The truth behind Amy Winehouse's perfect man

Not many people know Amy Winehouse as well as her hair stylist, Alex. The 25 year old ex-John Frieda hairdresser has number one responsibility for the state of Amy's barnet, and that includes when the two are partying together, which they do on a not-infrequent basis. Amy missed Alex's healing hairspray so much when she checked into rehab last month that a few days in, she invited Alex to stay there with her. "I was thinking, could she possibly care about her hair in rehab?" said Alex, with a sly grin, when Little Madam met him at a posh dinner a young socialite threw last Thursday for the launch of a new clothing line "Then I realised, nah, obviously not. It was because she was already thinking of checking out."  Alex, who shares Amy's very black sense of humour (you don't want to know) had been half-expecting the chanteuse to turn up to dinner that night but admitted that the chances were low given the exceedingly heavy night Amy had had at the Mobos the evening before. I left him chatting to another very good friend in the corner of the dining room, where he remained until four thirty the following morning. Amy would've been proud.