First-generation male hair designer Lee Sang-il shares his life story from a country boy to a ‘beauty legend’.
In the first episode of the EBS and E Channel entertainment program ‘Seo Jang-hoon’s Neighbor Millionaire’ (hereafter ‘Neighbor Millionaire’), which airs on the 9th at 9:55 PM, the first guest is Lee Sang-il, ‘Korea’s first-generation male hair designer’.
Lee Sang-il is a figure who revolutionized the local neighborhood beauty salon into a ‘premium hair shop’ for the first time in Korea and named beauty industry workers as ‘hair designers’, making a significant mark in the Korean beauty industry.
In particular, he gained fame as a hair artist for top stars of the time, such as the late Shin Sung-il, known as ‘Korea’s Alain Delon’, and Kim Wan-sun, ‘Jenny of the 80s’. He also revitalized the fashion show of the late Andre Kim, a ‘world-renowned designer’, by creating the ‘sheep hairstyle’. In the 1980s, when a bowl of Jajangmyeon cost 500 won, his shocking haircut prices of 15,000 to 30,000 won turned the beauty industry upside down. What was his successful strategy? All will be revealed in ‘Neighbor Millionaire’.
‘Neighbor Millionaire’ features Seo Jang-hoon sending a blank check to a millionaire, asking them to write down the ‘tuition fee for life’ they have to pay. However, when Seo Jang-hoon sees the amount written on the blank check by Lee Sang-il, he is surprised by the unexpected figure. Lee Sang-il flashes a serious look, saying, “It’s the amount that changed my life.” How much did Lee Sang-il ask Seo Jang-hoon for his life tuition fee? You can find out in the first episode of ‘Neighbor Millionaire’ on the 9th at 9:55 PM.
[Kim So-yeon, Star Today Reporter]
