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Introducing www.helenoppenheim.com Over 2,000 hair and fashion photos from the ‘60s to the present, by the best of the best, selected by Helen Oppenheim, hair guru/photo journalist, who produced, art directed or photographed most of them, and was involved in the creative process. For more, much more, including a Blog later, see Archives and Release.

Exclusive photos and sketches are available in color, black and white, high resolution, low resolution, web ready, with credits, texts, anecdotes in an Archive like no other.

Think hair history, research, inspiration, many with details how to achieve the looks, and an homage to all the talents who made this Archive possible as a unique resource.

Here is a selection of just some of the great photos. There are many more great ones in the Archives, with more information and full credits, different under each photo.

This is a Work in Progress, so stay tuned ...

Contact: Helen Oppenheim [email protected] www.helenoppenheim.com 212-888-0494

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4a 5 5a Inspirations Then & Now From the Helen Oppenheim Hair Fashion Photo Archives

1. Charles Booth, La Coupe short wig over long, 1968 1a Ezel, black wig over blonde, 2012 2 Charles Booth, La Coupe, Art Deco, 1974 2a Graham Wren, Vidal Sasson, Soft Cubism, 1979 3 Elmer Olsen, La Coupe, Sleeper Crimp, 1975 3a Graham Wren, Vidal Sassoon, HighHair, 1980 4 Kim Lepine, La Coupe, Gamine, 1977 4a Michael Gordon, Bumble & Bumble, Boy Look, 1984 5 Carole Lombard, 1929 5a Kim Lepine, La Coupe, Wavy Layered Bob Cut, 1978 6 Icon Salvador Dali/Lluis Llongueras Archive 8 8a 6a Julilen D’Ys, Anglo Mania, Met Museum, 2006 7 John Sahag, Workshop Launch, 1985 7a John Sahag, Irina, Manhattan Skyline, 1997 7 7a 8 Peter Gray, Betsey Johnson, Fall 2011 8a Edward Tricomi, Douglas Hannant, Fall 2011

Photos 1, 2, 2a, 3, 3a, 4, 4a, 5a, 7, 7a produced by Helen Oppenheim. Full credits/stories are on www.helenoppenheim.com Photos: Bob Fisher, Eddie Collins, Serge Beauchemin, Lorraine Sylvestre, Helene Joseph, Thomas, Bruce Juminer, Roland Levin, Helen Oppenheim

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3 SOFT CUBISM 1979 Vidal Sasooon’s ﬁrst major Collection created in America was inspired by the graphics of cubism, constructivism, modernism, futurism - and the circle, the square, the triangle.

4 For more photos, details, anecdotes on this highly successful hair art - with no hard edges, all corners and points rounded and soft, go to HairThen on the website.

Hair 1, 2, 3: Graham Wren Hair 4, 5,6: Avram Makeup: Ted Nadal Graphic: Avam 6 Photos: © Lorraine Sylvestre

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HighHair 1980 - Vidal Sassoon

Vidal Sassoon’s Surreal HighHair was a huge success in 1 1980. This was the ﬁrst time hair had been high on top for many moons. There was no teasing! Innovative cuts and perms were done on clients with their heads down.

1, 2, 6: Hair: Graham Wren, Vidal Sassoon, NY 3. Tom Principe 4. A. Vernon Keach 5. Damien Miano Perms: Edward Moore, Allie Galizia 6 Makeup: Ted Nadel Art/Clouds/Accessories: Avram Models: 1: Danielle, 2: Vyctoria, 3: Vivienne 4: Mimi, 5: Brenda, 6: Margo Photos: © Lorraine Sylvestre (No. 3: © Gerard Gentile)

Concept/Produced by Helen Oppenheim 5 Many great exclusives available in this collection, a few in color, see Hair/Then

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4 La Coupe’s 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s

1.The Mary Johnson, 1969/Bob Fisher 6 5 2. Orbit, 1969/Bob Fisher 3. Zig-Zag, 1977/Larry Nichols 4. Sleeper/Crimps, 1975/Serge Beauchemin 5. Cloche Hair for Cloche Hats, 1967/Bob Fisher 6. Ritz Wrapz/Lorraine Sylvestre, 1979 (WWD cover) 7. French Braiding, 1976/Lorraine Sylvestre 7 8. Détente, 1974/Serge Beachemin (NY Sunday Times) 9 9. Early long layered 1968/Ludmilla 10. Art Deco 1974/Serge Beauchemin 11. Cadette Chignon 1978/Larry Nichols 12. GWTW Tara, 1986/Geoffrey Hargrave Thomas 8 13. Lollipop Curls 1993/Mark Bugzester

1st French Braiding, 1st crimping of the modern era, early layered looks, lots of ﬁrsts from this innovative salon. Many great color photos for Gone With The Wind/ Tara. See La Coupe HairThen on www.helenoppenheim.com 13 Hair Above By: Charles Booth, Kim Lepine, Elmer Olsen, Jerome Pinsonneault, Antonio da Costa Rocha. 12 All produced by Helen Oppenheim 10 11 Monday, August 27, 2012 1 2 3

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DANCING HAIR 1986 - La Coupe Chic to Cheek, inspired by Ginger Rogers in Top Hat, the 1935 movie Hair: Antonio da Costa Rocha, La Coupe Makeup: Honey Twigg Fashion Styling: Aleta Gentile-Wolf Fashions: Jackie Rogers (blonde)/Oscar de la Renta (brunette) Brunette Model : Carol Dlugos/Ford Blonde Model: Marilyn Coe/Van der Veer Photos: © Geoffrey Hargrave Thomas 4 Produced by Helen Oppenheim

(Many great exclusives, some in color, available from this collection. - high and low resolution, also web ready) Monday, August 27, 2012

This is Siberian-born world-famous model Irina Pantaeva in 1996 with a John Sahag haircut and color inspired by the Manhattan skyline at night. For every day, the colors and shapes could be hidden.

Hair: John Sahag, John Sahag Workshop, NY Color: Dario Arias Makeup: Susan Houser Fashion Styling: Lisa von Weiss Fashions:Elisa Jimenez/Gloves: Naomi Misle Model: Irina/Ford Photos 1/2: © Roland Levin Photos 3 - 7: © Helen Oppenheim

A few exclusive available in this Collection and many other fantastic, unique Sahag Collections on www.helenoppenheim.com

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1985-1997 1. New York Magazine, 1985 1 Photo: © Lawrence Ivy

2/3: Workshop Launch, 1985 Photos: © Bruno Juminer

4. Rachel Part 1, 1996 4 5 6 Photo: © Lorraine Sylvestre 7 5. Rachel Part 11, 1996 Photo: © Eva Mueller

8 Abstract, Issey Miyake, Summer 1996 Photo: Neal Fenkell Harris

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7 All Photos By Helen Oppenheim Backstage At Mercedes-Benz N.Y. Fashion Weeks

14 1. Peter Gray/Betsey Johnson...2. Betsey Johnson legs... 3. Peter Gray/Betsey Johnson...4. Edward Tricomi/Douglas Hannant.... 5/6. Orlando Pita/Carolina Herrera... 7. Peter Gray/Badgely Mischka...8. Edward Tricomi/Rosa Cha... 9. Esther Langham/Nanette Lepore...10/11. Carolina Herrera...

13 16 12. Odile Gilbert/Catherine Malandrino... 13. Bumble and bumble/David Elﬁn... 15 14. Tom Pecheux, Mac/Badgley Mischka...15. Nadine Luke, Mac/ Academy of Arts University...16. Eugene Soulieman/Custo Barcelona

Full credits available as well as zillions more Fashion Week photos.

Monday, August 27, 2012 1 2 3 MORE + THERE’S MUCH MORE... 3 1. Peter Gray’s 2012 fantasy for L’Oréal Professionelle Paris is in the WorldGreats Album 2. Ezel’s 2012 black wig over blonde hair is in the WorldGreats Album 3. Salvador Dali, his moustache, rollers, and Lluis Llongueras 3 doing Dali’s hair for 30 years is in the Icons Album 4. Linda Mason face art, Dwight Miller hair, is in the Zotos/ Three to See - and the ThisThat Albums, 1983 5. The pink wig by Julien D’Ys is from the Anglo-Mania exhibition at The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2006, in the Museum Album.

Photo 1: © Miguel Reveriego 4 Photo 2: © Eddie Collins Photo 3: © Archivo Llongueras Photo 4. © Lance Staedler 5 Photo 5: © Helen Oppenheim Monday, August 27, 2012 Helen Oppenheim

Helen Oppenheim is considered a hair guru. She has a proven track record for spotting and making trends long before they make news. She was born in London, lived in Montreal for many years and in New York City since 1978, all have had their inﬂuence. Since 1982, with many other consultancies and assignments, she has been US Correspondent for Peluquerias, a photo-driven hair fashion magazine published in Barcelona, Spain.

Her background includes PR & Creative Director of La Coupe Salons New York and Canada (on and off from the late 60s, to the 90s) and Vidal Sassoon Salons (1979-1981) in the USA and Canada. She was “Ambassadress” to The John Sahag Workshop, which she launched in 1985, then returned to from 1994-1997, and she has worked behind the scenes for many more in the hair world. And freelanced for many magazines and newspapers. For more bio, check the website.

During the Sahag years, she took up photography and has taken her own photos backstage during Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Weeks for over a decade. The photos on ﬁlm from the earlier years have yet to be scanned, but eventually they will be.

“I am inﬂuenced by fashion, art, the movies, the street, by the 3 countries I have lived in, and by all around me, past and present. I like to do everything with a touch of class and quirk, and I believe that anything can be achieved, if one wants to do it enough but, if it’s not done well, then it is not worth doing. I am proud to say I have never compromised on this and always give over 100% to everything I do, whether working for nothing or a lot. All this has resulted in rooms full of hair and fashion photos some with priceless background documentation for the creative process, a Helen Oppenheim Hair Library and resource, much of which will eventually become available online in the Helen Oppenheim Hair Fashion Photo Archive on www.helenoppenheim.com

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