Vidal Sassoon
Vidal: A Jewish Soldier of the Hair Salons
The London-born hairstylist Vidal Sassoon was more than just a fashion legend. Sassoon also spent his lifetime fighting anti-Semitism.
Hairstylist Vidal Sassoon Dead at 84
Vidal Sassoon, the well-known British hairdresser credited with creating the 1960s “bob,” has died at the age of 84, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Friday Film: Annals of Heroism and Hairdressing
There is a Vidal Sassoon most people know: the famous hairdresser who built an empire of beauty salons, hair care products and beauty schools. If you’re of a certain age, you may remember his television commercials, featuring a young, good-looking guy gently running his fingers through a model’s gorgeous hair, saying: “If you don’t look good, we don’t look good.”