The Provocateur: Inside Charlie Le Mindu's iconoclastic world

The French creative, whose influences include everything from pagan rituals and techno, to mythology and plastic surgery, has created wigs, masks, garments and sculptures out of hair, Le Mindu's preferred medium. Moving between the realms of fashion, art, theatre and installation, Le Mindu's pieces are equally at home on catwalks and in museums, and are popular with artists including Lady Gaga, Peaches and Rossy de Palma. Hairstylist, artist, designer - his practice is hard to define or label. Le Mindu prefers "coiffuriste", a term coined by French choreographer Philippe Decouflé.