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Ted Gibson: What I’d Tell My 20-Something Self
Ted Gibson, celebrity hairstylist shares his 20-something career. (Photo: Ted Gibson) At 49, celebrity hairstylist and Texas native Ted Gibson enjoys a dream hair career that’s as varied as it is esteemed. The sultan of strands has created his own eponymous product line and New York City salon, boasts a makeover gig on “What Not To Wear,” designs editorial looks for the glossiest of magazine...
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The Student Taught, the Teacher Learned
With his hair, eyebrows and goatee dyed a flaming red, Jason Backe was hard to miss. But it wasn’t his looks that first caught Ted Gibson’s attention back in 1994. Nor was it Mr. Backe’s easy laugh or impish charm, or that Mr. Backe, a student at the time at the Horst Education Center, a beauty school in Minneapolis, had twice walked out on the...
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A chat with Ted Gibson- The Affable Rock Star of Hair
Ted Gibson is a critical force in the beauty industry. As a master hairdresser who coifs the heads of Hollywood glamour girls from Anne Hathaway to Kerry Washington to Angelina Jolie he is in high demand. His star shone even brighter when he recreated the hairstyle of Olympic gold medalist, Gabrielle Douglas. Ted Gibson is now making history as the first African-American Creative Director for...
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Hairstylist Ted Gibson Says Working with Angelina Jolie Changed His Life
Ted Gibson.Vanity Fair beauty director SunHee Grinnell gets to know one of her favorite celebrity hairstylists, Ted Gibson, a little bit better. SunHee Grinnell: You were born in Texas and were raised in a military family. How did your interest in hairstyling come about? And are you still connected to your Lone Star roots? Ted Gibson: Being from Texas makes me a very proud person....
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Locks of Love: Hair makeovers that help kids with cancer
Locks of Love: Hair makeovers that help kids with cancer