When you think of kindness, caring, love, happiness, joy, life’s challenges, physical limitations, caregivers, surviving, resilience, walkers, canes, white hair, beauty, laughter, humor and celebrations, one may not necessarily think of a hair salon.
Based on my visits for the past 30 years, here are some observations and some history. Leon began his career in hair styling as soon as he got out of the navy, and he started his salon in the early ’60s with his wife Rita, who recently passed away. That was well before Trader Joe’s was across the street. ARemembering Leon’s Hair Design in Riviera Village in Redondo Beach, which closed on Feb. 28, 2023.
Leon created a model for what we currently refer to as DEI, which stands for diversity, equity and inclusion. He nailed that subject long before DEI became an acronym. Stylists and manicurists were of Buddhist, Hindu, Catholic, Jewish and Protestant faiths; they were Black, Asian, Latino and Caucasian.As a client, you were not served Perrier or coconut water. What you could expectwas a pot of hot coffee with some sweets or bagels and an occasional chocolate babka from Trader Joe’s.
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