Death:Death, Cause unspecified 7 January 2020 (Age 94) chart Placidus Equal_H.
French hairdresser who worked with many French stars like Brigitte Bardot, Françoise Hardy, Jeanne Moreau, France Gall and Sylvie Vartan and invented some popular hairstyles like the coiffé-décoiffé, a loose, "tousled" hairstyle. In 1961, he became the official hairdresser of the Cannes Film Festival, which introduced him to international stars like Claudia Cardinale, Marlene Dietrich, Jane Fonda, Ava Gardner, Jean Seberg and Liz Taylor. He continued to work for Paris fashion shows as well, e.g. in 1964 for Guy Laroche. He created some of the most celebrated coiffures of Brigitte Bardot, including the so called "choucroute" (french for cabbage) chignon, and turned her into a blonde for Roger Vadims 1956 film And God Created Woman. He stopped working as a hairdresser in 1977, retired in 2004 and sold his company in 2008. Dessange died on 7 January 2020 at age 94, leaving two sons, Cyril (born in 1961) and Benjamin (1967). Link to Wikipedia biography (French) Read less
Born: Sat Dec 05 1925 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) in Souesmes, France
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