David Sassoon (born 1932) is a high end British fashion designer, who owns the Bellville Sassoon salon in

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, founded by Belinda Bellville in 1953. Born to

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parents, Gourgi and Victoria Sassoon in north London, Sassoon initially intended becoming an actor but turned to fashion when his father disapproved. He attended Avigdor High School and Lauderdale Road Synagogue in West London. He was invited by Belinda Bellville to join her salon in 1958 and in 1970 it became the Bellville Sassoon. He counts numerous socialites and the royal family as amongst his clientele and was the most prolific of

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's early designers. Sassoon has said of Diana, "When she got engaged, her mother brought her in to us and asked us to make the going-away outfit." Aside from Diana, Sassoon has designed clothes for Princess Margaret,

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, the Duchess of York, the

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, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and

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. His designs have appeared on the covers of ''

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'' and '' Harper's Bazaar''. Sassoon has claimed that he is "probably the only designer around today who has dressed every female member of the royal family except the Queen."

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