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Linda Mason was born in Sunderland, in the northeast of England, on Friday, the 13th of September 1946. She got her start in the beauty industry modeling for haute couture designers in Paris while studying makeup. Linda moved to Beirut to teach makeup and sell cosmetics for Lancôme. In the late 70s, she returned to Paris and became the premier makeup artist for Helena Rubenstein. While making rounds at fashion shows, Linda observed that makeup done by the models themselves was totally out of sync with the incredible fashions they were wearing. Linda then reinvented the role of makeup on the runway by personally applying the models’ makeup. She worked on early collections for Jean-Paul Gaultier, John Galliano, Commes des Garcons, Yohji Yamamoto, Giorgio Armani, and Issey Miyake. The diligence, skill, and ingenuity of these designers inspired her to further develop and refine her own work.In the early 80s, Linda moved to New York, where her cutting-edge work continued to make headlines. In response to a look Linda created for photographer Steven Meisel, the Wall Street Journal stated that “Mason…took face painting out of punk and into high fashion. |
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