The hairdresser has not forgotten his Moselle roots: “Never. »Born in Hayange, trained in Thionville, Jean-Michel Faretra has been leading the whole of Paris for more than two decades. Its living room, nestled in the very chic XVIe arrondissement of the capital, “facing the Eiffel Tower”, has some famous clients in store for it.
Among them, football personalities, a sport he has loved since childhood: “I often say that I was born in Saint-Symphorien”. The garnet fan describes his best encounters, a bit like a kid showing off his Panini cards.
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Gifi Buffon, the legend
Faretra: the transalpine ancestry of the surname is obvious. So when a big child, even far from the land of his ancestors, crosses paths with Gianluigi Buffon, the legend of Squadra Azzurra, it leads to a miraculous encounter:
“It’s a myth, Gigi. He lived two blocks from my living room. When I ran into him in a neighborhood convenience store, I was like before God. I said a sentence in Italian, he answered me with his broad smile: Who are you, what are you doing here ? »
Already accustomed to styling many footballers, he invites him to sit in his chair. Test transformed a few days later: “He finished the season at PSG. He told me he hesitated between leaving for FC Porto or returning to Juventus Turin. His style is classy, Italian-style. “
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Hervé Mathoux, the friend
The star journalist of the Canal Football Club, on Canal +, is more than a simple client: “Hervé, he’s a relative. Basically, I was styling his ex, a lawyer who appeared in Julien Courbet’s shows ”.
Mathoux separated from Madame, but the thread was never cut between the two men: “I love it, it’s an encyclopedia of sport. His style is a “classic tousled” cut. Lately I’ve cut it a little shorter on the sides. He feared it would sound like a footballer. On the set, everyone loved it ”.
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Marc Lavoine, the cigarette break
Jean-Michel Faretra has recently been disciplining one of the most generous hair in French cinema. Le Mosellan, once the official hairdresser of the comedian Anthony Kavanagh, regularly crossed paths with Marc Lavoine on TV sets.
The latter, a heavy smoker, invited him during his many nicotine breaks to follow him outside: “What were we talking about?” Of soccer ! He is a big fan of PSG. Sport has brought us together ”. Since then, the artist’s hoarse voice resonates in his Parisian hairdressing studio.
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Fabien Centonze, the king’s choice
Faretra, the adopted Parisian, remains attached to his little corner of Moselle. Every Saturday, he officiates at the Citronnelle salon, rue Gambetta, in Metz: “It allows me to take the temperature of the province”, he smiles.
Obviously, her appointment book is full. But the craftsman always finds a small place for a footballer: “A contact at FC Metz told me that players wanted me to style them. I had the privilege of choosing ”.
A man of taste, his attention was focused on Fabien Centonze, the full-back who is soaring this season: “His profile suits me. He is, like me, against the current trend: that dastardly clean-shaven on the sides.
Fabien is a good person who, I am convinced, will go very far ”. Maybe even until the XVIe if, by chance, he takes on the Paris Saint-Germain jersey one day …
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