![]() ![]() During the 1940s and 1950s, hairstyling was elaborate and labor-intensive, often featuring a permanent wave done with intricate wiring, with thin, aluminum curlers used in the process. In another shop he shampooed and dressed the hair of war-prosperous prostitutes of London's Soho area. For two years he cleaned the shop, shampooed hair, and practiced barbering. ![]() Inspired by a dream of her son styling her hair, his mother apprenticed Sassoon to a hairdresser, Adolf Cohen. Poor at schoolwork, Sassoon dropped out when he was fourteen. When she remarried eight years later, her sons rejoined her and began attending public school. ![]() When Sassoon was five years old, his father abandoned the family for another woman, and his now-impoverished mother placed her sons in an orphanage. The family lived in London's working-class East End. Sassoon was the second son of Nathan Sassoon, a carpet salesman, and Betty (Bellin) Sassoon, a homemaker. ![]() 17 January 1928 in London, England), trend-setting hairstylist and entrepreneur who promoted the wash-and-go, easy-to-manage, "Sassoon bob" hair-style of the 1960s and whose hair-care products are used worldwide. ![]()
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