Just the Pics, Please: Charlie Le Mindu Haute Coiffure

When the hair stylist extraordinaire Charlie Le Mindu isn’t creating elaborate headpieces destined to grace the craniums of Lady Gaga, Peaches, and many more ladies of the avant-garde, he’s staging tonsorial theater during the Paris couture shows that at times feels more like kabuki theater. He calls it, fittingly, haute coiffure. Last season his theme was Seapunk, in homage to an obscure scene that combines the usual punk accoutrements with elements of sea life. This season’s theme could have been Sasquatchpunk, if such a scene exists — and surely it does somewhere…

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