Japanese makeup guru Shu Uemura dies: spokeswoman
TOKYO (AFP) — Shu Uemura, who put on the makeup for Hollywood stars and the likes of Frank Sinatra before launching a top Japanese cosmetics brand, has died of acute pneumonia, his spokeswoman said Tuesday.
The pioneer of Japan's makeup industry died aged 79 on December 29, and a private funeral was held in Tokyo last Friday attended by his family and close friends, the spokeswoman said.
Uemura was born in Tokyo in 1928 and graduated from a beauty school before moving to Hollywood to become a makeup artist in the 1950s.
He achieved fame after providing the makeup for leading celebrities of the day including actress Shirley MacLaine as well as Sinatra.
As Japan built from the ashes of World War II into the world's second largest economy, Uemura returned to tap into the growing consumer market.
He opened a Hollywood-style makeup studio in Tokyo in 1965, and two years later introduced to Japan cleansing oil to wash away makeup.
Uemura steadily expanded in Japan and overseas, opening branches in Paris, New York, London, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Milan, Singapore and Taipei.
His company, Shu Uemura Cosmetics Inc., which is now under the control of French cosmetics giant L'Oreal, will hold a commemoration ceremony on January 31 in Tokyo, the spokeswoman said.
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| 彩妝大師植村秀先生於去年底病世，享年79歲。(美聯社) |
記者邱巧貞／台北報導
2008年一開春，美妝界大事不斷，繼去年底香奈兒藝術總監傑克海盧(Jacques Helleu)突然辭世後，年初又爆出日本彩妝大師植村秀因急性肺炎病逝世的消息，日本媒體於幾天前才發布訊息，但事實上植村秀先生是於去年12月29日病逝。
早 年，植村秀先生曾在好萊塢擔任電影專業化妝師，之後回到日本創立同名化妝品牌，以遇水乳化、清潔力超強的潔顏油作為發跡產品。2002年，植村秀被法國萊 雅集團併購後，正式展開進軍歐美市場的計劃，近年來更以訂製假睫毛襲捲好萊塢名流，天后瑪丹娜、名模娜歐蜜都是植村秀的忠實支持者。而植村秀去年也才剛慶 祝來台設櫃20周年紀念。
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