1 Raphael 1971
Femme Fatale
“A woman should be a woman and I want to make her more woman, I love women and
know how to make them more so,” said Raphael when he opened Raphael, his Montreal
Salon in 1971.
Here is the first look of his Femme Fatale Collection which he offered as “the answer
to those ratty tatty growing-out layered looks” everyone had at the time.
Featured were bobbed hairstyles, all one length, with the front left longer from the crown
and variations of the one cut with flicks flattering the face, so new at the time that the
photos received a ton of International publicity.
Here is the first very simple version. Other versions follow, and note there is different
text under each photo.
Hair by Raphael Santarossa, 1971
Makeup: Jacques LaFleur
Model: Judi MacDonald
Photo: Klaus Lucka
Produced by Helen Oppenheim
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Photo by Klaus Lucka
Femme Fatale
Here is another and perhaps the most interesting version of Raphael’s Femme Fatale Collection.
Flicks flick at the front.
Raphael said at the time that variation on the Femme Fatale cut could
go on and on. Wear it covering (or half-covering) the forehead, wear it classically straight,
with side part or middle part, maybe one side flicked, somewhere. Wear it this way,
that way, maybe that way, or that… See some variations in the next photos.
Hair by Raphael Santarossa, 1971
Makeup: Jacques LaFleur
Model: Judi MacDonald
Photo: Klaus Lucka
Produced by Helen Oppenheim
Anecdote: Hard to believe, but this lovely model had extremely fine hair and the
brilliant Raphael somehow managed to make it look like thick hair.
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Femme Fatale
This is the most wearable and most popular of Raphael’s Femme Fatale Flick looks
with the hair half-covering the forehead, framing the eyes, the ends softly, slightly
flicked – “nothing heavy or hard-to-wear,” said Raphael.
“Theees look requires an impeccable, perfect cut,” Raphael insisted “far more perfect
than was necessary for curly or layered looks.”
Hair by Raphael Santarossa, 1971
Makeup: Jacques LaFleur
Model: Judi MacDonald
Photo: Klaus Lucka
Produced by Helen Oppenheim
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Photo Klaus Lucka
Femme Fatale
This slightly longer very simple version of the Femme Fatala fetures an interesting but
subtle hair color idea with ends shaded slightly darker.
Hair by Raphael Santarossa, 1971
Makeup: Jacques LaFleur
Model: Donna Clarke
Photo: Klaus Lucka
Produced by Helen Oppenheim
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Photo: Klaus Lucka
Femme Fatale
The flicks are softly and romantically curled for a special occasion in this
Femme Fatale version by Raphael.
Hair by Raphael Santarossa, 1971
Makeup: Jacques LaFleur
Model: Donna Clarke
Photo: Klaus Lucka
Produced by Helen Oppenheim
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Photo: Klaus Lucka
Femme Fatale
A dreamy romantic version of the Femme Fatale by Raphael with the flicks curled softly.
Here you can see the ends shaded subtly darker and subtle shadings in the crown area too.
Hair by Raphael Santarossa, 1971
Makeup: Jacques LaFleur
Model: Donna Clarke
Photo: Klaus Lucka
Produced by Helen Oppenheim
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Femme Fatale
Classic simple wearable version of the Femme Fatale by Raphael.
Hair by Raphael Santarossa, 1971
Makeup: Jacques LaFleur
Model: Irene
Photo: Klaus Lucka
Produced by Helen Oppenheim
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Photo: Klaus Lucka
Femme Fatale
When the ends were not flicked, here is what Raphael’s Femme Fatale hair could look like.
Hair by Raphael Santarossa, 1971
Makeup: Jacques LaFleur
Model: Irene
Photo: Klaus Lucka
Produced by Helen Oppenheim
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © HELEN OPPENHEIM 2012
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