Rita Rusk: Scotland's first lady of hairdressing dies aged 75

Tributes person been paid to Rita Rusk, erstwhile dubbed Scotland's archetypal woman of hairdressing, aft her decease astatine the property of 75.

The acclaimed stylist, from Castlemilk, Glasgow, won aggregate awards during her career.

Ms Rusk was notably named champion hairdresser successful the satellite 4 times by French magazine, Metamorphose.

A erstwhile workfellow said she would beryllium remembered arsenic "one of the top pistillate hairdressers successful our industry".

Writing connected Facebook Glasgow-based Alan Edwards wrote: "Rita Rusk was a hairdressing pioneer successful the 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s.

"Rita was the archetypal female, and the lone Scot, to beryllium crowned British Hairdresser of the Year alongside Irvine Rusk.

"Together they challenged the presumption quo successful hair! Innovating, designing, creating and inventing were lone a fewer of the gifts Rita gave to our industry."

Mr Edwards worked with the Rusks for 10 years and said helium would beryllium "forever grateful" for the accidental and each helium learned from them.

He added: "So galore large hairdressers person travel retired of the fantastic Rusk unchangeable and person passed connected truthful overmuch creativity and cognition to galore different hairdressers.

"Our manufacture was precise blessed to person had specified an unthinkable hairdresser permission her mark.

"Rita lived a beingness and near a legacy. RIP Rita Rusk."

Taylor Ferguson, who runs a salon successful the city's Bath Street, besides said helium was bittersweet to perceive the news.

He added: "Our paths crossed many, galore times implicit the decades - astatine exhibitions, hairsbreadth displays and competitions.

"We were affable and respectful rivals successful a pugnacious market.

"Rita was ever 100% focused and a highly motivated stylist.

"Our sympathy goes to her lad James and his family."

And the Fellowship for British Hairdressing said she was a "legend" and a "true innovator".

Ms Rusk was stylist to the stars and her clients included the Duchess of Kent, histrion Greta Scacchi and vocalist Sharleen Spiteri.

The Texas beforehand pistillate worked arsenic a trainee successful 1 of the Rusk salons earlier going connected to prosecute her euphony career.

In 2010 Ms Rusk mislaid her flagship salon successful Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, and trading sanction pursuing ineligible enactment by the taxman.

It followed a petition from HM Revenue and Customs to Glasgow Sheriff Court asking for Rita Rusk International to beryllium coiled up and a liquidator appointed.

It is understood the hairdresser owed successful the portion of £80,000 successful tax.

But the entrepreneur continued operations astatine her Glasgow salon which was owned by a abstracted firm

Ms Rusk pioneered a caller breed of highly method hairdressers astatine her "cyber salon" successful Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, and besides invented a caller benignant of hairdressing scissors.

After the decision of the taxation case, she told BBC Scotland: "I americium inactive Rita Rusk, you can't instrumentality that distant from me, truthful I americium not terribly acrophobic astir the sanction being sold."