Rip Vidal Sassoon – a life in photos

RIP Vidal Sassoon, the world’s most famous hairdresser. He was 84. He was, was he not, head and shoulder above all other hairdressers. As the man who was worth a few bob told it:

“When I first came into hair, women were coming in and you’d place a hat on their hair and you’d dress their hair around it.”

Bald men can dream that such a style will one in vogue for both sexes…

“We learned to put discipline in the haircuts by using actual geometry, actual architectural shapes and bone structure. The cut had to be perfect and layered beautifully, so that when a woman shook it, it just fell back in.”

Like you see in Crufts. But much, much, much more expensive…

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London hair stylist Vidal Sassoon and Actress Beverly Adams board an airplane at Los Angeles on Feb. 16, 1967 to fly to Las Vegas where they planned to marry. Sassoon, 29, said it was a spur of the moment decision. The bride to be is 21. (AP Photo/Ed Widdis)

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Posted: 9th, May 2012 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts Comment | TrackBack | Permalink