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MBW : Tell me , and our Steel Notes Magazine readers , some exciting stories about some other fab people you ’ ve been associated with , and what exactly was your association .
Lois : I asked Billy Idol to sing at my 25 Birthday party , I threw a huge fashion show with all Green eyelids , lol . They had to close the Valentine Room down , because of so many people , and his manager would not let him but he came anyway , so I had a great 25th ! I went on tour when I turned 29 , which is when I got the call from Debi Mazar , because she was working with Madonna , who vouched for me and I got the job immediately , so no one else was interviewed , Wham ! Debbie Peterson ’ s boyfriend was the tour manager , so we quickly became good friends . I also colored the Bangles hair too . Deb is the drummer , and , I also went to their engagement party too ... Ahh so many stories !!!
MBW : When you were only sixteen you were being trained by the Mods from London at La Coupe ... I would love to hear how you were so fortunate to have started with them , and ... how you escalated so rapidly to Vidal Sassoon on Madison Avenue in Manhattan .
Lois : I graduated HS and Beauty School early by doubling up my classes , because I could not wait to do hair . I even called jobs in The Post I remember , so I could do shampoos . I was so young I did not even know you needed a Cosmetology license to even do shampoo ’ s , that was a shocker to me . Guess I was fifteen when I called . That was funny thinking back . So then I was on a mission to hurry up so I can work . I really felt motivated and compelled to get out of High School and finish Bronx Beauty School , which I did after school and all day Saturdays . I needed 1000 hours !
Right after graduating High School and Bronx Beauty School , I was reading ( ha ) The NY Post , and saw a spread on a new style / cut . The photographs were beautiful , and so were the models , and everything about the photos I just loved ! I decided to call them right then and there ! I softly said I just graduated beauty school and was wondering if I can work there because I like the photos in today ’ s paper . They said can you be here at six PM ? We do classes for assistants , and tonight is class , so I went and I was hired ! It was La Coupe , the hottest salon in NYC which remained the TOP salon all the years I was there ! The owner was
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