Araceli Ortiz-Richey Collection

Araceli Ortiz-Richey Collection

Short & Chic

Sherri Jessee of Sherri’s salon in Bristol, Virginia, proved short is chic, modern and oh-so-sexy at a recent MODERN SALON Artist Session. Learn how she gave this model a trend-setting, head-turning style.

Sherri Jessee: My First Chair

It began in mountainous Bristol, Virginia, where Sherri Jessee grew up. “I was eleven years old when I started cutting my own hair—I really wanted to have Farrah Fawcett’s feathered hair and going to the salon was just something we didn’t do back then,” Jessee says. “So, I cut off an inch at a time, hoping my parents wouldn’t notice, and slowly began cutting in the layers.” Around the same time, after a “traumatizing” trip to the barbershop with her father, Jessee became the personal stylist for her younger sister, Karen (who now works with her as her salon manager).