LEADING MAN

As YSL Beauty’s makeup line makes its way into India, TOM PECHEUX, Global Beauty Director Yves Saint Laurent Beauty, talks to Karen Alfonso about makeup and more

- TOM PECHEUX

In the fashion and beauty world, Tom Pecheux is not just revered, he's worshipped. In a career spanning over three decades, he has served as Artistic Director for Japanese beauty brand Shiseido and with Estée Lauder before his current role as Global Beauty Director for YSL Beauty. In the early noughties, when the Internet put the spotlight on makeup artists, Tom's work stood out. He made models look like themselves, but better.