Vidal Sassoon snubbed for new £20 note as "Hairdressers are NOT Visual Artists"

Outrageous

Hairdressing is a visual art

This would be amazing if you put my friend, my boss, my mentor on the £20 note. Please do it.

i nominate Vidal Sassoon to be considered in the visual artist category...'.hairdressers are visual artist'... Please reconsider.. Cheers!..

Absolutely outraged! This man changed the vision of hairdressers globally! His visual art is historic

If England doesn't take him I am sure we can get this in the USA

I'm just 1of the millions of hair stylist who help to make the world beautiful

Just shows how backward and out of touch the dinosaurs in the Bank of England are!

This is outrageous!! Vidal Sassoon is my idol!! Get him on that note!!!

Vidal Sassoon should without doubt be added to the Visual Artists list

Disgusted ... Vidal Sassoon was a true artist and a pioneer of creativity in the hairdressing field , maybe the banking gurus need to spend a day in the hairdressing world master pieces are created every day every hour !!'

Put Vidal Sassoon on the list, if fashion designers are visual artists then so are hairdressers. Vidal Sassoon more so than any other!!

Hairdressing is most definitely a Visual Art. I am disgusted to see that this is their reason. Vidal Sassoon CBE on the new £20 note or not, it is appalling that our industry is still viewed so insignificantly by the Bank of England and many others. Take one small step into the world of hairdressing and anyone will quickly find out how much of an art form it is, and of course how much of it has been influenced and inspired by, and is because of, Vidal Sassoon and his vision. Such a shame that with the internet and modern ways of communicating and sharing our work, that by 2015, opinions of what we do are still so low. Yet I'm pretty sure that the men and women at the "Banknote Character Advisory Committee", who's job it was to make the decision for who did or did not make it to the nominated list, are particularly careful about who they choose to invest in and have cut, colour and/or style their hair. I'm pretty sure they chose their hairdresser because they can make their hair look perfect for them and who they are - visually. I wonder if they have since told their hairdresser that what they are paying them to do is not a Visual Art. What we do is an Art. Vidal Sassoon CBE should have made it to the nominations list.

Hair Design is a VISION Of ART! Its a Form of Being Able to See the Beauty and the Technique of Balancing the Beauty through the Eye of Each Beholder! Vision Art are Creations We Can Look at that Others Have Created! Hair Design Truly Fits that Description! I Call for a Change! Add Vidal Sasson to the List of Nominees! We are Revolutionizing Society at Creating Master Designs on the Head of the Body! Let us all Sign this Petition to Acknowlegde Vidal Sasson's Phenominal Vision of Art! Yours Truly, Arredave BiJou

Hairdressing is visual artistry

Outrageous! Hairdressing is a completely visual phenomenon. I can only assume that the argument against lies as to whether it is an 'art form' which many would undoubtedly agree that it is!!!

unbelievable!

How on earth can anyone say that Hairdressing isn't a visual art? It just shows how undervalued our craft is.

Hairdressing should be considered a visual art. It's art you wear.

Hairdressing is by all means a visual art.