Star hairdresser Jean-Marc Maniatis died of a long illness at the age of 80 on the night of December 31 to January 1 in Switzerland, in Geneva, where he resided, announced Monday his family and the director of his hairdressing salons.
“It is with great emotion that we learned of the disappearance of Jean-Marc Maniatis, on New Year’s Eve,” said his son Eliott Maniatis in a press release signed by his family and the employees of his four salons. francilians.
From Sophie Marceau to Alain Delon
Born in March 1942, Jean-Marc Maniatis made his debut at the age of 17 as a studio hairdresser for Elle and Marie Claire magazines. He opened his first salon in 1970 in the very chic 16th arrondissement of Paris and became a star hairdresser in the 80s and 90s. Actresses Sophie Marceau, Mireille Darc and Miou-Miou followed one another in his salon, as did Alain Delon, the American singer Prince and the All-Paris media.
Jean-Marc Maniatis creates hairstyles for the parades of Karl Lagerfeld, Sonia Rykiel and André Courrèges, specifies a biography available on the website of the Maniatis group. “He was a hairdressing icon,” said Alexandre Protti, director of the brand’s four establishments, located in Paris and the neighboring town of Neuilly-sur-Seine.