The stylist Vidal Sassoon died at the age of 84. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
British hair stylist who built a high-fashion empire.
He worked as a messenger and played football.
He was credited with creating the wedge-bob or Bauhaus-inspired hairstyle.
His wife Ronnie Sassoon was a Procter & Gamble executive. He had four children named Catya, Eden, David and Elan.
He was born in West London, England, in a town called Hammersmith, while celebrated musician Adele was born north of London in Tottenham.
Quotes
"A working woman could save a few shillings a week, and then every five weeks she’d come in and we’d cut her hair. She could shampoo it under the shower, swing it and dry it off or just let it dry by itself. It changed the lives of many young girls who’d never had the opportunity to be styled like that before.
"My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
"Bring out the eyes.
"For nine years I worked to change what was hairdressing then into a geometric art form with color, perm without setting which had never been done before.
"It’s hard to give advice. There are so many people, how do you give major advice to a group of people, it’s very presumptuous.