meet the expert: DARIO CHICCO

DARIO CHICCO IS LEGEND IN THE HAIR CUTTING WORLD. Hairdresser to Australia’s fashion elite & celebrities, he is renowned for dry hair cutting – a technique which he created in the 60’s. Scroll on to find out more about Dario and how you can get him to ‘dry cut’ your hair…

Sydney-based hairdresser, Dario Chicco has operated several successful salons, including the famous ECRU in Melbourne’s South Yarra, VOI Haircuts in Sydney and now Dario is self-titled in Paddington and is one of Australia’s leading experts on ‘dry cutting’. After decades of working with women, Dario knows how to enhance their natural beauty with hair. By analysing their potential, he can make women of all ages look their best. It’s not a matter of what is fashionable, it’s what suits you! His aim is to create wash-and-wear looks to embrace your natural hair texture and colour. His cuts are 100% organic – no chemicals, brushes or irons are used in the process.

WHAT IS DRY CUTTING?

Dry cutting lets you see the shape of the hair and you cut it and to shape your hairstyle with the natural fall of the hair, You can see the individual strands how they fall naturally and notice how the hair moves.

When the hair is in its natural state, it allows you to eliminate bulk and add movement and body where needed. When hair is wet, it sits flat whereas dry hair shows you area that are thick. Dry hair also highlights our problem areas which may have cowlicks or areas which are just difficult to control, as well as natural parting and movement and also allows you to see precisely how damaged the ends are.

Wet cutting can give you a false idea of what is expected of you in your home styling. It’s a very visual method of cutting; a visual art.

WHERE DID YOU START?

“I started cutting hair in 1965, when cutting hair was an art, it was the sartorialist “tailored” individual period of hair cutting. At that time the great hair cutters like Jacques Dessange, Jean Louis David, Bruno Pittini and Vidal Sassoon re-invented the hair industry by wash and wear – “Pret-a-porter” cuts. I started as barber which is where I learned the art of dry cutting originally. At that time, those women who didn’t want their hair set with rollers and put under the dryer to give them a full, voluminous look, and who wanted a great haircut, would come to me at the barber shop where I worked, so I began to refine and eventually master the technique.”

WHAT IS IT ABOUT DRY CUTTING YOU DON’T LIKE?

My belief is that wet cutting and blow waving looks good while the client is at the salon but when they have to do it themselves, it’s very hard to replicate, meaning they have to maintain the constant blow waving. Whereas with a dry cut, how you leave the salon is how your hair will look after you wash it – a huge benefit to the client.

contact to make an appointment

DARIO CHICCO HAIRCUTTERS
120B UNDERWOOD STREET PADDINGTON NSW 2021
0416 195 060
www.dariochicco.com
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