Cuttlefish
Our Story
A different kind of hair studio. Since 1990.
Cuttlefish began in Brighton’s North Laine with a team of three and an idea for what a hair studio could be. At a time when much of hairdressing followed a familiar formula, Cuttlefish took a different direction, bringing together good hairdressing, environmental responsibility and spaces designed as much for the people working in them as the people visiting them. More than three decades later, that idea has become four studios.
THE WORK
Different by design.
Cuttlefish has never been about prescribing a look. Cutting, colour and texture are disciplines to understand, not formulas to repeat. Our stylists bring different influences, strengths and ideas to their work, with the freedom to develop their own. What connects them is an understanding of the fundamentals and a commitment to the work.
MEET THE TEAMTHE STUDIOS
The space matters.
We believe where people work has an effect on the work they produce. Our studios are designed as places hairdressers want to work from and clients want to spend time in. Architecture, materials, furniture, light and the practical details of a working hair studio are considered together. No two Cuttlefish studios are identical. Each has its own character, shaped by its building and its surroundings.
THE EVOLUTION
One studio became four.
Brighton came first in 1990, in the North Laine, where Cuttlefish remains one of the neighbourhood’s longest-standing independent businesses. Lewes followed in 2016. Hove opened in 2023, becoming our largest studio and home to the Cuttlefish Academy. Worthing is the newest addition. Four studios across the South Coast, each an evolution rather than a replica of the one before.
OUR STUDIOSEDUCATION
Knowledge should move.
Education has always been part of Cuttlefish. Our Academy in Hove is where the next generation of Cuttlefish hairdressers develops, and where the whole team keeps learning. Juniors train alongside experienced members of the team, with regular education from within Cuttlefish and guest educators from across the industry. We’re selective about who joins the programme and the standard is high. We teach the foundations properly, while making room for new techniques, new ideas and different ways of working. The aim isn’t to produce hairdressers who work alike. It’s to give them the understanding to develop work of their own.
RESPONSIBILITY
Part of the design.
Environmental responsibility isn’t something we add to Cuttlefish afterwards. It influences the products we choose, the energy and water our studios use, the materials that enter them and the waste that leaves. As better products, materials and systems become available, the studios continue to change with them.
SUSTAINABILITYCUTTLEFISH TODAY
Still independent. Still evolving.
Four studios. An academy. A growing group of hairdressers with different disciplines, influences and ideas. Cuttlefish has changed considerably since three people opened the doors in Brighton in 1990. The intention remains: to create a more considered place for good hairdressing to happen.
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