Raised in a very artistic environment, his father being a music conductor and his grandmother a sculptor, he started being a child actor and later after his Art studies in France and the USA he trained to be an architect. As life would have it he moved on to become a designer and art manager of several high fashion companies in Paris, London and Milan like Hermes, Gres, Balenciaga, Burberry’s and Cassandre among others, before settling in India in order to launch a household linen label.
Laurent has been the Art director of the French Fashion Federation in Paris as well and as during those days, the fashion industry was exloring manufacturing in Asia, made Laurent take this opportunity to come to India in order to settle a bridge between French and Indian professionals, where he launched an household linen label – ‘Red Halo’.
He sports his camera with him always and the first thing which makes him draw is a color combination. Colors are his guidance force to his path of life. He is also involved deeply in fighting for Human Rights in India as well as France.
He is based out of Paris but lives most of the year in Benares.