BECKHAM, ELVIS AND MONROE VISIT MANCHESTER!

Andrew Barn dressed as David Beckham, Copyright Darklight Photogtaphy.

A style icon of the North West

Just when you thought he’d packed his bags and jetted to Madrid, David Beckham is cutting it in a Manchester hairdressing salon.

Well, that’s what you’d think if you glanced through the salon’s window...

Who you’d actually see armed with a hairdryer and crimpers is not the England Captain, but in fact, Beckham’s lookalike.

He is twenty-two year old Andrew Barn from Chapel-en-le-Frith.

Inside Out looks at the booming industry for celebrity impersonators. It’s big business in the North West which is taking impersonators from Chapel-en-le-Frith, Bolton and Manchester all over the world.

David Beckham (left) and Andrew Barn (right). Barn photograph copyright Darklight Photography.

Andrew Barns (right) travels the world impersonating David Beckham (left)

Andrew makes a tidy living from his uncanny similarity to the football player. And as a hairdresser, he also has plenty of opportunity to keep up with the latest Beckham looks.

Andrew says, "You've got to buy all the suits and football kits and jewellery... to keep up with his latest trends."

"It's quite expensive but it's worth it."

He also gets to travel at lot. A newspaper, wrongly anticipating Beckham’s club transfer, recently flew him out to Barcelona for a photoshoot.

Caitlin James dressed as Marilyn Monroe. Copyright Darklight Photography

Caitlin glams it up as Marilyn Monroe

Transformation

Inside Out also met Caitlin James from Manchester.

One moment she’s doing the school run in her jeans and trainers - but give her ten minutes in a dressing room and she transforms into a sex goddess.

Caitlin has been impersonating Marilyn for six years but says, "There's a big difference between me and Marilyn in real life!"

Get in touch

Have you ever thought you or someone you know looks like someone famous?

Mark Williamson from Bolton dressed as Elvis. Copyright Darklight Photography.

Mark Williamson from Bolton as Elvis

Perhaps your Prince Charles’s doppelganger, or maybe you could pass for J-Lo’s twin sister.

Business venture

Gillian McGill runs a successful lookalike agency from her home in Stockport.

She works with Andrew, Caitlin and Mark Williamson (pictured right).

But if you think you resemble a celebrity and fancy turning coincidence into cash, bear in mind that things can sometimes go wrong.

In 1915 Charlie Chaplin secretly entered a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest and lost!