Poet of beauty perfumer Serge Lutens

Poet of beauty perfumer Serge Lutens
He became the creator of beauty through makeup, jewellery and extraordinary objects. Among other talents of the same elegant Monsieur is photography. The subject of his mostly black and white photography – hopelessly sad but beautiful people. “My work is essentially far more akin to that of a sorcerer than a perfumer.” Serge Lutens.
On March 14th, 1942, in Lille, northern France, Serge Lutens took his first steps in this universe. At the age of 14, he began working in a beauty salon in his native city. Two years later, he had already established the feminine hallmarks that he would make his own: eye shadow, ethereally beautiful skin, and short hair plastered down. At the age of twenty he opened the door of the French editions of Vogue, and collaborated with the magazine for 5 years. He created images of models for the greatest photographers of the time – Richard Avedon, Bob Richardson and Irving Penn.

Photo from the book ‘Serge Lutens’ (published by Assouline, 1998):

Poet of beauty perfumer Serge Lutens

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