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"After spending his childhood traipsing from the U.S. to Germany, to Hawaii, to Japan and back again, Ted Gibson understands universal beauty. Becoming a hair stylist, though, was more happenstance than fate: \"I always had this creative side but wasn't sure it would turn into anything,\" notes Gibson, \"One of my best friends is a hair dresser and he drove this really great car and had a fab apartment in Austin, Texas. I wanted to be just like him.\" He nurtured his interest in styling while training with Aveda early on, and ended up serving as Creative Director for their New York salons. High demand for Ted's hair mastery backstage at fashion shows, on the prized locks of celebs, and in top magazines led him to set off on his own and create the Ted Gibson Salon in Manhattan's Flatiron district and a product line. Regarding his rise to the top, Ted acknowledges, \"my success comes from surrounding myself with people who ask more of me than I do myself\u2014there are no shortcuts!\" \u2014MAURA LYNCH"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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