World’s Most Expensive Haircut

Posted by Alex in World Records on December 15, 2007 at 5:50 pm


How much would you pay for a good haircut? Twelve dollars at Supercuts (like me) or $400 at a high-end salon (like John Edwards)?

Or would you pay even higher like Beverly Lateo, a blond millionaire who paid celebrity hair stylist Stuart Phillips £8,000 ($16,260) for a hairdo:

Yes, that’s £8,000. For a haircut. OK, so the price did include her first-class flights from Italy, where Beverley, originally from Essex retired to 15 years ago, a limousine from the airport, Stuart’s services for the entire day as well as the promise that Beverley’s every whim would be indulged.

But in the event, her only indulgence was a cream tea and a trim and blow dry that took less than a hour. The result is Stuart’s pocketed more than 50 times the normal £150 he’d charge for a standard cut in profit.

Nonetheless, Beverley, 50, insists her trim was worth every penny. "Some people would say £3,000 is too expensive for a Hermes handbag," she says. "Others would say £8,000 is too much for a haircut. "I’d say it’s up to you to decide what you are prepared to pay for the things you want in life."

This is the third time Beverley has paid £8,000 for Stuart to cut her hair. She first came over a year ago after a hairdresser in Italy ‘butchered’ her hair. "My long blonde hair is my pride and joy and I want to be sure it won’t be messed up," she says.

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30 comments to "World’s Most Expensive Haircut"

  1. Vonskippy
    December 15th, 2007 at 6:12 pm

    Blonde hair?

  2. eric
    December 15th, 2007 at 6:12 pm

    Well, since you asked, zero. I asked someone at supercuts (during my last haircut) where they bought their electric razor. $50 later, I was done paying for haircuts and I have saved 100’s since. #6 on top, #4 on the sides, #2 for the stash. Couldn’t be easier. Don’t waste your money on the “pros”.

  3. Ash
    December 15th, 2007 at 7:05 pm

    I get free haircuts from friends who are hairstylists. Whoohoo, connections!

    Is that really her “after” cut? She looked better with the wavy hair.

  4. k
    December 15th, 2007 at 7:41 pm

    lol that haircut made her look so old.

  5. cuimhne
    December 15th, 2007 at 8:15 pm

    She’s 50? I think she looks fantastic!

  6. twoeightnine
    December 15th, 2007 at 8:18 pm

    She looked better before. Younger looking too.

  7. Ali S.
    December 15th, 2007 at 8:30 pm

    I’ll say it again. Some people just have too much money to spend! And I see that I’m not the only one who does his own hair here on Neatorama. Of course, I do the simple thing and use a No.2 all over. Short and clean which helps since I always wear my hat.

  8. Jess
    December 15th, 2007 at 8:35 pm

    I think the woman in the photo is the writer of the article.

  9. Justin
    December 15th, 2007 at 8:56 pm

    I have to agree with twoeightnine. She looked better before.

  10. Vako
    December 15th, 2007 at 9:29 pm

    She is a fool. She would have been better off donating that money to a worthy charity or something. Could you imagine being so fixated on your own hair that you would part with that much money? No sale. I’m a long haired guy and I either trim it myself or go to a professional who trims it for a pittance. I also like to have it completely shave above the ears, which I have learned how to do myself, or if I get suspicious that I might botch it I just go to him and he does a great job for around $20 plus tip. (I always tip, because gosh-darn it, that’s just the sort of guy I am)

    That woman is a narcissistic fool.

  11. Miss Cellania
    December 15th, 2007 at 9:45 pm

    Lately, I’ve started to splurge and pay $14 for a salon cut. But I haven’t had a cut in about nine months, so I am overdue.

  12. Z
    December 15th, 2007 at 10:01 pm

    Looked better in the “before” photo.
    This is all insanity.

  13. DrJones
    December 15th, 2007 at 10:20 pm

    I’ve never paid a cent for a haircut. My grandma is owner of a small salon and has cut my hair ever since I’ve had hair. I’m pretty sure she’s the only one who has ever cut it!

  14. Adam Farrington
    December 15th, 2007 at 11:32 pm

    Well if spending butt-loads of money wasn’t going to make me broke, then I’d be all, spendspendspend also. Creative people need patrons like her.

  15. Alex
    December 15th, 2007 at 11:47 pm

    @Vako: She’s an intelligent and successful businesswoman. Though you may not agree with her spending decision, she certainly is no fool.

    If she’s not hurting anyone, why can’t she spend her money the way she wants? By getting the ridiculously expensive haircut, she made sure that the airline, hotel, limo companies (not to mention the hair stylist) stay in business and their employees gainfully employed.

  16. Veronica
    December 16th, 2007 at 12:19 am

    The woman in the photograph is the author of hte article. She paid about a hundred pounds or so for that cut.

  17. felix
    December 16th, 2007 at 1:26 am

    seriously, the trick to a good hair cut is a glass of red wine right before you scissor that top-bush… works every time

  18. SenorMysterioso
    December 16th, 2007 at 2:45 am

    I agree w/ everyone that said the before picture looks better

  19. kyboiz
    December 16th, 2007 at 3:55 am

    there is a warm place in HELL for her…wonder what her blond locks will look like there?

  20. Chris
    December 16th, 2007 at 4:12 am

    lucky hairdresser or good businessman?

    then easy to beat : add a diamond thingamagic on the hair and, bam! you got it.

  21. leonardo217
    December 16th, 2007 at 6:24 am

    I have a 1983 Ford Pinto for sale that does not run. I was going to ask $40 for it but she can have it for a mere $6400.

  22. jack.wh
    December 16th, 2007 at 9:57 am

    That is ABSOLUTELY stupid. WHY THE HECK? Why not get just as decent a haircut for even £100, rather than £8000? That’s just a stupid waste of money. Think of all those poor starving African children.

  23. DaMamaJama
    December 16th, 2007 at 10:47 am

    To Everyone: THE PICTURE IS THE ARTICLE AND ABOVE IS NOT THE NARCISSIST, IT’S THE AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE.

    To Jess@#8: thank you for pointing this out first

    The article talks about Beverley spend the cash on the haircut. The article was written by Natasha. The caption under the picture says “NATASHA was happy with her old style…”

    So PLEASE stop saying that she’s not blonde and looks great for a 50 year old

  24. Webtrekker
    December 16th, 2007 at 11:45 am

    Just obscene-and so clueless and self-centered that, no doubt, she doesn’t get it.

    Web

  25. Thomas
    December 16th, 2007 at 12:03 pm

    and to think, for just £7000 I’d shave the word “vanity” into the back of her head. Now that’s style.

  26. Noelegy
    December 16th, 2007 at 2:16 pm

    All that, and her hair looked better before.

  27. Dean
    December 16th, 2007 at 7:38 pm

    “Must be nice to be rich”

    Hardly. There’s nothing on earth that could make me desire a hollow, self-centered, delusional life like hers. The fact that the upper .001 percent’s gluttonous vanity is presented as news for the masses to read and discuss is embarrassing for so many reasons.

  28. ted
    December 16th, 2007 at 10:32 pm

    Wish I were rich.

  29. Fran
    December 17th, 2007 at 11:30 am

    Ridiculous. A hairdresser in Italy once “butchered” her hair and that’s her reasoning for spending that kind of money. Lady, get real. The last time my hair was butchered, guess what. Wait for it. IT GREW BACK. It’s hair for crying out loud. Think of how many starving children you could have fed for that kind of money. Get over yourself.

  30. bb
    December 18th, 2007 at 7:35 pm

    It’s good to know that all the people who criticize the amount of money spent never do anything foolish with their money, and send it all to starving children instead. Bravo!

    And of course you should get upset and call her names, she has more money than you! Who does she think she is? Everyone should just wear a shawl over their face and head and not be so vain.


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