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Louis Alexandre Raimon (6 September 1922 – 12 January 2008), better known as Alexandre de Paris, was a famous French “maître coiffeur”, who also styled many Hollywood stars. His signature chignons and his flamboyant style made him famous, setting fashions in hairstyling for decades. 
Alexandre de Paris and Elizabeth Taylor.
He was responsible for creating Elizabeth Taylor’s coiffure in the 1963 Hollywood epic Cleopatra.
Dolores Guiness coiffured by Alexandre de Paris, 1963, photographed by Richard Avedon.
Coiffure by Alexandre de Paris, Harper’s Bazaar, April 1963.
Coiffure by Alexandre de Paris 1968, photographed by Neal Barr.
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands at the Elfstedentocht 1960, coiffure by Alexandre de Paris.
Alexandre de Paris & Karl Lagerfeld, 1983.