Vidal Sassoon's Last Filmed Interview

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Last month, 84-year-old Vidal Sassoon was interviewed in conjunction with an Atlantic City event that brought together 5000 hair care professionals.

Emiliani Enterprises commissioned Eleven Eleven Productions to shoot the above video featuring Vidal and his son Elan at the hairdresser's home in Bel Air.

It turned out to be what's believed to be his last chat recorded for a camera.

Watch it and you'll see that the son wants to wrap it up after a few minutes, but Vidal goes on, buoyantly telling his tales of scissors and success.

"I was a 14-year-old shampoo boy."

"I cannot believe the extraordinary adventure that I've had."

"It's terribly important that we keep the cutting standards up."

All through it, I keep thinking, "He did Mia's hair for Rosemary's Baby!"

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exackerly
exackerly

Best advice he ever got was when somebody told him, You'll never get rich unless you figure out a way to make money while you sleep. Just cutting hair won't do it. That's when he started his hair care line.

rolph
rolph

Well, Vidal is gone, but we still haveMitt Romney pouncing on people to change their hairdos.

latenitebump
latenitebump

if you don´t look good, we don´t look good!                           --vidal sassoon

r.i.p. vidal. legendary!

Ick
Ick

He seems so sweet here, but who knows the real story? The son looks a little cowed.

Starkers
Starkers

He really took hairdressing seriously! Shit!

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