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

It's art

I am a visual artist, not everyone can take hair to a whole new level with colors and cuts and style, people who think they can their clients usually end up in our chair. Try stepping in our shoes. I bet you couldnt.

#iamsvisualartist

I am a visual artist

I strongly disagree with the Bank of England

I am a visual artist.

#iamavisualartist

How can people say hair stylists are not artists? Just because a piece is meant to be temporarily lived doesn't make it any less of a work of art. In fact, that makes it even more beautiful in its own way. A lot of careful planning, design, and skill goes into the best stylists' work. There are whole contests devoted to the art. This is silliness. How dare they presume to pass judgement on the products of others' creativity and passion? Since when have bankers been made the authority on what does or does not qualify as "art", anyways?

#iamavisualartist

This is a disgrace.

They are artists!

It's disgraceful that the bank of England are blind and cannot see that hairdressers are visual artists.

Anything that requires creativity and originality is a form of expression, which, in fact, is a form of art; art defined is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.

Hairdressers ARE visual artists!

10,000 or bust! #IAmAVisualArtist

There are not enough words to explain how I feel!!!!

Agreed.

I find immense joy and inspiration from the beauty my stylist puts out into the world! Her art invigorates my senses and makes me look at the world differently.

I AM a visual artist.

I am a Visual Artist x Dion Thair