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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
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Fashion Designer
Hairdresser
London
England
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