It's not recognized by enough people as a worthy craft.

It's hard to give advice. There are so many people, how do you give major advice to a group of people, it's very presumptuous.

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

I'll never forget one morning I walked in and I had a hell of a bruise - it had been a difficult night the night before - and a client said to me, 'Good God, Vidal, what happened to your face?' And I said, 'Oh, nothing, madam, I just fell over a hairpin.'

You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win.

Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer.

Hairdressing in general hasn't been given the kudos it deserves. It's not recognised by enough people as a worthy craft.