[2] In 1954 he opened his first hairdressing salon, in Paris, and in 1956 married Corinne de Boissière, agent to Brigitte Bardot, who became his client.
He worked with many French stars like Françoise Hardy, Jeanne Moreau, France Gall and Sylvie Vartan and invented some popular hairstyles like the coiffé-décoiffé, a loose, "tousled" hairstyle.
[3] In 1961, he became the official hairdresser of the Cannes Film Festival, which introduced him to international stars like Claudia Cardinale, Marlene Dietrich, Jane Fonda, Ava Gardner, Jean Seberg and Liz Taylor.
[1] He continued to work for Paris fashion shows as well, e.g. in 1964 for Guy Laroche.
Dessange died in 2020, leaving two sons, Cyril (born in 1961) and Benjamin (1967).