Echaudemaison

Olivier (1942). French make-up artist. At the age of 20, he made his début as assistant to the celebrated coiffeur Alexandre in Paris. After moving to London, he worked for Vogue and became interested in make-up, soon becoming the favorite make-up artist of many celebrities, including Catherine Deneuve, Mireille Mathieu, Princess Anne of England, and Caroline of Monaco. He did the make-up worn by Michel Serrault in the play La Cage aux Folles. Since 1989 he has been creative director for image and make-up at Givenchy, which became more prominent and up-to-date thanks to him.
Olivier leaves Givenchy after 10 years working there.
He is among the guests invited by the Sorbonne to the conference “Beauty. Anthropology, Semiology, and Market Strategies,” sponsored by the French Confederation of Arts and Trades.
Echaudemaison joins Guerlain, the perfume and cosmetics house that belongs to LVMH. In autumn 2002, he presents the Divinora line of cosmetics.