14 Facts About Trevor Sorbie

Trevor John Sorbie was a Scottish celebrity hairdresser and businessman.

Trevor Sorbie is credited as the creator of the wedge haircut and was a four-time winner of British Hairdresser of the Year.

Trevor Sorbie opened his own barbershop in Edmonton, North London aged 20 in 1969.

Trevor Sorbie became stylist for Vidal Sassoon in 1972, and Artistic Director in 1973.

Trevor Sorbie was hair stylist for Torvill and Dean on their Skating on Ice tour.

Trevor Sorbie was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the 2004 New Year Honours for services to hairdressing.

Trevor Sorbie appeared on several television programmes, including The Wright Stuff, GMTV, This Morning, The Afternoon Show, The Salon, Mary Queen of Shops, Watchdog and Faking It.

Trevor Sorbie always appeared as himself, as either a stylist or a guest expert.

Sorbie had a line of seven salons; the first "Trevor Sorbie" salon was opened in London's Covent Garden, with salons following in Brighton and Manchester, then a second London one in Hampstead.

Trevor Sorbie started his own charity known as "My New Hair".

The charity came to be after Trevor Sorbie was involved in helping his brother's wife create a wig that looked like real hair as she battled with bone cancer.

Trevor Sorbie visited 10 Downing Street, and since became involved in writing a national policy for NHS wigs.

Trevor Sorbie was married three times and divorced twice; he had one daughter.

In October 2024, Trevor Sorbie revealed on the British television show This Morning that the cancer had spread to his liver, and that he had been given only a few weeks to live.