Jackie Kennedy's Hairstylist Tells All,Peter Lamas | From Cuba to Camelot Pt 1
What did Jackie Kennedy really tell her hairstylist about the JFK assassination?
In this exclusive Part 1, legendary celebrity hairstylist Peter Lamas author of Jackie's Hairstylist: My Life in Camelot — sits down with Shit I Told My Hairdresser to share the stories he was never allowed to tell.
Peter arrived in America in 1960 as a 17-year-old Cuban immigrant who didn't speak English, learning the language on a park bench in Brooklyn Heights. Within 8 years, he was styling Jackie Kennedy Onassis herself.
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In this episode you'll hear:
JACKIE KENNEDY & JFK SECRETS
- Why Jackie banned John-John from flying lessons — and her chilling premonition
- What Jackie confessed to Peter on the 25th anniversary of JFK's death about the Zapruder film, the Grassy Knoll, and Oswald being a "stooge"
- The truth about Jackie O chain-smoking, her signature scent, and why you'll never find a photo of her with a cigarette
- Doing house calls at her NYC apartment because she was hiding from paparazzi
VIDAL SASSOON & THE $5,000 HAIRCUT
- How Peter talked his way into an apprenticeship at Vidal Sassoon — the only salon in NYC doing apprenticeships besides Kenneth Battelle
- Being mentored by Vidal Sassoon, Paul Mitchell & Robert Pearson
- Flying first-class luggage to Paramount Studios for the most expensive haircut in history: Mia Farrow's pixie cut the day Frank Sinatra served her divorce papers
- What really happened on the set of Rosemary's Baby
60 YEARS OF HOLLYWOOD & FASHION HISTORY
- Working at Kenneth — the Mecca where all the socialites and celebrities went
- Styling icons: Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton, Veruschka, Diana Ross as Josephine Baker, Louise Brooks (he did her hair for 10 years before learning who she was)
- How the 60s British Invasion, the miniskirt, and Broadway's Hair revolutionized beauty
- From Fidel Castro's Cuba to sketching at the Art Students League of New York to the White House
Peter's new book Jackie's Hairstylist has 30+ 5-star reviews on Amazon in its first week and is being called "cinematic."
This is Part 1 of our 2-part interview. Part 2 drops next week.
Featuring: Peter Lamas — 60+ year career, Cuban-American hairstylist, artist, sculptor, author, Vidal Sassoon protégé, Kenneth stylist.
Keywords: jackie kennedy hairstylist, jackie o hair, jfk assassination, zapruder film, grassy knoll, vidal sassoon, paul mitchell, mia farrow haircut, celebrity hairstylist, kenneth battelle, 1960s hair history, bob haircut history, diana ross hair, twiggy hair
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