Hairdressing icons: rose evansky

Published 03rd Jan 2012 by rachael
Hairdressing icons: rose evansky 1962-bob-gloss.jpg
During the period of Nazi persecution in Germany, Rose Evansky escaped to England as a refugee. 


In the 1960s, she would go on to invent a new way of drying hair - the 'blow wave' - which was completely different from the tightly permed styles of the 1950s. It involved using a hand-held blowdryer on her Mayfair clients to create a soft, natural look. 


This instantly earned her a reputation as one of the top hairdressers in London and went on to become the norm in hair drying.


[A Rose Evansky hairstyle dating from 1962]
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rachael

Published 03rd Jan 2012

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