The L.A. Times ran a fascinating piece today about a Manhattan hair colorist to the wealthy named James Whitmore. Whitmore spent years at the hair salon at Bergdorf Goodman, and has now moved to Pierre Michel salon in NY, after his rich rich super rich clients told him they don’t want to walk into Bergdorf’s anymore because the jewelry counter makes them crazy – and they’ve all lost so much money with Bernie Madoff, they can’t shop anymore.
We’ve all read that Ruth Madoff can’t get her roots done at Bergdorf’s anymore, they won’t take her, for fear of alienating their other clients. Whitmore, the piece, says he’ll do Ruth’s roots – only to realize that her husband ruined so many of his clients, he can’t do it.
It’s an amazing story about how hairdressers to the rich are dealing with what the L.A. Times calls “stocks and blondes.”
