He was born Jan. 17, 1928, to a carpet salesman, Vidal Sassoon, who abandoned his family. His mother, Betty, worked in a dress shop but could not support her sons, so 5-year-old Vidal and his ...

It’s no doubt Vidal Sassoon loved his son David, 41, whom he adopted in 1975 when the boy was three-years-old. David, of African American and Asian descent, was disinherited from the hair mogul ...

Celebrity hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, who was committed to fighting anti-Semitism and fought in Israel’s War of Independence, has died. Sassoon died Wednesday in his Los Angeles home. He was 84 ...

Catya Sassoon, a model-turned-actress and daughter of celebrity hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, has died. She was 33. Sassoon died in her sleep Tuesday morning at her home in the Hollywood Hills after ...

I was 14 and never good in school, so I dropped out to support the family. She took me to a salon to be an apprentice. That was in the low-rent East End of London, where you had grown up.

A bottle of Vidal Sassoon shampoo costs 88 yuan ($14) in the supermarkets - about four times the price of a simple meal for the average Chinese worker. But, to many, it is money well spent.

Celebrity hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, who was worth an estimated £100 million when he died, cut his adopted son David (left) out of his will entirely.

A recent piece on how Vidal Sassoon changed people's hair prompted many email examples of 1960s and 1970s cuts. Here are 10 of the best.

Catya Sassoon, the model-turned-actress daughter of celebrity hair stylist Vidal Sassoon, has died. She was 33. Ms. Sassoon died in her sleep Tuesday morning at her home in the Hollywood Hills afte… ...