Who is Étienne Sekola, the hairdresser who’s making the internet and the stars go wild?
Étienne Sekola redefines the world of hairdressing by fusing technique and emotion. Through his Parisian salon-gallery, he transforms every cut into a work of art, celebrating individual identity.
“What matters to me is that my customers leave feeling fully themselves, only better.”
Hair as a mirror of identity
Located at 5 rue Aubriot, Paris 4th arrondissement, Étienne Sekola’s salon is designed as a living gallery. The space embodies his artistic and human vision of hairdressing. “When you push open the gallery doors, people open up, even release themselves.”
Under her scissors, hair takes on a new dimension. It becomes a means of expression, a mirror of identity. “Hair isn’t just an ornament. It expresses who we are,” he explains. This introspective approach appeals to us, as it does to the celebrities who entrust him with their manes. Among them? Marina Foïs, Julien Doré, Léa Seydoux, Alice Isaaz and Pierre Niney. Despite his formidable success, Étienne Sekola makes himself available. His warm salon is open to all. “It’s important for me to have a space to welcome everyone, without exception. Simply people who want to reveal their identity through their hair.” .
Inspired by travel
By observing how hair is perceived, Étienne Sekola has developed a universal and profoundly human approach. This openness to the world has enabled him to perfect a multi-faceted technique, where every detail counts. Hairstyling thus becomes a quest for meaning and expression. His inspiration comes from his travels around the world, where he explores different hair cultures. “It’s fascinating to see how much beauty revolves around hair. Everyone pays attention to it, but culturally, we don’t have the same way of dealing with the subject in the four corners of the world. It pushes you to reinvent yourself every day.”
Precise technique for ideal naturalness
His method, forged by fifteen years of experience and insatiable curiosity, transforms each cut into living art. ” I imagine each cut as a sculpture that I work on strand by strand,” he confides with passion. In a world where standardization is gaining ground, Étienne’s work celebrates difference and beauty. He eschews ephemeral trends in favor of a timeless aesthetic.
Her approach: the quest for naturalness. “I seek to work the hair in its most natural fall possible, whether straight or curly.” In this way, he enables his customers to recomb their hair at home, without any difficulty: the result of a true artist.
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