Graphics: Eric Neill Weiss
Gone OrientMental! With Ping Pong Hair in the 70s, an idea which coincided with a Chinese table tennis fad, now playing at the Rio Olympics in 2016. La Coupe first introduced Ping Pong Hair at designer John Warden’s Fall Fashion Show in the 70s, featuring Chinese fashions. Ping pong balls were covered in matching hair, and added in various designs to heads, many with matching chopsticks in black, burgundy, some with flowers, all in colors matching the fashions. Some of the balls used in the show were made of real silver and gold, designed by jewelry designer/Olympic bob sled champ, Hans Gehrig. Fun. fun.
Hair: La Coupe, Montreal, 70s … Graphics: Erik Neill Weiss … Faces/Concept/Produced by Helen Oppenheim
Interesting post. I recently stumbled on boxes of vintage jewelry stashed away since the early 1980s… in it were a number of pieces of jewelry tagged with “John Warden” hang tags. A few of the pieces had Chinese cinnabar type themes which I found fascinating. I would like to learn more about this designer and his designs so I can understand the vintage treasures I have found.
Thanks for the interesting post. John Warden was a top Canadian designer who lived in
Montreal. He was very famous in the 60s and 70s. His ex-wife, Lise Gibeau Warden, is on Facebook.
He is no longer alive. But I perhaps a Google will give you more info. That Chinese-inspired
collection was really lovely. I remember it.