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
mother years seven
My mother left me for seven years in an orphanage.
home years profession
I came home after a year and although my profession was only hairdressing, I knew I could change it.
art color years
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.
goodbye teaching years
If you just do something, then you're a five-year wonder and, goodbye, you're gone. But if people feel it's worthwhile, not only do they copy but they want to learn how to do it To me, that's what it's all about. 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.
believe consist duties equality loving religious
I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
intelligence pick
It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
regret selling company
My greatest regret is selling my company.
people crafts enough
Hairdressing in general hasn't been given the kudos it deserves. It's not recognised by enough people as a worthy craft.
our-society realizing being-human
Realizing our society as it is, without theology dogmatically telling us how we should react to it, and being humane toward that society, that is all that we're sure of.
father ran
When I was about 10 I ran away to see my father. He couldn't have cared less. He just took me back as soon as he could.
fashion designer favourite
Mary Quant is my favourite fashion designer.
mother father home
I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and earn a living. So I went back to England and the only thing I knew to earn any cash was through hairdressing.
views important judaism
Judaism is important to me from a tribal point of view.
fans jazz
I'm a great jazz fan.