Donald Trump: hairdressers curry his hairstyle, "the height of bad taste"
Would he end up taking into account the often indulgent remarks about his hairstyle? Still, on Wednesday, in Gilbert (South Carolina) in the United States, during a campaign meeting, Donald Trump wore a cap, leaving only a few strands of hair visible. A look that would undoubtedly prefer the hairdressers who comment with relish on the effects of coloring for the less daring and the low line of the one who prances at the head of the polls for the Republican nomination in the race for the White House. The stylists agree on one point: her hair look should be her first campaign project.
Donald Trump wearing a cap (REUTERS / CHRIS KEANE)
The hair of the Republican candidate for the White House is "straddling an otter's tail and an ear of corn in bloom", poetically describes the French hairdresser Frédéric Mennetrier, whose customers include Kim Kardashian or the Brazilian model Alessandra Ambrosio.
For this color specialist, Mr. Trump's hair sweeps evoke “contemporary art”, a “conceptual performance”, “apparently for him the expression of eternal youth”. Indeed, depending on the photos and the seasons, the billionaire's hair embraces a whole range of shades, from canary yellow to orange tawny. The quirk is accentuated by her long side section, which completely hides her forehead.
Cristophe, the stylist of Beverly Hills personalities, analyzes the phenomenon as follows: "80% of Donald Trump's hair is combed on the same side, to make it appear as thick as possible and cover (his head) as much as possible. This is why his line is so low ”.
In the 1970s, photos of Trump show him with his hair already long enough, parting to the right. Ten years later, the ray has passed to the left. The forehead is clear.
The well-lacquered “sauerkraut” appeared in the late 1980s. Now emblematic, cartoonists just need to draw it, without the rest of the face, for the reader to instantly visualize the character. The Economist magazine depicted her on one of its covers, floating above the White House. "Washington, we have a problem," he captioned, referring to the famous SOS of the Apollo 13 space mission.
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For Stéphane Bodin, who styled Uma Thurman, Naomi Watts, Jean Dujardin and Eric Cantona, Trump's hair, with its “egg yolk, chick yellow” coloring, is “the height of bad taste”. "Normally you hide your forehead out of shyness, through introversion, but that's not the case," he adds of the real estate mogul, who seduces or dismays millions of Americans with his populist provocations, chauvinist or simply vulgar.
Reduction of failed tonsure, placement of implants?
The hair news of "The Donald", as his first wife Ivana called him, goes back a long way, according to an unauthorized biography of the businessman: the couple, who divorced in 1991, would have crêpé the bun, in the literal sense of the word, one evening in 1989, Trump being furious at a reduction in tonsure he said failed by a surgeon recommended by Ivana. And, according to Louis Licari, Ivana's loyal hairdresser quoted in the press, Donald Trump had implants placed.
The person concerned ensures in any case not to wear a wig. “My hair may not be very beautiful. But they are mine, ”he told a Channel 4 reporter.
VIDEO. Trump has his hair inspected to prove it's his
During a meeting last summer, already in South Carolina, the mogul had asked an anonymous activist to go on stage to verify the authenticity of his cranial fleece. And, during another political rally in the same state at the end of December, the climate-skeptical candidate mocked the anti-aerosol measures. "I want to use hairspray, but they say it's bad for the ozone," he said to his delighted supporters.
Moumoute or not, the experts interviewed by believe that the candidate could improve the aesthetics of his perm.
“Mr. Trump is one of those people who must change their outlook on themselves. Stop wanting a color that is no longer yours. Especially since Mr. Trump was born light brown. Why this multidimensional blond / red hair? ”Asks Frédéric Mennetrier. "If he changed his hairstyle, it would make the headlines of the international press," said Cristophe, accustomed to the stars for having taken care of Dustin Hoffman or Bruce Springsteen.
He himself found himself at the center of a national controversy in 1993 after wearing President Bill Clinton's hair on board Air Force One, the plane being immobilized on the tarmac at Los Angeles airport, including the two runs had been closed during the cut. An episode nicknamed "Hairgate".
What strategy would he adopt if Trump were his client? “I would act gradually, cutting each month a little shorter. The sides should be shortened and I think we can improve the top without cutting back a wick. Behind, it is also clearly too long. And I would do a professional dye that wouldn't be orange ”.
