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part stylist, part therapist, part holder of secrets you'd never tell a priest.
means A person whose job is to cut, style, color, and otherwise tend to people's hair, usually in a salon or barbershop.
from A transparent English compound, plainly 'one who dresses hair' — and that verb 'dress' is the surprising part. It traces back through Old French 'dresser,' to arrange or set in order, ultimately from Latin 'directus,' meaning made straight or set right. So before 'dress' meant clothing, it meant putting things into proper order — which is exactly what these arrangers of unruly heads have always done. The compound itself is fairly modern, dating to roughly the 18th century, as professional hair-tending became a trade worth naming.
- ancient trade
- Egyptians paid wig-makers handsomely over 4,000 years ago
- chemical wizard
- Bleach literally dissolves your hair's natural pigment
- trust economy
- Clients confess affairs, divorces, deaths between snips
- scissor money
- Pro shears can cost over a thousand dollars
- royal roots
- French kings employed dedicated court hairdressers
vidal sassoon — british hairdresser who revolutionized cutting techniques in 1960s london and built a global brand
jean-louis david — french hairdresser who created the bob cut popularized in 1920s paris
paolo antonio — italian hairdresser famous for styling celebrities at his rome salon since the 1950s