Klinger, Georgette

Klinger, Georgette
▪ 2005
Georgette Eckstein 
      Czech-born American skin-care innovator (b. 1915, Brno, Czechoslovakia [now in the Czech Republic]—d. Jan. 9, 2004, New York, N.Y.), revolutionized the field of cosmetics and skin care by developing products and techniques to treat the skin rather than simply cover it with makeup. She opened her first salon in Czechoslovakia in 1938 but was forced to flee the country when the Nazi rule began. Klinger opened another salon in New York City in 1941, and she eventually came to have stores nationwide. Under her influence the industry came to recognize the individual characteristics of different skin types and to see the value of facials, herbal treatments (many of which Klinger herself had developed while a child suffering from acne), and nutrition to the health of skin. Her salons were a precursor of the multibillion-dollar spa industry.

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