Legros de Rumigny (1710–1770) was a French hairdresser. He was the hairdresser for the French court of the 18th century including Madame de Pompadour. In 1765 he wrote L'Art de la coeffure des dames françaises and established the Académie des Coëffures des Dames Françoises which helped establish hairdressing as a profession.[1][2][3]

Legros de Rumigny
A caricature of L'Académie pour la coëffures des Dames.
Born1710
France
Died1770
NationalityFrench
OccupationHairdresser
Notable workL'Art de la coeffure des dames françaises

References

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  1. ^ Victoria Sherrow (2006), Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History, Greenwood Publishing Group, pp. 163, ISBN 9780313331459
  2. ^ Hairstyles: a cultural history of fashions in hair from antiquity, 1988, p. 136
  3. ^ Richard Corson (1980), Fashions in Hair: the first five thousand years, p. 331