More than 50 years ago, newly minted hairstylist Bonnie Clevering and her husband left Florida in a blue Pontiac with one goal in California. Now, Clevering is one of the most accomplished and revered motion picture hair designers in Hollywood.
Through the years, Clevering has nearly burned off Elvis’s pompadour, made her famous biscuits and gravy for the cast of Ocean’s Eleven in Las Vegas, and adventured with vampiric The Cullen family on the set of the Twilight Saga films. She’s worked with Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Hilary Swank, Brad Pitt, Barbra Streisand, Zooey Deschanel, and more! And all along the way, Bonnie was there, crafting some of the most iconic movie hairstyles in history and documenting the moments through continuity photos.
But Clevering wasn’t only ensuring continuity on set. From the time she was a young girl in Illinois watching the theater to the time she was a working mother in Indiana, Clevering was a constant source of creativity, inspiration, and strength. Now, she’s sharing her stories, her wisdom, and her philosophies with the world.
Clevering’s memoir is a behind-the-scenes look at her career from 1965 to 2018, featuring countless anecdotes from the chaos amid production to the return to reality after cameras stop rolling.