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“The odors of perfume were fanned out on the summer air by the whirling vents of the grottoes where the women hid like undersea creatures, under electric cones, their hair curled into wild whorls and peaks, their eyes shrewd and glassy, animal and sly, their mouths painted a neon red.”
― Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

“Les salons鈥攑restigious social gatherings of prominent, intellectually minded people鈥攚ere rooted in Italy鈥檚 salones, smartly appointed rooms within Roman palazzi with suitably dazzling fa莽ades. Seventeenth and eighteenth-century France, however, deserves credit for building the cultural cachet of this pleasurable way to pass the day. In salons equally luxueux, as the French would say, Parisian men and women from the literary establishment, along with philosophers and luminaries from the worlds of art, music and politics, would frequently meet to discuss the latest news, exchange ideas and gossip, all at the invitation of refined, wealthy women known as salonni猫res.

In their key role, hosts chose an eclectic mix of guests with care, and then ideally served as moderators, selecting topics that would generate conversation if not spirited debates. To date, though, even historians cannot agree as to what was, and what was not, considered appropriate to talk about. Yet, they do concur that women were the cornerstones of les salons, funneling fresh social and political ideas into a nation where men dominated public life, held bias against women and until 1944 denied women the right to vote.

Among the distinguished seventeenth-century salonni猫res鈥攚ith set parameters that she expected guests to follow鈥攚as French society hostess Catherine de Vivonne, the marquise de Rambouillet (1588鈥�1665), known as Madame de Rambouillet. A century later, Marie Th茅r猫se Rodet Geoffrin (1699鈥�1777) would host twice weekly many of the most influential philosophes (avant-garde intellectuals) and encyclop茅distes (writers) in her elegant Parisian townhouse on the now luxury-laden, boutique-lined rue du Faubourg Saint-Honor茅. As a leading figure of the French Enlightenment鈥攖he movement that promoted liberty and equality, strongly influencing our own notions about human rights and the role of government鈥攈er growing importance earned her international recognition.”
― Betty Lou Phillips, The Allure of French & Italian Decor

“He passed a hair salon called Snip Away, which sounded more like a vasectomy clinic than a beauty parlor. The Snip Away beauticians were either reformed mall girls or guys named Mario whose fathers were named Sal. Two patrons sat in a window - one getting a perm, the other a bleach job. Who wanted that? Who wanted to sit in a window and have the whole world watch you get your hair done?”
― Harlan Coben, Back Spin