NARS WITH DONATELLA VERSACE AND NAOMI CAMPBELL AT A PARTY TO HONOR HIM, 1995. PHOTO: STEVE EICHNER/ WIREIMAGE.

A YOUNG FRANÇOIS NARS IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE.

NARS WITH CAMPBELL AND LENA KORO.

NARS PUTTING LIPSTICK ON KRISTEN McMENAMY.

NARS' MOTHER, CLAUDETTE.

McMENAMY WITH NARS PRODUCTS.

FRANÇOIS NARS IN NEW YORK, JANUARY 2013. COAT AND SHIRT: GIVENCHY BY RICCARDO TISCI. TIE: JIL SANDER. GLASSES: NARS'S OWN.

NARS, MADONNA, AND DENISE MARKEY IN NEW YORK, JULY 1991. PHOTO: STEVEN MEISEL. COURTESY OF STEVEN MEISEL STUDIO.

OUTSIDE THE NARS MELROSE AVENUE BOUTIQUE, LOS ANGELES. PHOTO: JESSE TENORIO.

NARS'S MOTHER, CLAUDETTE, AND GRANDMOTHER, LEA.

NARS AT THE MELROSE AVENUE BOUTIQUE, LOS ANGELES, OCTOBER 2012. PHOTO: STEFANIE KEENAN.

INSIDE THE NARS MELROSE AVENUE BOUTIQUE, LOS ANGELES. PHOTO: JESSE TENORIO.

NARS NEXT TO TIKI STONE IN HIVA OA, MARQUESAS, FRENCH POLYNESIA, AUGUST 2011.

NARS AND MARINA SCHIANO AT THE MAKE UP YOUR MIND BOOK LAUNCH PARTY, 2001.