Hair Heroes

Hair Heroes features interviews with twelve masters of modern hairdressing: Kenneth, who Jacqueline Kennedy trusted with her hairstyle and her secrets; Gene Shacove, the inspiration for the film Shampoo; Alexandre, the charming friend of Jean Cocteau and stylist to all of France's elite; Luis Llongueras, who put the curl in Salvador Dali's mustache; Aldo Coppola, the highly successful master of Italian hairdressing; Sam Lapin, the father of modern hair color who turned Norma Jean blonde; Christiaan, the session stylist who was known to lop off the hair of unsuspecting fashion editors when they weren't looking; Irma Kusely, who was responsible for Lucille Ball's signature red hair; Sydney Guilaroff, who was the first stylist to demand on screen credit raising the recognition of the profession and who has held more screen credits than any leading actor; Leonard Lewis, London's swinging seventies man of the hour; Annie Humphreys, a famed colorist who invented the first wash-and-wear perm; Vidal Sassoon, who started a revolution and changed the way we all cut hair today.