Inside the rise of Ziggy Stardust

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Inside the rise of Ziggy Stardust

The Ziggy Stardust haircut, the red spiky mullet that really could only ever look good on David Bowie, was created by a young hairdresser from Beckenham, Suzi Ronson (then Suzanne Fussey). Ronson had left school at 15 with few options.  One day in 1971, a Mrs Jones comes into the salon and Suzi finds her way into another world. Mrs Jones is Bowie’s mother, and Suzi ends up also doing Angie Bowie’s hair. Angie, who had married David in 1970, is t…