Antoine de Paris
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Antoni Cierplikowski was a Polish hairdresser who became the world's first celebrity hairdresser when he opened the salon Antoine de Paris in Paris and became known as Monsieur Antoine. Among his clie
Antoine at work in 1934
Elsie de Wolfe
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Elsie de Wolfe, Lady Mendl was an American actress who became a prominent interior designer and author. Born in New York City, de Wolfe was acutely sensitive to her surroundings from her earliest year
Antoine de Paris
…women — the Bloomsbury set and flappers. In 1924, he dyed his dog's hair blue. This blue hair was taken up by the first professional interior designer, Lady Elsie De Wolfe Mendl, which started a new fad. He created the “garconne” hairstyle for the likes of Coco Chanel, Josephine Baker, and Edith Piaf. His creations were rumoured…
Elsie de Wolfe, 1914
Elsie de Wolfe, photograph from The House in Good Taste, 1913
A room designed by Elsie de Wolfe (color photograph from The House in Good Taste, 1913)
Bessie Marbury and Elsie de Wolfe (from My Crystal Ball, 1923)