The Cloutier Agency is based in Santa Monica, California. It represents creative artists who provide hair, make-up, grooming and wardrobe styling for motion pictures, advertising, photographic layouts and more. The agency also sometimes provides photographers and art direction for photo shoots.
The Cloutier Agency was founded in 1977 by Chantal Cloutier, a former fashion model. At the time, most California-based celebrities and Hollywood film studios used freelance make-up and hair artists for their photography shoots. Cloutier established an agency that chose many artists in photography, including (Matthew Rolston, Herb Ritts and Paul Jasmin), make-up (Karen Kawahara and Francesca Tolot) and hair styling (Serena Radaelli and Will Carrillo).
The agency has provided styling services for music videos and touring musicians such as the Backstreet Boys, Madonna, Pink, Jewel, Tim McGraw, the Dixie Chicks, Mariah Carey and Shakira, among others; films such as Bruce Almighty, Dick Tracy, L.A. Confidential and The Italian Job, among others; thousands of print and television commercials; humanitarian campaigns and events by such groups as Children of the Night, Hollygrove and La Posada, among others; television shows such as Friends, Will & Grace, Ally McBeal and Frasier; and photographic shoots for magazines such as GQ, Vanity Fair and Vogue.