Serge Lutens (born 14 March 1942 in
Lille
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, France) is a French fashion designer,
perfume creator, photographer, filmmaker and
hair stylist
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.
Career
At fourteen, Lutens was taken on as an apprentice by a hair salon in Lille, a period which he described as crucial to his appreciation of beauty in three dimensions.
Lutens started to experiment with makeup and photography, using friends to pose as models.
In 1962 Lutens moved to Paris, where ''
Vogue
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Business
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'' hired him to create makeup, hair and jewellery.
Throughout the 1960s he collaborated with photographers such as
Richard Avedon,
Bob Richardson and
Irving Penn
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.
In 1967
Christian Dior
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commissioned Lutens to create a makeup line.
in 1973, Serge Lutens' series of photographs (inspired by the artists
Claude Monet
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,
Georges-Pierre Seurat
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,
Pablo Picasso
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and
Amedeo Modigliani
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) was shown at the
Guggenheim Museum in New York.
In 1974 he made a short movie, "Les Stars", and in 1976, "Suaire". Both were shown at the
Cannes Film Festival
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.
Throughout the 1980s he shot various advertising campaigns and films and designed makeup and packaging. These works won him two 'Lions d’Or' at the
International Advertising Film Festival.
In 2000, Lutens launched his own brand "Parfums-Beaute Serge Lutens".
For four consecutive years, 2001 to 2004, Lutens was awarded the "
Fifi Award" for Best Original Concept.
In 2014, Lutens unveiled Section d’Or – a radical collection that sets no limits or price to artistry.
In 2015, Lutens presented his vision of Russian supremacy through the design of the new Serge Lutens boutique in Moscow.
Lutens currently lives in
Marrakech
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, Morocco.
Books
* ''L'Esprit Serge Lutens: The Spirit of Beauty'' (Editions Assouline, Paris, 1992) ()
* ''Serge Lutens'' (Editions Assouline, Paris, 1998) ()
* ''Berlin à Paris'' (Editions Electa Milan, 2012)
* ''Serge Lutens Moscou'' (Les salons du Palais Royal Shiseido S.A, Japan 2015)
References
External links
Official WebsiteOnline StoreSerge Lutens – of Scents and Sensibility
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French fashion designers
French photographers
History of cosmetics
Living people
1942 births