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The man behind the slogan ``If you don't look good, we don't look good'' is celebrated in this account of his phenomenal hairdressing career. Working in beauty salons since the age of 14, Sassoon developed innovative hairstyling techniques, treating hair as fabric to be cut to suit individual bone structure. He told his own story in Sorry I Kept You Waiting , Madam ( LJ 6/15/68) and coauthored A Year of Beauty and Health (1975) with his wife then, Beverly. This update on his legacy includes the 1984 Olympic Collection, the Punk influence, and Sassoon's vision for Nineties hair. Included is a decade-by-decade chronology of Sassoon fashion collaborations, cuts, perms, color techniques, salons, academies, product developments, promotions, publications, and media events, plus a glossary of hairstyling terms. Indispensable for fashion history collections and recommended for libraries where interest is strong.-- Therese Duzinkiewicz Baker, Western Kentucky Univ . Libs., Bowling Green (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.