A Cut Above

Stylist to stars, a coiffeur of dreams, and a man who has his feet firmly on the ground even when his dreams are loftily high meet hairstylist Eri Su.

- Bryan Goh

For the past 14 years, Eri Su has been treating the art of hairstyling with the same mettle as an artist or Olympic athlete would. “Consistency, passion, discipline and willingness to learn will improve one’s quality of work,” Eri Su remarks. We would add one more trait he possesses — charisma, which the Cambridge Dictionary defines as the ability to attract the attention and admiration of others. A hairstylist’s role today is not just confined to cutting and cropping as it is to sometimes play the hyped wingman to an unconfident customer or function as a salon chair therapist. “It takes experience to read a client’s body language whether they are comfortable with the suggestions given by the hairstylist or if the session is too long,” Eri Su adds, which could be another reason for his string of successes: two salons, a haircare brand, and a burgeoning career as a celebrity stylist.