Desforges

Jean Louis (1942). French hairdresser. He has three salons in Paris and four in the rest of France. Besides his acknowledged skills, his fame is linked to the concept of independent presentations of new hairdos and cuts at the same time as the seasonal presentation of fashion Collections. Each year since 1985, in his Paris “showroom” near the Bastille, he has presented two Collections, to fashion personnel and designers, as if on a runway. From this came the idea of a school that makes use of fashion presentations, admits only professional hairdressers, and offers courses on cutting and a philosophy of hairdressing that, although bearing in mind current trends and the suggestions of tailors and designers, always gives first importance to the face and personality of the client. A hair academy like this attracts some 20,000 aspiring hairdressers each year.