Martial Vivot is a world renowned men’s hair stylist
and authority on men’s grooming.
Vivot’s career began at age 15 with a rigorous 5 year
apprenticeship for the acclaimed French hair stylist
Alain Chevalier of the prestigious Coifferies de Ver-
sailles, followed by a year at London’s Toni & Guy
Academy earning his Masters Degree. Foreseeing the
dramatic evolution in men’s grooming that was on the
horizon, in the 90s Vivot became a pioneer of what
would eventually become known as the “metrosexual” approach to men“s grooming.
In 1999 Vivot moved to Manhattan to work at the salon at
the Pierre Hotel where he garnered a roster of some of New
York’s most successful men, and a reputation as a master-
ful image-maker. In 2002 he was asked to become the head
of the Gentleman’s Division at Paul Labrecque East. Over
the course of the next 5 years Vivot became the stylist of
choice for many of Manhattan’s most influential men, and
the go-to authority on men’s grooming for magazines like
GQ, Vogue Hommes, New York, Cargo, Gotham, and
Departures. He also appeared on television shows like
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Good Morning America,
and received two New York Magazine Best Of Beauty nods
for his straight-razor shave.
Observing the rise of the men’s salon that focused on mas-
culine trappings but had no stylists of note, in July 2008
Vivot launched Salon Pour Hommes, the first men’s salon in
New York City to offer the privacy and masculine environs
men desire while also offering the same caliber of service
the world’s most illustrious women enjoy at the city’s leg-
endary unisex salons. Vivot has since appeared in GQ, New
York, Departures, Out, and Time Out New York. Next bio.