Vidal Sassoon
Vidal Sassoon
Vidal Sassoon, CBEwas a British and American hairstylist, businessman, and philanthropist. He was noted for creating a simple, close-cut geometric hair style called the Bob cut, worn by famous fashion designers like Mary Quant and film stars such as Mia Farrow, Goldie Hawn, Cameron Diaz, Natasha Kinski and Helen Mirren...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth17 January 1928
holiday capri destination
Capri on the Amalfi Coast in Italy is my ultimate holiday destination.
people crafts enough
It's not recognized by enough people as a worthy craft.
teaching essence numbers
If someone were to ask me, 'What's the number one thing, in essence, that you left behind?'... it was the teaching of others, so that they could take my work and take it further.
hair stylist
As stylists, we're groundshakers and daymakers. I was always in hair.
assuming back-to-work going-back-to-work
Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer.
rebel bits
I was a bit of a rebel.
creativity people
I just consider being one of the luckiest people in the sense that creativity came to me and it flowed.
thinking would-be elbows
I kept thinking I would be spending my life up to my elbows in shampoo.
sorry drunk okay
It's okay saying sorry, but when you are drunk you say what you really feel.
cutting perfect discipline
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.
essence next be-good
The essence is, what can we do next? And will it be good?
inspiration hair hair-stylist
I was all about my thoughts, my work, my inspiration. I was always in hair.
feels
You must always do what you feel is right.
mean hair important
To me hair dressing means shape. It's very important that the foundations should be right.