At Riviera Hairstylists Inc., we value your business and love the opportunity to spoil you. Our experienced team will make you look and feel your very best! With over 41 years experience, we know how to care for your hair - whether it's current styles, colours, highlights, up-do's and treatments, we are head and shoulders above the rest! Come in and discover why men, women and children love to visit with Emilio and his team at Riviera Hairstylists. Riviera Hairstylists is Friendly, Professional Service. more...See more text
In 1965, when Emilio Chiappetta left Italy as an excited 19-year-old, he wasn’t sure what he was going to do with his new life in Canada. A friend suggested he come work with him on construction. “I thought I was going to like to drive a backhoe,” says Emilio, “but then my cousin, he convinced me to go to hair-dressing school.” He laughs, a little embarrassed, as he remembers that they thought it would be a better way to meet girls.
More than four decades later, Emilio’s successful career as a hairstylist is no laughing matter, although he does enjoy it immensely. “Who would guess that I’d be working in the same salon for all these years?” he says. His popular business, Riviera Hairstylists, has been catering to men and women in Oakville since 1968.
“It was pretty tough for me at the beginning because I didn’t speak English very well," says Emilio. "I would get frustrated when customers didn’t understand me. But I never gave up… I thought, I gotta learn!” And learn he did. Thinking back on it now, Emilio realizes that hair styling was the perfect activity for mastering a new language since chatting with clients is a big part of the job. He became fluent in English without ever taking a lesson.
