Tony Barrett

Jam’s founder Tony says it all started when aged 14, he walked into a hairdressing salon – and never really left. He’s worked on pretty much everything over the years, experimenting, fine-tuning, taking it to another level. He’s always been intrigued by the more challenging tasks – “trying to make the impossible, possible” as he puts it. Tony still gets a lot of satisfaction from making people look and feel good. “It’s a special thing to be able to do,” he says. Products, tools and techniques have come a long way, too, which has made life a lot easier for everybody. The salon that Tony created back in the late ’80s continues to set the highest standards of hairdressing service, quality and expertise, though Jam still hasn’t had an opening party! “We have a party every day instead,” Tony says.