
Photosa; Unknown and Lorraine Sylvestre.Collage helenoppenheim.com
Graham Wren, RIP. This very special man and talent will be missed. He was International Art Director, Vidal Sassoon, based in New York and without him, all the great work in North America from 1979-1981 would not have happened Here are just a few of his hairstyles, from 1979 and 1981, not his usual hairstyles but all lovely and. innovative at the time
Top Row: Graham Wren, late 70s. 1. Modern Marlene from the Soft Cubism Collection, 1979, inspired by Marlene Dietrich in the 1931 movie “Dishonoured”, Photo Unknown.
2. Crimped up/down look from the HighHair Collection, 1980. Makeup Ted Nadal, Model: Danielle,
Photo Lorraine Sylvestre
Bottom Row: 3. From the P-P-Puff Collection, 1981. Makeup: Mariella Smith-Masters,
Model Kay Romero, Photo Lorraine Sylvestre.
4. Gold Lamé Rags set the Kay Romero P-P-Puff left. Photo Lorraine Sylvestre
5. The P-P-Puff, a soft sexy look, Makeup: Mariella Smith-Masters, Model: Danielle,
Photo Lorraine Sylvestre
To see more Graham Wren work and more late ’70s/early ’80s inspo, go to HairThen on
this website, Vidal Sassoon.
This is so heartbreaking. Graham cut my hair at VS. He was so talented and such a lovely man. Would sing songs like “A pretty girl is like a melody” with his wonderful British accent. RIP Graham you will never be forgotten.
Yes. He was so talented and a lovely man. He cut my hair too when I worked at Sassoon.
It is heartbreaking.
Such sad news. I went to school with Graham and we were great friends. After school, I would very often go to Graham’s family home where we would have a lot of fun together with his two sisters Jennifer and Nichola. We lost touch over the years but being a hairdresser myself I kept up to date with what Graham was doing and I was very proud of his achievements as International Art Director, Vidal Sassoon.
During that period he visited me and my wife and we had dinner together but then lost touch again until 2021.
We chatted on Messenger and he was going to find some school photos that he had.
I thought something had happened to him as he went quiet after our last chat on 28th September, 2023.
Graham was my oldest friend of 68 years and he was always the most gentlest of souls. Graham, you will never be forgotten, RIP.
Your Oldest Friend, Ray
Ray. I am so sorry you had to find out your dear friend Graham has passed away this way.
I’ve known him since the late seventies and know how you must feel.