Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer.

In 1948 at the age of 20 he joined the Haganah (which shortly afterwards became the Israeli Defence Forces) and fought in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War which began after Israel declared statehood. " Other celebrity hairstylists also commented on his death. Vidal: The Autobiography.

Vidal Sassoon CBE (17 January 1928 – 9 May 2012) was a British hairdresser businessman and philanthropist. He is credited with creating a simple geometric "Bauhaus-inspired" hair style also called the wedge bob.