Gilles Mendel

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690 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 4 Feb

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The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan · Gilles Mendel | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan · 4 Feb 2026 podcast

There was a lot of people with trick taking advantage of his work.

Always.

I always had a friend, you know, there was a lot of drugs, even though I was not into drugs, but you know, a lot of cocaine, a lot of, in those days it was, you know, people where the nightlife and the art world was mixed with the uptown world.

And it's, it was interesting for that reason.

At the same time, a lot of parasite around these artists and, you know, and I,

I had my thing.

I was doing fashion.

I was developing something I loved.

I loved to mingle with them, but I never really fully understood in those days the value of taking a piece of Keith Haring's work and so on.

Yeah, it was a slow growth, but Elizabeth Arden was such an extraordinary experience for me.

Because imagine the who's who of America was going to Elizabeth Arden for their hair done.

You know, there was a hair salon in every, you know, the people were, it was a beauty place.

You know, you would go on the red door, the red door on Fifth Avenue.

and the women were, like, pampered.

So basically, you know, from the Marshall family... I mean, the names, you know, you gave me the list of all the celebrities, but, you know, there's a lot of people who were not celebrities, were very well-known people in the world of politics and so on, who were, you know, going to Elizabeth Arden.

So I had...

very quickly instant recognition and success because I would travel to all these stores, you know, from Rodeo Drive to the best locations, you know, bring my trunk cases with my little cashmere trim coats and all that thing.

And I was starting to dress really the who's who of America.

So basically it's the growth went slowly, but enough to allow myself after a few years to open my, finally my store on Madison Avenue.

So yeah,

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