ARCHIVE · COMPTON HAIR 2002–c.2016 · CLOSED
Compton Hair has closed. Zoltan now works from Maddox Street, Mayfair. Book with Zoltan →
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soho · covent garden · barbican 2002–c.2016
God gave you hair, we give you style.
1991 → today
The story, 1991 to today
Thirty-odd years of hair, give or take. The early bit happened in Compton’s chairs. The rest is Mayfair.
- 1991First perm.
- 1999First straightening. Zoltan is the first person in Europe to offer the Yuko System outside Yuko’s own salon.
- 2001Compton Hair opens at 7 Old Compton Street, Soho. More →
- 2002Compton Hair, Covent Garden (44–46 Shelton Street). Compton becomes the first salon in Europe with the rights to perform the Yuko System. British Vogue: “the most experienced technicians for hair straightening” (as quoted in Compton’s 2009 press sheet). More →
- 2004Keratin.
- 2006EMAG: “Curly girlie’s on the straight and narrow”.
- 2007The straightening pages: Yuko, X-tenso, Ionic, Wella Straight. More →
- 2009The Brazilian blow-dry; the Barbican & City salon opens. Get Lippie, Easy Living, New!, Glamour. More →
- 2010Compton London brings Onix, then Eternity Liss (2010–2011), to the UK. Harper’s Bazaar Beauty Hot 100: Best Hair Innovation. Harper’s Bazaar, Tatler. More →
- 2011Harper’s Bazaar Beauty Hot 100: Best Brazilian blow-dry. Videojug: “A Guide To A Brazilian Blow Dry”. Brides. More →
- 2012Compton London imports the Korean ATS range (NewBorn, re:flash). Harper’s Bazaar Beauty Hot 100 again. HELLO! More →
- 2013Get the Gloss, the Irish Independent, The Telegraph. More →
- 2014The Barbican salon is renamed Rehab (August). More →
- c.2014–2016Compton closes. Josh Wood Atelier, by appointment. More →
- c.2016–2017A private room in Soho; KeraSwift from May 2017. More →
- 2018 →Zoltan Hair, Maddox Street, Mayfair. More →
- 2018Vogue India and Vogue Italia. More →
- Nov 2026tecSture. More →