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My idea was to cut shape into the hair, to use it like fabric and take away everything that was superfluous.

Vidal Sassoon

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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
Everything
Shape
Take
Shapes
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Cutting
Hair
Idea
Use
Away
Superfluous
Ideas
Fabric

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