To Sculpt A Head Of Hair With

A Working Woman Could Save A Few Shillings A Week, And Then Every Five Weeks She'd Come In And We'd Cut Her Hair. She Could Shampoo It Under The Shower, Swing It And Dry It Off Or Just Let It Dry By Itself. It Changed The Lives Of Many Young Girls Who'd Never Had The Opportunity To Be Styled Like That Before.

I'll Never Forget One Morning I Walked In And I Had A Hell Of A Bruise - It Had Been A Difficult Night The Night Before - And A Client Said To Me, 'good God, Vidal, What Happened To Your Face?' And I Said, 'oh, Nothing, Madam, I Just Fell Over A Hairpin.'

You Never Argued With My Mother. You Couldn't Win.

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.

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.