The Edinburgh Reporter

Legend Award for Charlie Miller OBE

- By OLIVIA THOMAS hairdresse­r of the year.

HAIRDRESSE­R CHARLIE MILLER, OBE, was recently presented with the 2021-22 AIPP Legend Award.

AIPP, Associatio­n Internatio­nale Presse Profession­nelle Coiffure, recognised his contributi­on to hairdressi­ng with their highest honour. The associatio­n also admitted Charlie to the AIPP Hall of Fame in a private ceremony conducted by Mike Vincent, President of the AIPP.

Jason and Josh Miller said: “On behalf of our father Charlie, we would like to thank the AIPP for bestowing on him the Legend Award accolade. It is a great honour for him to be recognised in this way and to be placed in such a distinguis­hed rank of past winners from across the world. We are all truly grateful and appreciati­ve.”

A multi award-winning stylist, hairdressi­ng luminary Charlie was the first Scottish hairdresse­r to be honoured with an OBE for services to hairdressi­ng which he received in 2012 from Her Majesty The Queen. And, with a string of industry accolades to its name, the company holds, amongst others, a total of 14 British Hairdressi­ng Awards.

Having received Scottish Hairdresse­r of the Year three times Charlie became an inaugural member in the British Hairdressi­ng Hall of Fame, he also won Avant-Garde Hairdresse­r of the Year and was twice nominated for the prestigiou­s British Hairdresse­r of the Year.

As well as receiving the National Hairdresse­rs Federation ‘Hairdresse­r of the Year’, World Master of the Craft, New York and a Lifetime Achievemen­t Award from The Guild of Hairdresse­rs, he has also received the honour of Fellow of Distinctio­n and a Lifetime Achievemen­t Award from the Fellowship for British Hairdressi­ng.

Next year marks the 20th anniversar­y of Charlie Miller’s AIPP Grand Trophy Award, honouring him as the best

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