colour Expert in the Creative Head Awards and a finalist in the British Hairdressing Awards amongst other things. He is a also founding member of the prestigious Wella Professionals UK Colour Club, and ongoing ITVA Mentor.
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Annelie is an international colour expert with over 20 years experience. You will find her running educational courses for hairdressers, working on shoots as well as advertising campaigns across the globe when she is not in the salon.
She is known for her honesty and down to earth approach. Her ability to transform hair through her colour expertise and perfect techniques make Annelie a real favourite with clients.
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Oliver trained extensively with brands such as Bumble & Bumble, Phytologie Davines and L'Oreal. Oliver was selected to attend Loreal’s Colour Specialise Degree Course and passed with flying colours.
Having spent 7 years at a top salon, with clients including world renowned DJ John Digweed and clothes designer Karen Millen, Oliver reached the 'Oreal Colour Trophy finals twice and brings a wealth of colour experience to Taylor Taylor London.
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With a background of 24 years training and technical experience, Jamie is one of Taylor Taylor London’s leading blonde colour specialists. His unique vision, passion for his craft, talent and eye for bigger picture details such as skin tone, lifestyle and colour commitment has enabled him to offer the ultimate in bespoke blonde tones and colours for each individual client. As Jamie says, “no blonde is ever the same, but there is a blonde for everyone”. From subtle mixes of cool, warm tones, to strawberry blonde to the palest platinum, Jamie creates specific blonde colours tailored to suit each client, corrects existing colour problems and breaks old formulaic rules, totally transforming but never compromising the hair.
Jamie’s ability to use colour as a bespoke art form has not only led to a fanatically loyal celebrity/client base which he fiercely protects, but also to working with sustainable beauty brand Davines for the last 3 years as one of their Colour Ambassadors and UK Educators. This relationship has allowed Jamie to access new products, developing techniques and new ways of using cutting edge formulas before anyone else.
His eye for colour means he can create the perfect blonde from even the darkest brunette and remedy even the biggest of colour corrections, this is what really makes him stand out from the crowd. Counting celebrity clients including Rita Ora and Hannah Reid of London Grammar, his iconic work can be seen all across London.
Citing his influences as growing up on the beach, the seasonal changes of colour, and general lifestyle, Jamie sees colour even in inanimate objects. His absolute love of blonde hair means he both lives and breathes his craft.
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Federico is at the heart of the Taylor Taylor London team and is one of our most experienced and respected hairdressers. With over 20 years in hairdressing he has been educated and trained at some of the world’s most respected academies and salons.
Hair great's such as Eugene Souleiman, James Rowe, Mark Hampton and Martin Cullen call upon Federico’s talent to assist during some of International Fashion Week’s most coveted shows - ACNE, Yohji Yamamoto, Vivienne Westwood, Marni, JW Anderson and Gareth Pugh amongst many others.
When not in the salon his independent work for campaigns and editorials encompasses assignments for Matthew Williamson, Volt Café and The Financial Times.
On salon appointments Federico is known for his undivided attention to detail; whether it be colour, cutting or styling he will help to develop a personalised hair experience just for you.
Federico is also the Floor Manager in our Flagship Salon and is instrumental in ensuring the standards of all the stylists and colourists at Taylor Taylor meet his exceptionally high requirements.
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With almost 20 years experience cutting and colouring at leading salons across three countries Anna has become a creative Art Director in colour and and Art Director in cutting after working at Taylor Taylor London in Shoreditch for 11 years.
With a Fierce Blonde following who enjoy the natural grow out of Anna’s blondes that are tailored specifically to every clients needs, hair and natural colouring. Annas obsession with blondes goes that one step further as she has developed a product called Wiig that tones yellow, repairs the hair and protects it from future damage. A product that keeps her blondes perfect in between salon visits is for sale at the salon and the wiig.co website.
Anna has a talent for fixing shapes in hair cuts and loves to fix problems in both cuts and colours. Booking in advance with Anna is imperative as she is in high demand with her very loyal clients.
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Born in Northern Ireland, Anna qualified and worked as a stylist in Belfast City. Making the big move to London in 1998. She then worked for an award winning salon group and various boutique salons.
Joining Taylor Taylor London in 2003 her skill set has become even more advanced via numerous courses for cut and colour including Wellas Colour Master program.
“Joining Taylor Taylor London has definitely been a highlight in my career, from the inspirational teams and fabulous salons to the unique brand image. Over the years I have been given multiple new opportunities such as working in the Maldives at The One Only salon by Taylor Taylor London and then coming back to manage the original Boutique branch in London.“
“The clients ‘journey’ with me is important, from in-depth consultations, personalised cuts and colours, to the finished look, each journey is different and that’s exciting. Invest in your hair, you wear it everyday.”
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Ben grew up in France and started his hairdressing career in the exclusive Alpine resorts, mixing his love of extreme sports with his passion for style.
Ben joined us with almost ten years experience - having spent the past couple of years in London refining his skills at boutique salons and on numerous courses, including those by L'Oréal, Tigi, and Toni and Guy.
Ben has a passion for precision haircuts, with particular expertise in blunt cuts, as he feels that they “bring out a strong character in people, whilst remaining très chic!”. Ben also loves working on men's fades as “It’s like drawing with pencil”, and balayage as “it’s French!”.
His work has been getting a lot of attention, and Ben recently worked on set with Storm Models. Ben is not afraid to take risks and to put his personality into his work, which produces exceptional outcomes - we are very excited to have him on the team and to see what the future will bring for his career.
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Boo grew up in Hertfordshire on the countryside, before attending school & Goldsmith University in London. She graduated at the LHAA and has been trained as a technician at Gielly Green in London.
She has gained her experience working for award-winning London salons and established her portfolio with clients returning time and time again for that most glamorous yet emphasised natural finish.
Boo always had a keen interest in the science behind the perfect colour especially for those most complex of shades. She has qualified as a colour specialist at one of the world's leading hair care brands in order to mastering the art of perfect colour.
Boo is known for her love of her family, movies, and animals, as well as being known for her unmistakable laugh, and… the occasional honey tequila.
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Chie is one of a prestigious group of hair stylists who have claimed the title of Best International Hairdresser from the AIPP (Association Internationale Presse Professionnelle Coiffure).
Chie’s career began in Japan over 20 years ago before moving to London to join Toni & Guy where she was a member of the renowned Artistic Team and was crowned Avante Garde Hairdresser of the Year at the British Hairdressing Awards in 2014/ 15. Hosting seminars across the globe, running her own shows at London fashion week and working for the likes of Elle and Shortlist Chie has achieved international recognition for her work and we are privileged to have her heading up our education team.
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In 2009 Elsa joined our Commercial Street salon where she swiftly proved her technical ability and progressed to Art Director. During her tenure at Taylor Taylor Elsa’s career has gone from strength to strength and she has shown natural excellence in all the hairdressing disciplines from salon to catwalk to editorial assignments.
Over the past few years she has been fortunate enough to support leading international session stylists such as Eugene Souleiman, Martin Cullen and Duffy at the ‘Fashion Week's across the world, showcasing some of the world’s most infuential fashion brands such as Gareth Pugh, Joseph and Antonio Berardi. In Elsas own words Elsa “The exposure at the height of the industries professionalism has given me an opportunity to perform in an implausibly pressured environment and deliver on end result, which can be nothing less than perfect. This has without doubt shaped and influenced my career and the person I am today”.
Alongside Elsa’s busy salon column and her session commitments, she is also part of the management team at Taylor Taylor London and jointly heads up the Art Team which promotes the salon’s strong technical and creative reputation. This role involves delivering the in-house collections, organizing editorial and commercial assignments and preparing bespoke articles for international publications and helping others realizes their potential through external Seminars and in-house workshops.
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Zara began cutting hair in her studio whilst studying sculpture at Camberwell School of Art. By chance whilst working for a set designer building props she met some of the team at Vidal Sassoon's Academy on Brook Street. Inspired by the people she met she enrolled in an intensive course to learn the trade through the technically strict Sassoon philosophy of cutting.
Now a Art Director at Taylor Taylor London, Zara is an exceptionally talented yet softly spoken technical specialist with an incredibly loyal client list who will go no-where else for their cuts and styling. She applies the same attention to detail in her hairdressing as she does with her approach to art.
Zara is a regular on the Taylor Taylor London Artistic Team and has worked on Guido Palau's team on the men's shows across Europe for the last 4 seasons.
Her resume includes designers such as Alexander McQueen, Louis Vuitton, Jil Sander, Dolce & Gabanna, Bottega Veneta, Valentino, Versace, Raf Simons and Prada. She also assists Jos Gibson and worked on editorials for GQ Style, Sunday Times Magazine and Vogue Hommes as well as her own work for OKI-Ni and Law Magazine. Driven by perfection and quality, she knows how to push a good haircut to a great one; from high street to bespoke.
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Antonio has over fifteen years of experience cutting and styling hair for London's top hair salon's, magazines and brand's such as, iD, Dazed and Numero to name but a few.
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Originally from South Korea, Sonya was inspired to become a hairdresser through a close family member. She qualified at Vidal Sassoon Academy and specialised in cutting techniques which personalise individual clients' needs and tastes. She has teaching experience of the younger generation in hairdressing and as a Korean translator at Vidal Sassoon Academy educational shows which give her a great deal of inspiration and aspiration.
She claims, 'I think that good architecture lifts a city just as a good haircut leaves a great impression on a face.'
When she is not doing hair, she loves travelling, painting and playing tennis.
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Erika began her hairdressing career in her native Italy and then moved to London in 2007. She is one of our rising international stars and already has numerous hairdressing awards under her belt. Over the last 8 years she has been at the forefront of hairdressing as a regular stylist at the major catwalk shows alongside her television and editorial assignments across the globe.
Amongst her many talents Erika won the prestigious L’Oreal Colour Trophy and has been a finalist in The British Hairdressing Awards for Afro Hairdresser of the Year 2014 and Avante Garde Hairdresser of the Year 2015. As a previous Creative Director at Toni and Guy Erika regularly assisted Sacha Mascola and was a key part of their international art team creating the hair on the catwalk shows for Matthew Williamson, Pam Hogg, Giles and many others. More recently she has joined the team session teams working on the runway shows for Mulberry, Christopher Kane, Dolce and Gabbana and Holly Fulton. Her editorial credentials include brands such as Gucci and Vivienne Westwood Red Label and her work has also been featured in Livid Magazine, Absolutely and of course Vogue; the holy grail for all hairdressers.
Keep an eye out for her work as we think she will fast become one of the hairdressers of the future.
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James started his career with the world renowned Mahogany Hairdressing in Mayfair where he went through there rigorous training to become one of there stylists. He quickly worked his way up to Assistant Creative Director where he ran the London academy and taught on shows and seminars worldwide.
James then looking for a new challenge moved to Australia’s Sydney where he taught some of the biggest names in the industry and ran a full column at the prestigious Wild Life Hair.
Now returned to his home in London he goes between education for hairdressers globally and running his busy clientele from his home at Taylor Taylor.
Focusing on precision hair cutting, James believes that a haircut should be an extension of a persons personality and individuality. Taking bone structure in to consideration each of his clients leave with a bespoke look. Tailored for the individual.
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From an early age Nick had a passion for Travel and Hairdressing. After becoming a well established Style Director at a boutique salon he decided to take time out and travel through Asia. Nick fell in love with the culture and lifestyle of Bali where he decided to settle. Whilst there he taught seminars throughout Southeast Asia at renowned academies and styled hair for various campaign’s and editorial’s.
Now back in London, Nick is a Director at the Commercial Street salon based in Shoreditch where he has gained a loyal clientele. Alongside his work in the salon, Nick has also been pursuing his passion for session hairstyling and has been a regular at London, Milan and Paris Fashion Week's.
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Carlo entered the hair-dressing industry at the age of 15 and was immediately taken under the wing of four-time British hairdresser of the year who allowed him able to develop his passion in creating beautiful, wearable haircuts with an emphasis on strong, precision cutting and structure for every style. After securing a place on the much coveted Sebastian CULT team Carlo began to travel internationally to deliver large seminars to other hairdressers eager to learn about the brand's strong history, and to watch the team create new exciting hair. He is now a member of the Sebastian UK Education team delivering one to one learning, as well as platform education
Carlo is also the co-founder of FUZED which takes it’s inspiration from cultural identity, music and lifestyle and the resulting impact on hair throughout time. With the success of his brand he has now worked on significant editorials and campaigns for companies such as Topshop, Reebok, Calvin Klein and MTV. Also a regular face on London, Paris and Milan Fashion Weeks, he works alongside industry giant Eugene Souleiman and has numerous shows including Maison Margiela, Jil Sander, Thom Brown, Stella McCartney, Yohji Yamamoto, Nina Ricci, Comme De Garçons, Liam Hodges under his belt.
With a unique understanding of both fashion and session hair sitting alongside his advanced technical and precision cutting skills and his experience across all platforms of hairdressing education, Carlo is a true specialist in hair-cutting and an exceptional stylist.
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Pranee may be petite in stature but she has a monumental work ethic and inspiring customer service record. Originally starting with us as a hairdressing assistant Pranee has been a key member of the Taylor Taylor team for nearly ten years now and knows the salons better than anyone else.
Working her way up through the business and training under the watchful eye of our Education Managers has given Pranee a unique understanding of our clients and she has already established a firm following in the salon.. Known for her game changing Brazilian Blowdries and Yuko permanent straightening Pranee has a gentle and relaxing manner and is comfortable creating a highly technical cut on short hair through to a full Hollywood blowdry on full length locks.
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Ivy has been passionate about Hairdressing since her days at school, experimenting on her friends and her own hair. Joining us from Brighton, where she completed her NVQ in Hairdressing. Since then she has gained 3 years of experience working with internationally recognised hairdresser Trevor Sorbie.
During this time Ivy took part in competitions, with a particular interest in creative hair design and secured runner up in a national competition.
Drawing her inspiration from her strong passion for music, she enjoys creating those signature looks that go hand in hand with a variety of music genres and sub cultures.
Ivy believes that our hair style is a reflection of our personality and therefore starts with good communication and understanding between her and her client.
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Fay is one of our fresh new talents on the salon floor, although this does feel slightly unjust as she has studied and worked for 6 years to achieve her well earned title as a Stylist for Taylor Taylor London.
From a very young age Fay was fascinated by her aunt who was a popular hairdresser in Thailand and as a result she always knew she wanted to follow in her footsteps.
Fay came to London and joined the junior team at Taylor Taylor London where we were immediately impressed by her dedication, her work ethic and her positive outlook. During her time with us she has studied at our in-house hairdressing academy, completed her own hair and beauty college course, assisted on many shoots and shows in her spare time and also achieved her NVQ Level 3 in hairdressing.
Fay’s passion for hairdressing is evident; she listens carefully, takes her time to make each client feel comfortable but is also honest about what is suitable for each person. She takes her work very seriously and finds her inspiration from all areas of art, beauty and fashion so don’t worry, she still likes to have fun.
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Liverpool Street Station – Come out of the station via the Bishopsgate exit and turn left onto Bishopsgate. Take a right onto Brushfield Street, walk past Spitalfields market, then left onto Commercial Street. We are 137 Commercial Street, E1 6BJ.