Michael Caine and Jeremy Irons among stars at Sassoon memorial

WENN, Saturday, October 13, 2012, 6:06am (PDT)

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• Sir Michael Caine and Jeremy Irons were among the stars who turned out to remember the life of legendary hair stylist Vidal Sassoon in London on October 12.

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  A memorial was held at St Paul's Cathedral in the U.K. capital and Sassoon's famous friends and clients flocked to pay tribute to him at the ceremony.

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  Caine, who was joined by his wife Shakira, Irons, fashion designer Zandra Rhodes and British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman all turned out to pay their respects.

  Caine told reporters, "(It's) a sad day but we get a chance here to celebrate his life."

  Sassoon helped revolutionise women's hair in the 1960s by coming up with the 'bob' cut and snipping Mia Farrow's hair into a pixie crop for her film Rosemary's Baby.