NAME: Vidal Sassoon
BORN: 17/01/1928
BIRTH PLACE: London,UK


BIOGRAPHY





If he must be a hairdresser, Vidal decided he would have to be the best, so he went religiously to the theatre to tune his ear and voice to "posh" English, and found work in the West End. Still of school age, Vidal would toil over the finest heads of hair by day and roam about the streets in an anti-Mosley gang at night. The youngest among the fighters, he was know as a plucky and reliable kid.



For nine years he experimented with new cuts and techniques, searching for simple, elegant styles. By 1963, he had pioneered the Bob and Five-Point Cut, which made him famous and gave him the title "the founder of modern hairdressing".

His went on to give his name to a chain of hair salons in the UK and the United States, and his range of haircare products continue to enjoy massive sales worldwide.