The reason? Simply because it catered for both sexes. It made a full-page story in one newspaper at the time - men and women sitting side by side having their hair done.
Smile was started and is still run by Keith and Leslie, who had previously worked at Leonard's, a prestigious hairdressers in London's West End.
"But there were a lot of male pop stars, in particular, looking for somewhere to get their hair done , to create a image or find a way of expressing themselves. " explains Keith, now 36 years old,
NEW SOUNDS NEW STYLES - 1981