Vidal: The Autobiography

About this book

The most famous hairdresser in the world tells his fascinating life story Vidal Sassoons extraordinary life has taken him from an impoverished childhood to global fame as the father of modern hairdressing whose slick sharp cutting took the fashion world by storm. His memoir begins with surprising and often moving stories of his early lifehis time at the Spanish & Portuguese Jewish Orphanage in Maida Vale fighting fascists in Londons East End and fighting in the army of the fledgling state of Israel in the late 1940s. He then discusses his extraordinary career during which he cut the hair of everyone who was anyoneincluding Mary Quant Grace Coddington Twiggy Rita Hayworth and Mia Farrow; launched salons all over the world; founded the hairdressing school that still bears his name; and became a global brand. He also shares the passions that drive himarchitecture and beautiful women Israel and anti-Semitism family ties and season tickets at Chelsea. The compelling memoir of a genuine fashion icon who reinvented the art of hairdressing.