ABOUT: GIUSEPPE STELITANO, CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Born in a small village in the North of Italy, hairdressing was a passion of Giuseppe’s from a young age. He decided to pursue a career in hospitality, working at some of the world’s leading establishments, before feeling dissatisfied at the age of 25, where he returned to his initial love of hair and moved to Milan to trained at the Toni & Guy academy. During his training, he worked with fashion students and on multipl editorial projects, before qualifying as a stylist in 2017 and moving to London.

Giuseppe joined Trevor Sorbie confident in his hair ability but not fluent in the English language, so he was unable to initially start training, and worked as the salon Barista for the first 3 months. He knew Trevor Sorbie was the company for him, and his English quickly developed, enabling him to begin colour training which he completed 8 months later, graduating to Colour Technician. Throughout his training, Giuseppe assisted respected hairdressers on fashion shows and editorial shoots for the likes of i-D and LOVE mag, alongside assisting Trevor Sorbie’s previous Art Director Tom Connell for the Tribute Show in Paris and working on projects with Angelo Seminara.

Three months after qualifying and building his clients, Giuseppe threw himself into the creative hair world by entering the L’Oreal Colour trophy award with his colleague Kate Wingrove, followed by his participation in the new Trevor Sorbie ‘ON OFF’ photography collection. Shortly after, Giuseppe became the first person in the history of the company to be offered a position within the main Artistic Team after presenting his first collection IRREGULIÉRE. Throughout the pandemic, he continued to create by working on a personal project named ‘MEMPHIS’, using only recycled hair and colour he had available at home, and photographic the entire collection himself.

Shy of 30 years old, Giuseppe already boats an impressive collection of awards from well-respected industry bodies, including the 2019 Men’s image award at the L’Oreal colour trophy, and a recent double win of the Creative Head magazine VISIONARY AWARD and IT GUY 2021 award in September 2021, as a result of his ‘MEMPHIS’ lockdown collection. As one of the rising stars in the company, his achievements were rewarded with a double promotion to Senior Technician and to the role of new Creative Director- the first technician to fill this position within the company, following a reign of stylists.

“It’s an amazing feeling to know that leaders within the industry really understand my vision and recognise my passion. I’m so excited to get started on our upcoming projects, to develop and share my ideas, and represent the Trevor Sorbie brand creatively.”

-GIUSEPPE STELITANO