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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.

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Vidal Sassoon
Age: 84 †
Born: 1928
Born: January 17
Died: 2012
Died: May 9
Autobiographer
Businessperson
Fashion Designer
Hairdresser
London
England
Structure
Beautifully
Discipline
Geometry
Cutting
Bone
Learned
Fell
Perfect
Actual
Layered
Woman
Bones
Architectural
Back
Using
Haircuts
Shapes
Shook

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