Linda Cantello

LINDA CANTELLO

Biography:

Linda Cantello established herself in the late eighties, and since has collaborated with every major photographer in the industry, from Irving Penn and Richard Avedon to Steven Klein and David Sims. Linda Cantello’s influence has a broad and impressive reach. Her makeup regularly appears in all of the fashion and beauty books, from American, British, Italian, and French Vogue and Harpers Bazaar, to I-D and Dazed and Confused. Her advertising clients include almost all the major cosmetics companies and fashion houses. 

After graduating London’s Harrow Art School with a degree in Fine Art, Cantello moved to Rome and invented herself as a makeup artist. Having found her way into fashion, Cantello quickly established herself in London, Paris, Milan and New York.

Cantello has helped create some of the most iconic fashion and beauty advertising of our time, with Nick Knight, Javier Vallhonrat, and Paolo Roversi in Paris, David Sims in London and Richard Avedon and Steven Klein in New York. 

Cantello’s clients range from Ralph Lauren, Yves Saint Laurent, Longchamp, Lancome, Chanel, Jil Sander, Donna Karan, Tommy Hilfiger, Versace, Gucci, Yohji Yamamoto, Stella McCartney, Max Mara, Richard Tyler, Chloe, Cerruti, Lanvin, Martine Sitbon, Jean Colonna, Calvin Klein, Helmut Lang, Giorgio Armani, Guy Laroche, Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, John Galliano, Carolina Herrera , etc.

Thoughts:

I admire Linda, she has obviously worked very hard to become such a well respected Makeup Artist and is an example of somebody that keeps delivering the perfect mix of creativity and technical ability. It must have been fun to begin working in the 80's when strong, new looks were beginning to emerge.

You can see a whole range of Linda's work here:

http://www.joemanagement.com/artists/linda-cantello/portfolio

References:

Linda Cantello Portfolio | Artists | Joe Management. 2014. Linda Cantello Portfolio | Artists | Joe Management. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.joemanagement.com/artists/linda-cantello/portfolio. [Accessed 17 November 2014].

Grandes maquilladores: Linda Cantello -. 2014. Grandes maquilladores: Linda Cantello -. [ONLINE] Available at:http://blogdemaquillaje.com/2010/03/grandes-maquilladores-linda-cantello.html. [Accessed 17 November 2014].

Linda Cantello Giorgio Armani Make-Up Artist (Vogue.com UK). 2014. Linda Cantello Giorgio Armani Make-Up Artist (Vogue.com UK). [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/2011/10/13/linda-cantello-giorgio-armani-make-up-artist. [Accessed 10 December 2014].