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TONI MASCOLO was a happy
one-year-old toddler in
the sleepy Italian town
of Scafati, near
Pompeii, when, in
September 1943, the
Allied landings at
Salerno brought war to
his family's
doorstep.More than
seventy years later, he
is the distinguished head
of TONI&GUY, a Knight of
the Italian Republic, an
Officer of the Order of
the British Empire, and
a Papal Knight. What
happened in the years
between forms the core of
his fascinating
autobiography.The author
became the head of his
hard-working, yet often
hard-up, Italian
hairdressing family when
his mother died, aged
just forty-five, in
December 1962. Toni's
father, who had brought
the whole family to live
in London in the 1950s,
was devastated by his
wife's death, and it was
left to Toni and his
brother Guy to feed and
care for their younger
brothers.The first
TONI&GUY salon opened in
London's Clapham Park
Road in 1963 and now,
after over half a century
of extraordinary
expansion, there are
more than 500 salons all
over the globe. Yet it
remains at heart a family
business, infused with
the spirit of family
closeness and strength
that permeates every part
of this book. In this
lively, informative,
sometimes tragic and
often moving memoir,
Toni Mascolo explains how
he became 'Hairdresser to
the World', and Chairman
and Chief Executive of
the largest hairdressing
chain on the planet, one
of the most famous and
recognisable brands in
countless countries.
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