INTERVIEW
an apartment in Berkeley Square, then
From bedsits to
I set up a salon with Paul Merritt, also
from The Salon. However, I signed a bad
contract and in 2006, I lost everything. I
Berkeley Square:
was down on my knees but I thought, I’ve
got to keep living here if I want people to
take me seriously. So I stuck a mirror and
chair in my bedroom and started doing
Adee Phelan’s story
private clients. I cut Liza Minnelli’s hair
and she loved it. She booked me a room
for a month at The Connaught. We just
hit it off, hung out all the time, I even
took her clubbing at Chinawhite.
I’ve worked hard in my career but I’ve
also been very fortunate to have very
successful people take a shine to me on
a personal level. Most of my friends are
celebrities, footballers, pop stars, actors.
They respect me as I haven’t sold them
out. It’d be so easy to sell out as people
tell their hairdressers everything. I’ve
heard all sorts – a husband telling
me how much he loves his wife
then later the wife telling me she’s
shagging her personal trainer...
The celebrities I mention actually
like it. Piers Morgan has been very
good to me and so has Marco Pierre
White. I love Peter Stringfellow too.
I give them all trims every few weeks
at my salon in Covent Garden.
Business is tough these days but
to me, just having a business that
stays open is a successful business.
I’m launching my own range of products
in the UK in March. I spent two years
creating them with a chemist, rather
than just putting my name on a bottle.
I nicked the best professional products
on the market and put them into a
consumer product. I just wish I’d had
a wax out when I was doing Beckham’s
hair – I would’ve sold a million pots.
Adee Phelan, 29 Shorts Gardens, Covent
Garden, WC2H 9AP, 020 7240 3777. For
an exclusive 30% off, see page 37.
add lib | 29
p28-31_london faces_2.indd 29 16/12/2009 17:32
Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40