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50 Influential Hairdressers and an urgency in hairdressers to learn more about chemistry and the products we were using. He was a mentor to many in the industry and always remained close to his roots, eager to help the person behind the chair. Many small salons achieved success because of what they learned from Jheri Redding,” says White-Wilkins. Gene Shacove (deceased) His Work: He Horst Rechelbacher His Work: When Horst Rechelbacher looked out the window of his childhood home in Austria, he could see directly across the narrow street into the neighboring salon, inspiring him to enter a threeyear hairdressing apprenticeship at age 14. “I wanted to be the best,” he says. “I practiced every day to win European competitions.” Those awards brought him to the U.S. as a guest artist, and ultimately, he opened a salon in Minneapolis. Clients crowding the entrance and staircase led to his opening more salon locations as well as an educational academy. A devotee of meditation and yoga, Rechelbacher visited India in 1970 where he discovered Ayurvedic medicine, a foundation for the development of his groundbreaking, plant and aromatherapybased Aveda products. Rechelbacher is currently rolling out Intelligent Nutrients, a complete health and beauty care line formulated with food-based ingredients. Why He’s Influential: Rechelbacher was “green” before green was cool. His devotion to environmentally sustainable practices has made him as well known as an internationally honored environmentalist as a hairdressing pioneer. His concepts have helped two generations of hairdressers and salon owners around the world care for their clients’ beauty, fashion and lifestyle needs. Who Influences Him: Rechelbacher’s mother was an herbalist and she instilled in him the value of pure, natural ingredients. His curiosity of the world around him, and a drive to re-invent himself through new creative outlets, have inspired his careers as hairdresser, photographer, product innovator, author, entrepreneur, artist and organic farmer. Irvine Rusk His Work: Scotland-native Rusk is best known for powerful, edgy cuts and eventually for the products and tools to produce and maintain those looks. His images were seen worldwide on magazine covers and inside editorials and as an educator, his shows were regularly sold out. Why He’s Influential: “We were known for cutting the ‘inside’ of the hair and creating intense texture,” says Rusk. He designed the very first texturizing shears based on his drawing in the early 1970s. The alpha and beta blades are still used today to create this intense texture. In addition to the shears, he invented and created a new line of products in different categories and was very hands-on with all the products and tools bearing the Rusk name. “I loved working with the chemists,” he says. “I would stand there and physically show them how to do it!” Who Influences Him: “Sassoon, of course. He was like me and was able to parlay his love of hairdressing into a company, but at its heart it’s still hair. I also admire Jean Louis David. He saw hair in an entirely different way, had such a great command of hairdressing and was able to franchise. Most importantly, I have been influenced by my wife, Louise, for the past 20 years. She is the best hair cutter I’ve ever seen, and I think a lot of people would agree with me.” styled George Hamilton, Lucille Ball and Marlene Dietrich, and lit a fire with his loose, tousled cut for 1960s actress Jill St. John. But when he got busy with clients, the world came knocking. Why He’s Influential: One word: Shampoo, the movie based on his life. But Shacove was no Warren Beatty. He grew up in East LA and was in a gang before his mother shipped him off to the Navy at 16. Marked forever as the “Shampoo guy,” he told a reporter he got just $500 a day as Shampoo’s advisor. Who He Has Influenced: “Gene was an amazing cutter who worked like a mad scientist; suddenly the hair would flow perfectly,” says Luanne Iannucci Donahue, senior stylist at Lukaro salon in Beverly Hills. “He was always in the moment and looking for what was new. He never discussed his fame. I was 28 and he was 68, but we were instant peers. Every day his enthusiasm infected me. He’d always call across the floor, ‘Look at this you like it?’” Yosh Toya His Work: Far from his modest childhood home in Japan, San Francisco-based Toya established himself as a classic master; a multi-location salon owner and premiere educator. His timeless styles, fluid hands and global approach have won him an Aveda Master of the Art Award, The Grand Trophy of the Professional Press for Best Commercial Hairstyle from AIPP, a NAHA Lifetime Achievement Award plus dozens of other honors. Continued 42 DECEMBER 2008 www.modernsalon.com http://www.modernsalon.com

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