My idea was to cut shape into the hair, to use it like fabric and take away everything that was superfluous.

During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted.

To sculpt a head of hair with scissors is an art form. It's in pursuit of art.

Capri on the Amalfi Coast in Italy is my ultimate holiday destination.

I was all about my thoughts, my work, my inspiration. I was always in hair.

For nine years I worked to change what was hairdressing then into a geometric art form with color, perm without setting which had never been done before.

I was born in 1928 and by 1931 the Depression was beginning to mount.