| Hairdressing salons must be hubs of gossip. Women | | | | or prying questions. It really depends on the day |
| like to have pretty hairdos and they also like to | | | | what they feel like revealing or speaking about. |
| gossip. When they meet at hairstyling salons, they | | | | They will lead all conversations. I allow them to set |
| gossip. | | | | the tone. |
| They gossip about themselves, friends, relatives, | | | | Sally: I understand: you're their hairstylist, not a |
| neighbours, celebrities and many other people and | | | | psychologist. You fix what's on the head, not what's |
| things. They also like to read gossip about celebrities, | | | | going on inside it. |
| in magazines at home and in hairdressing salons. | | | | Wendy: Sometimes they are just exhausted and |
| Have you ever wondered what gossip you might | | | | prefer silence. |
| hear in a hair salon full of women celebrities? | | | | Sally: I hear you are shooting commercials with |
| Wendy Iles: No. Are you asking me? | | | | famous movie director Martin Scorsese in Los |
| Sally: That was just my rhetorical question but, yes, I | | | | Angeles. What have you to say about that? |
| am asking you what gossip you hear from celebrities | | | | Wendy: Well, the beauty campaign is very new so no |
| while you style their hair. | | | | words on that until it's released. I'm pleased to be |
| Wendy: Well … | | | | working on such a nice project with such a charming |
| Sally: You know. You style the hair of leading movie | | | | man as Mr Scorsese. I feel honoured to be working |
| and television actors, top fashion models and other | | | | alongside such an iconic film director as he. |
| celebrities. | | | | Sally: That's good news but do you hear of any |
| Wendy: Yes, but - | | | | scandals or secrets about other celebrities, any |
| Sally: Well just what do Hilary Swank, Penelope Cruz, | | | | sensational or embarrassing revelations? |
| Monica Bellucci, Frieda Pinto and celebrities like that | | | | Wendy: Not really. Even if I did, I wouldn't tell you, |
| gossip about in your salon? | | | | not even in a whisper. |
| Wendy: Well, I don't serve people like that in a salon, | | | | Sally: Would you tell me anything like that off the |
| only in private at their homes or their business | | | | record? |
| premises. I'm based in Paris and I serve clients mainly | | | | Wendy: No. It would not be professional or ethical for |
| in Paris, London, New York and Hollywood. | | | | me to tell anybody anything I happened to learn |
| Sally: Who are the celebrities you serve? | | | | about my clients. I don't do that. It's like a doctor |
| Wendy: Those charming people you just mentioned | | | | doesn't talk to one patient about another, because |
| are among the celebrities I serve. | | | | that would not be right. He wouldn't say, "Do you |
| Sally: Who else, for example? | | | | know your neighbour, Mrs Soandso, suffers from |
| Wendy: Eva Longoria, of "Desperate Housewives" on | | | | in-gown toenails? So I wouldn't tell you if actress |
| television, Maggie Chung, of the movie "In the mood | | | | Whatshername failed to win a lead role in a film |
| for love", Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dita von Tesse, | | | | because on the day of an audition she suffered an |
| Charlotte Rampling … | | | | attack of unruly follicles. |
| Sally: What do you chat about while you are styling | | | | Sally: So your client's never tell you any personal |
| their hair? | | | | secrets or society news? |
| Wendy: We engage in cordial conversation to pass | | | | Wendy: Oh, a client may share a little secret with me |
| the time pleasantly while I'm working on their hair. | | | | at sometime. One delightful client who I've been |
| Sally: I mean do you hear about Penelope Cruz's | | | | serving for many years told me the other day, |
| secret romance with or rumoured engagement that | | | | "Wendy, you're the best hairstylist I know but I |
| other actor, Monica Bellucci's revealing video on | | | | never recommend you to my friends." When I asked |
| YouTube, or Hilary Swank's new, multi-million-dollar | | | | why, she explained, "Because then their hairstyles |
| apartment in New York? | | | | would look as good as mine!" |
| Wendy: You seem to know a lot of gossip about | | | | Sally: Who was she? |
| celebrities. | | | | Wendy: That's confidential. |
| Sally: I learn about them by reading women's | | | | Sally: Still I wonder what celebrities might gossip |
| magazines, watching celebrity news shows on TV, | | | | about in a hair salon? |
| following postings about celebrities on the web and | | | | Wendy: You're dying to know so you ask a |
| receiving news feeds by email. | | | | hairdresser but, honestly, I can't answer that one for |
| Wendy: Do you learn much about celebrities by | | | | you. |
| listening to gossip at a hair salon? | | | | Wendy Iles is a hairstylist of international renown |
| Sally: No … What do they tell you? | | | | who began her career 25 years ago in Australia. |
| Wendy: Not too much. I don't ask my clients personal | | | | |
