Charlie le Mindu is not just a hair stylist nor a fashion designer nor a milliner nor an artist. No, he’s all of the above-an amalgam of all four. The 30-year-old French designer began his career as a hairdresser at 15 years old, where he was trained at, what he calls, “countryside salons” in Castelnau-de-Médoc, France. He creates wearable works of art from human hair. And he’s picky about the hair he uses: It’s all human hair, it’s sourced from a company called Hairdreams, and it has to be from Russia.
“I see that hair really needs movement,” he says on why he went into performance art, starring a diverse cast of dancers and contortionists of all shapes and sizes. “It’s my perception of beauty.”
“Hair is beautiful, but it can be very disgusting at the same time,” he tells us. “A hair stylist is like a psychiatrist sometimes, because people come with their problems, and that’s why I like hair-it’s emotional.”
“I can’t tell you that, it’s my technique!” he exclaims. “The hair comes in a bunch in different lengths, and then I do my magic.”
He’s fused strands of hair with real gold, soaked them in dyes, laced them with silver, and dipped them in resin for a lacquered effect. His “Chewbacca” masterpiece, well, the name speaks for itself-it took him two months to create by hand, though exactly how, he wouldn’t reveal.
This story was originally seen on INSTYLE.COM. And you can find his brand on Charlielemindu.com. You may wonder that why human hair can be wear? Because they are 100% human hair, many women buy 100% human hair wigs to make sure they looks like their own hair. I have to say that Charlie le Mindu is a genius and full of creativity.