Morre Vidal Sasoon, o cabeleireiro que revolucionou os penteados

Britânico criou estilos que marcaram época e criou famosa linha de shampoo. Veja reportagem em inglês.

The British-born hairstylist Vidal Sassoon has died at his home in Los Angeles. Sassoon was credited with revolutionising hairdressing during the 1960s, and went on to found a multi-million dollar international business of fashion and beauty products. Reportagem: Alastair Leithead His creative cuts helped dress a cultural revolution in the 1960s, and his products have had a place in the world's bathroom cabinets for decades. Vidal Sassoon was born in Britain and opened his first salon in London in 1954, giving what he called "geometry" and "architectural shapes" to hair. His styles freed women's fashion from the high and heavy 'beehives' into cuts that were easy to manage. Wash-and-wear styles like the bob cut fitted in with the emerging feminist movement. "Women were going to work and assuming their own power," he famously said. "They didn't have time to sit under the dryer." He expanded his salons in the UK and US before branching out into shampoos and styling products. Vidal Sassoon died at his home on Mullholland Drive in Los Angeles after a long illness. Reports have suggested he'd been suffering from leukaemia. He was 84. cabinets (armários de banheiro) cupboards freed (liberou) liberated beehives (penteado colméia) 'beehive' hairstyle where hair is piled high on top of the head wash-and-wear (lavar e secar, penteados práticos) styles that look good without needing to use a hairdryer bob cut (estilo chanel) hairstyle where hair is cut at jaw-level emerging (emergente, que começa a aparecer)starting to appear assuming (assumindo) beginning to have expanded (expandiu)grew the business of branching out into (diversificar, ramificar) extending his business to include leukaemia (leucemia) a serious disease in which too many white blood cells are produced BBC Brasil - Todos os direitos reservados. É proibido todo tipo de reprodução sem autorização por escrito da BBC.