The Salon

How we look - right down to the hair styles we demand - is being reshaped and remodelled by global ideas of fashion. But how much does that change the bond that grows between stylist and sitter? As part of our Identity Season, The Salon reveals the intimate, frank and sometimes secret conversations between hairdresser and client. From Beirut to London, Tokyo and Johannesburg, hairstylists are often the first people to gain insights into everyday aspects of women's identity - race, sexuality, gender, beauty, class and money.