"Whatever the inspiration, Sassoon's brand was applied to shampoos and conditioners sold worldwide, with a commercial campaign featuring the iconic slogan ""If ""you"" don't look good, ""we"" don't look good."" Former salon colleagues also bought Sassoon's salons and acquired the right to use his name, extending the brand in salons into the United Kingdom and the United States. The El Paso, Texas-based Helen of Troy Corporation began manufacturing and marketing Sassoon hair-care products in 1980. In 1983, Richardson-Vicks purchased the Los Angeles-based Vidal Sassoon Inc. as well as Sassoon's Santa Monica, California, hairdressing school; the company had already bought his"
"In 1992 he married designer Rhonda ""Ronnie"" Sassoon. Sassoon disinherited his son David, with whom he was estranged. Sassoon in his 2010 autobiography described David, adopted in 1975 at age 3, as an ""African-American / Asian boy ... with twinkling eyes and an irresistible smile"" who nonetheless became troubled and was eventually sent to a reform school. Having had a lifelong commitment to eradicating anti-Semitism, Sassoon started the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism, or SICSA, in 1982. Located at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, it is devoted to gathering information about antisemitism worldwide. After selling his company,"
"Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (SICSA) () is a research center affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. It was named for Vidal Sassoon, who financed its establishment in 1983. The Vidal Sassoon center is as an interdisciplinary research center devoted to the independent, non-political accumulation and dissemination of materials related to antisemitism. The director is Prof. Manuela Consonni who replaced Robert Wistrich after his death in 2015. Over 120 studies have been conducted under the auspices of the center, covering a wide range of disciplines —"
"with the brand that bears his name. He also had a short-lived television series called ""Your New Day with Vidal Sassoon"", which aired in 1980. Sassoon was twice a guest on BBC Radio 4's ""Desert Island Discs"", on 27 June 1970 and 9 October 2011, when he was also Resident Thinker on the Nowhereisland art project. Sassoon was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in the 2009 Birthday Honours. Sassoon married his first wife, Elaine Wood, his salon receptionist, in 1956; the marriage ended in 1958. In 1967, he"
"he then worked towards philanthropic causes such as the Boys Clubs of America and the Performing Arts Council of the Music Center of Los Angeles via his Vidal Sassoon Foundation. He was also active in supporting relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina. It also funded educational pursuits on a need-basis in Israel and elsewhere. At the time of his death he had academies in England, the United States and Canada, while initiating plans to open new ones in Germany and China. In June 2011 it was reported that Sassoon had been diagnosed with leukemia two years earlier. He died on May"
"poverty, Sassoon writes that she nonetheless resolved to make the best of her life. Her family had emigrated to England from Ukraine in the 1880s to escape the antisemitism and pogroms then prevalent. His father, Jack Sassoon, was born in Thessaloniki, in the northern part of Greece. They met in 1925 and married in 1927. They then moved to Shepherd's Bush, which contained a community of Greek Jews. Sassoon had a younger brother, Ivor, who died from a heart attack at the age of 46. His father abandoned the family for another woman when Vidal was three years old. With"
"David Sassoon (designer) David Sassoon (born 1932) is a high end British fashion designer, who owns the Bellville Sassoon salon in Knightsbridge, London, founded by Belinda Bellville in 1953. Born to Iraqi Jewish parents, Gourgi and Victoria Sassoon in northern London, Sassoon initially intended becoming an actor but turned to fashion when his father disapproved. He attended Avigdor High School and Lauderdale Road Synagogue in West London. He was invited by Belinda Bellville to join her salon in 1958 and in 1970 it became the Bellville Sassoon. He counts numerous socialites and the royal family as amongst his clientele and"
"European businesses. Sassoon's 1982 sales of hair products had topped $110 million, with 80 percent of revenues derived in the US. Two years later the company was bought by Procter & Gamble. Vidal, who remained a consultant through at least the mid-1990s, sued in 2003 for breach of contract and fraud in federal court for allegedly neglecting the marketing of his brand name in favour of the company's other hair product lines, such as Pantene. He sold his business interests in the early 1980s to devote himself to philanthropy. By 2004, it was reported that Sassoon was no longer associated"
"then 15-year old Sassoon at a Los Angeles dinner party her father was attending. Vidal Sassoon consented to marriage on the condition that the two were married in a Jewish ceremony at his home. The two were married at Vidal's home in August 1984. Shortly after the wedding, Sassoon landed her first film role. She made her film debut in the role of ""Feather"", a ""somewhat trashy teen-ager"" in the 1985 drama, ""Tuff Turf"". Sassoon's marriage to Luca Scalisi ended shortly after the release of ""Tuff Turf"". By age 21, Sassoon was battling a serious addiction to drugs and eventually"
"""Hardball"". She also appeared in """", ""Secret Games"" and ""Dance with Death"". In 1993, Sassoon landed the lead role in the Roger Corman-produced martial arts film ""Angelfist"", directed by Cirio H. Santiago. Sassoon made her last screen appearance in the 1995 action film, """". In addition to acting, Sassoon was also the lead singer of an all female group, Feline Force. While shooting a film in South Africa around 1994, Sassoon met a Zimbabwean musician. The two were married shortly thereafter and moved to Zimbabwe. Around 1995, the couple had a son, London Vidal, whom Sassoon named in honor of"
"boutiques. Around this time, she launched the London-based hairstylist Vidal Sassoon in Paris by asking him to do the hair for a fashion show in the early 1960s. The models, who wore snugly fitting James Wedge hats, pulled off the hats at the end of the show to demonstrate how Sassoon's signature architectural cuts simply fell back into place, which astonished the French press and established Sassoon as a challenge to world-renowned French hairdressing. She also gave a publicity boost to the Italian fashion house Missoni in 1965, when she and Ottavio Missoni collaborated on a knitwear collection. In addition"
"Desmond said taking on Hello! was the ""hardest thing"" the company had ever done. He explained OK! overtook its rival with the help of Michael Jackson's baby, the death of Princess Diana and the Beckhams. Bryer was the last person to interview iconic hairdresser Vidal Sassoon before he died. In a highly personal and moving interview he spoke about his impoverished childhood, his years in a Jewish orphanage in the East End of London and candidly about how his mother could not afford to look after them during the Depression. Sassoon talked about how he revolutionised the hair industry in"
"Queen."" David Sassoon (designer) David Sassoon (born 1932) is a high end British fashion designer, who owns the Bellville Sassoon salon in Knightsbridge, London, founded by Belinda Bellville in 1953. Born to Iraqi Jewish parents, Gourgi and Victoria Sassoon in northern London, Sassoon initially intended becoming an actor but turned to fashion when his father disapproved. He attended Avigdor High School and Lauderdale Road Synagogue in West London. He was invited by Belinda Bellville to join her salon in 1958 and in 1970 it became the Bellville Sassoon. He counts numerous socialites and the royal family as amongst his clientele"
"his salons customising wigs. The charity also works with people suffering from alopecia, and anyone else suffering from medical hair loss. Twice divorced, he has one daughter. Trevor Sorbie Trevor John Sorbie MBE (born 13 March 1949 in Paisley, Scotland), is a British celebrity hairdresser. Born in Scotland, his parents moved south when he was aged 11. Leaving school aged 15, Sorbie started cutting hair as an apprentice to his father in Ilford in 1964. He opened his own barbers in Edmonton, North London aged 20 in 1969. He became stylist for Vidal Sassoon in 1972, and Artistic Director in"
"was started in the early 1980s by philanthropist Felix Posen, whose initial focus was the study of antisemitism. Posen was the main financial supporter of the newly founded Vidal Sassoon Center for the Study of Antisemitism. Soon thereafter, Posen, who was raised Orthodox, became fascinated with the question of what it means to be literate in Jewish history, culture, and ideas as a secular Jew. His reading into Jewish history and ideas—subjects outside the boundary of his religious education—led to concern over the lack of ""Jewish literacy"" among secular Jews. ""These are, after all, the majority of the Jews worldwide,"""
"Sassoon. Elias Sassoon was a devoted Zionist and considered the British anything but friends to the Jewish people because of their blockade in the Mediterranean to refugee vessels carrying Jewish refugees fleeing the horrors of World War II, and although to a lesser extent, he considered the British government as culpable nonetheless in the atrocities against world Jewry. In 1952 he cofounded Banque Du Caire with his childhood friend Moise Joseph Maurice Cattaui (1925–2009). By then Elias Sassoon had expanded his family’s business to France, Brazil, South Africa and the United States where the family exported cotton to and had"
"2009, Sassoon was appointed CBE by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. In 2012 he was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles' ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" album cover – to celebrate the British cultural figures of the last six decades. Sassoon was born to Jewish parents in Hammersmith, west London, and lived nearby in Shepherd's Bush. His mother, Betty (Bellin) (1900–1997) was born in Aldgate, in the East End of London, in 1900. Although she was surrounded by grinding"
"the management company, raising a family and designing clothes, she still maintains time for organizations such as Safe Kids. Also joining the seventh season, in a recurring capacity, is Eden Sassoon. Sassoon is the daughter of beauty mogul, Vidal Sassoon and actress, Beverly Adams. Sassoon has gone on to extend the legacy with owning two salons, ""EDEN by Eden Sassoon"", and two Pilates studios. Not only does Sassoon own four businesses, she has also built a nonprofit organization, ""Beauty Gives Back"". Sassoon's organization helps fight the global water crisis by uniting the hair industry. Sassoon is the mother of two,"
"inspired by 1920's film star Clara Bow's close cropped hair, he created designs for Emanuel Ungaro. Director Roman Polanski brought him to Hollywood from London in 1968, at a cost of $5,000, to create a unique pixie cut for Mia Farrow, who was to star in ""Rosemary's Baby."" In the early 1970s Sassoon made Los Angeles his home. In 1971 he promoted his 30-year-old second-in-command, artistic director Roger Thompson, to director of the Sassoon salon, explaining jocularly that, ""Twenty-five years of schlepping behind a barber chair are enough!"" John Paul DeJoria a friend of Sassoon co-founded Paul Mitchell Systems with"
"beards and moustaches in his father's barber shop. He subsequently opened his own salon in Mayfair, where he trained Vidal Sassoon. Building on his first salon, Bessone developed a chain of highly fashionable salons in the West End. He later opened outlets in several major cities, including Birmingham. Bessone was the first hairdresser to appear on television, and had his own show at Saturday teatime. Regarded as Britain's first celebrity hairdresser, he cultivated a faux French accent and a camp manner. Bessone liked to pace around his salon and, if a customer approached him, he would then exclaim with exasperation,"
"Italy, and had become the second-largest rayon manufacturer in the world. On 26 March 1926 Gaston Vidal, a former deputy and secretary of state and now a director of the Oustric bank, asked on behalf of the bank for authorization to list 500,000 shares of Snia Viscosa in France. This was against the current policy of the Ministry of Finance, which did not allow listing of foreign companies in the French stockmarket. However, the responsible official asked the opinion of René Besnard, the French ambassador in Rome. Vidal went to Rome and met the ambassador, who wrote that he had"
"James Sassoon, Baron Sassoon James Meyer Sassoon, Baron Sassoon, FCA (born 11 September 1955) is a British businessman and politician. After a career in the financial sector he served in various roles in the HM Treasury, the UK's finance ministry, from 2002 to 2008, at which point he began advising David Cameron on financial issues. From May 2010 to January 2013, Sassoon was the first Commercial Secretary to the Treasury and was appointed to the House of Lords as a Conservative. In January 2013, he became an executive Director of Jardine Matheson Holdings and of Matheson & Co.. He is"
"East London. His photogravure, done by Walker & Boutall in 1897, rests in the National Portrait Gallery in London. Reuben David Sassoon Reuben David Sassoon, MVO (1835–1905) was an English businessman. Reuben David Sassoon was born in 1835. His father was David Sassoon (1792–1864), a Jewish trader of opium and cotton in China who served as the Treasurer of Baghdad from 1817 to 1829. One of his brothers was Arthur Sassoon (1840–1912). He worked for his father's company, serving as director of David Sassoon & Co. for East India and China. By 1865, he also served on the Board of"
"a Sassoon at each end and one in the middle"". This referred to Albert Sassoon at the east end, Reuben Sassoon in the middle and Arthur Sassoon at the west end. Arthur Sassoon Arthur Sassoon MVO (25 May 1840 – 13 March 1912) was an English banker and socialite. Arthur Abraham David Sassoon was born on 25 May 1840. He was the fifth son of David Sassoon (1792–1864), a Jewish trader of cotton and opium in China who served as the Treasurer of Baghdad from 1817 to 1829. His mother was Farha (Hyeem) Sassoon (1814-1886), a philanthropist. One of his"
"It is a Grade II listed building. Sassoon Mausoleum The Sassoon Mausoleum is the former grave of Sir Albert Sassoon and other members of his family, including Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Baronet, of Kensington Gore. It stands at 83 St. George's Road in Brighton, England. The single-storey building has since served as a furniture depository and an air-raid shelter, and since being purchased by a brewery in 1949 has remained a pub or bar. Albert Abdullah David Sassoon was born in Baghdad in 1818 to a prominent, Sephardic Jewish family. After many years spent managing the family's banking and merchant"
"Sassoon Mausoleum The Sassoon Mausoleum is the former grave of Sir Albert Sassoon and other members of his family, including Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Baronet, of Kensington Gore. It stands at 83 St. George's Road in Brighton, England. The single-storey building has since served as a furniture depository and an air-raid shelter, and since being purchased by a brewery in 1949 has remained a pub or bar. Albert Abdullah David Sassoon was born in Baghdad in 1818 to a prominent, Sephardic Jewish family. After many years spent managing the family's banking and merchant shipping business in Bombay, India, he retired"
"Elias David Sassoon Elias David Sassoon (27 March 1820 – 21 March 1880), an Indian merchant and banker born in Baghdad, was the second son of David Sassoon, an Iraqi-Indian philanthropist Jewish businessman involved in trade in India and the Far East, with branches at Calcutta, Shanghai, Canton, and Hong Kong; and his business, which included a monopoly of the opium-trade, extended as far as Yokohama, Nagasaki, and other cities in Japan. He was the first of his siblings to assist the family business' expansion into China when he opened a branch of the business there in 1844. He was"
"London. He died in 1867 in London, leaving an estate of £120,000 (). Later, Flora moved to 37 Adelaide Crescent in Hove, East Sussex. Sassoon David Sassoon Sassoon David Sassoon (August 1832 – 24 June 1867) was a British businessman, banker and philanthropist. Sassoon David Sassoon was born in August 1832 in Bombay, India. He was a member of the Sassoon family. His father was David Sassoon (1792–1864), a leading trader of cotton and opium who served as the treasurer of Baghdad between 1817 and 1829, and his mother, Farha Hayim of Baghdad. He suffered from poor health from infancy"
"Victor Sassoon Sir Ellice Victor Sassoon, 3rd Baronet, GBE (20 December 1881 – 13 August 1961) was a businessman and hotelier from the wealthy Baghdadi Jewish Sassoon merchant and banking family. Sir Ellice Victor Elias Sassoon was born December 30, 1881 in Naples (Italy) while his family was en route to India. He was raised in England where he attended Harrow and Trinity College (Cambridge University). He was from a Baghdadi Jewish family who had made their fortune in the opium business. The family also had large holdings in the Indian cotton industry. Sir Victor served in the Royal Flying"
"Guido Palau Guido Palau, (commonly referred to by his first name only) is a British-born hair stylist, known as a leading trend setter in the fashion industry. Guido grew up in an Anglo-Spanish family in Dorset, England. Growing up in the countryside south-west of London, he was the fourth son of a Spanish father and an English mother. He toured Europe after high school, and then returned to London to work at the Vidal Sassoon Salon. However, his career in the salon was not long lived. ""One day I filled the appointment sheet with famous names, like Barbra Streisand,"" says"
"Sassoon David Sassoon Sassoon David Sassoon (August 1832 – 24 June 1867) was a British businessman, banker and philanthropist. Sassoon David Sassoon was born in August 1832 in Bombay, India. He was a member of the Sassoon family. His father was David Sassoon (1792–1864), a leading trader of cotton and opium who served as the treasurer of Baghdad between 1817 and 1829, and his mother, Farha Hayim of Baghdad. He suffered from poor health from infancy but travelled widely. He was educated in biblical and Talmudic lore in Baghdad. He also spoke several Oriental languages with great fluency. He proceeded"
"to silent film actress and model, Vera Sisson. On May 1, 1939, Rosson was arrested on a charge of espionage in Vienna, Austria, with his wife and two other British nationals, by the Gestapo, allegedly for filming military hardware. They were held in solitary confinement for 34 days and released. Richard Rosson Richard Rosson (April 4, 1893 – May 31, 1953) was an American film director and actor. As an actor, he was known for the nearly 100 films he was in during the silent era. As a director, he was a co-director of the 1932 film ""Scarface"". Rosson's first"
"George Sassoon George Thornycroft Sassoon (30 October 1936 – 8 March 2006) was a British scientist, electronic engineer, linguist, translator and author. Sassoon was the only child of the poet Siegfried Sassoon and Hester Sassoon (née Gatty), and was born in London, where his parents had rented a house in order to be closer to specialist help than at their home in Teffont Magna, Wiltshire. He was christened at St Martin-in-the-Fields by Rev Dick Sheppard. George's father wrote playfully to Max Beerbohm in November 1936: ""Will he, I wonder, become Prime Minister, Poet Laureate, Archbishop of Canterbury, or merely Editor"