Carmen Vidal

Carmen Vidal
Born 28 June 1915
Réghaïa, Algeria
Died 10 February 2003(2003-02-10) (aged 87)
Alcoi, Spain
Occupation cosmetologist, businesswoman
Spouse(s) Vicente Vidal
Children 4

Carmen Vidal (28 June 1915 - 10 February 2003) was a Spanish cosmetologist and business person. She was the founder of the firm Germaine de Capuccini, a prestigious cosmetics company.[1][2]

Biography

Carmen Vidal was born in Réghaïa, a town which is situated in the north of Algeria on the 28th of June, 1915 to Spanish parents. She lived in Algeria for some time before travelling to Paris; she lived in Algeria until the 1940s when it was under French colonisation. She graduated from the Medical University of Algeria. Vidal was enticed by beauty and fashion ever since her childhood.[3]

Career

In the early 1950s, Vidal returned to Algeria, where she worked as a personal assistant to Madame Fabré, a renowned aesthetician during that time. In 1962, she settled in France where she established one of the most prestigious laboratories in Paris.

Vidal left Paris to establish a professional cosmetics company in her native country of Spain in 1964, and named the company Germaine de Capuccini. She named it using the French name of Germaine and after Capucine, who was a popular French actress and a model in the 1960s. Germaine de Capuccini has grown into a successful cosmetics firm and has been established in around 80 nations.[4] Vidal has played a key role in the development of the company since its establishment.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Germaine de Capuccini in Baku | Online-store Germaine de Capuccini Baku (Azerbaijan)". 8039-az.all.biz. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  2. ↑ País, Ediciones El (2003-02-12). "Carmen Vidal, fundadora de Germaine de Capuccini". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  3. ↑ "NEW: Germaine De Capuccini | A Beauty Well". a-beauty-well.be. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  4. ↑ Images, Por Raquel Fernández. Fotos: Getty. "Dinastías de belleza". Harper's Bazaar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  5. ↑ "Germaine de Capuccini". www.germaine-de-capuccini.com. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
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