Jacques Dessange
Jacques Dessange (5 December 1925 – 7 January 2020) was a French hairdresser.
Early life
Jacques Dessange was born in 1925 in Souesmes, France as the son of René Dessange, a hairdresser, and his wife Aline, who opened a café next to the hairdresser. Jacques first worked in the hairdressing salon of his father, and in 1947 went to work in Trouville-sur-Mer in the salon of Louis Gervais.[1]
Career
He soon started working for fashion shows and other events, like the 1948
He created some of the most celebrated coiffures of Brigitte Bardot, including the Beehive so-called "choucroute" (French for Sauerkraut) chignon, and turned her into a blonde for And God Created Woman.[2]
In 1958 he opened his first salon outside of France in Tunis, Tunisia. The company he created, Dessange International, was at the time of his death present in 43 countries with more than 1,700 salons operating under different brands, including "Jacques Dessange" and "Camille Albane". It also sold hairstyle products. Dessange also opened institutes to train new hairdressers: by 2003 108 of these existed.[3]
Later life
He stopped working as a hairdresser in 1977, retired in 2004 and sold his company in 2008.
Dessange died in 2020, leaving two sons, Cyril (born in 1961) and Benjamin (1967).[1][2]
Notes
- ^ a b c "Décès à 94 ans de Jacques Dessange, coiffeur des stars". RTBF (in French). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d Feutry, Justine (7 January 2020). "Jacques Dessange, l'inventeur du coiffé-décoiffé est mort". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ ISBN 9780313331459.
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