Punk Rocker Goth Fashions @ Nicopanda – 2016
One of three looks presented in one of three different rooms with punk, goth, romantic, athletic, and glittering looks designed by Nicola Formichetti for his third Nicopanda Spring 2016 New York Fashion Week Presentation, for which Lady Gaga made an appearance. The center man here is wearing a frilled multi-level skirt with a black anorak, then there are the genderless black latex fashions with a punk rocker/goth feel, a look with a great skirt and wet-looking hair that is not, by Peter Gray. For more hair and fashions, click HERE
Hair: Peter Gray/Redken .. Makeup: Maki Ryoke, Mac Cosmetics … Photo: © Paul Morejón
CommentCharlize Theron Mad Max – 2013-2016
I first posted Charlize Theron in “Mad Max Fury Road” October 2013, then again when it was belatedly released on May 15, 2014. Here I am posting it again because the movie got so many Oscar nominations today. And can be seen on HBO tonight. Here is my post.
Movie Actress, Oscar-winner Charlize Theron and her hair over the years from long to mid to bald to short buzzed with (omg, top right) grey showing to a short crop growing out beautifully.
She shaved her hair bald for the new fourth “Mad Max” movie, “Fury Road” – due May 15 with Tom Hardy as Mad Max, the role Mel Gibson originated. She plays Furiosa in the Australian Warner Bros movie which has taken a while to arrive. (This collage and story were first posted on Helen’s Blog in October 2013!)
No wigs for Charlize. Most of us first saw her cropped hair after the Mad Max shave at the 2013 Oscars, with Charlize looking magnificent, a hot standout, but here are some earlier photos. We also remember her from past Oscars, red carpets, the great J’Adore Dior Perfume Ads and we’ve always thought her beautiful, even bald.
Photos from Getty, Daily Mail/FameFlynet.uk, glamour.com, instyle,com, justjared.com, laineygossip.com,hair4tomorrow.co, J’Adore Dior and we will add any credits missed.
CommentPhotos on Helen’s Blog Nov 19 to Jan 10 – 2015/16
Be inspired by photos on Helen’s Blog from November 19, 2015 to January 10, 2016. Hair history is here. Along with photos which will be tomorrow’s hair and fashion history. The photos on this collage go back to the ’70s with ideas from all eras, as well as today, and some hot bandeaux from the 20s for the future. There’s more, much more, so do scroll past pages 1, 2, 3 to see all. And remember, there are many how-to’s if you click links to the photos archived on the website. For Helen’s Blog, click HERE
Collage by helenoppenheim.com – Full Credits on Website
CommentBeautiful Bracelets NYFW – 2016
The gorgeous gowns by Badgley Mischka at their New York Fashion Week show for Spring 2016 were sensuous, inspired by 1950s Buenos Aires. Some of the lightweight gowns which drifted down the runway had floral appliqués, many were shown with beautiful bracelets by Patricia Von Musulin, and some charming evening bags finished the looks. Stay tuned for the hair by Peter Gray with more red carpet gown and jewelry inspirations …
Bracelets : Patricia Von Musulin at Badgley Mischka … Photo: © Helen Oppenheim
CommentAncient Egyptian Art Downton Bandeau – 2016
No one does costume like BBC-TV. No one. Anywhere. And what they do can often look very modern, very relevant today. The fashions. The hair. The hair accessories. Well, just about everything. Take Michelle Dockery wearing this ancient Egyptian art-inspired wide bandeau in the Final Series of “Downton Abbey” on PBS-TV. It just makes her and her bob look that more marvelous. The look is so striking in so many scenes of the hit series that the bandeau is hot news. Easy to copy. Just find some similar fabric and tie it on. The final episodes take place between 1925 and 1927 and King Tutankhamen’s tomb, discovered in 1922, influenced everything in the ’20s, from hair to fashion, furniture, jewelry and more, so there could also be a return to deco designs on everything. For two more Downton Bandeaux, some more bandeau ideas archived from my website, and a preview of the series, scroll down …
Photo: PBD Masterpiece Theatre Downton Abbey
CommentHair Bandeau With Antique Belt Buckle – 1993
A bandeau is a hot trend in 2016. See bandeaux of every kind on “Downton Abbey” foreheads this final season, which started January 3 and continues for 6 episodes on PBS-TV. This madly romantic look with a black sheer bandeau and an antique rhinestone buckle to one side was by Kim Lepine , another winner from La Coupe’s famous Creative Evening in 1993. You can wear a bandeau with almost any hairstyle or length. Now is the time …
Hair: Kim Lepine, La Coupe, NY/Montreal, 1993 … HairColor: Emily Kim, La Coupe, NY … Makeup: Barbara Sansone … Photo: David Webber … (Produced by Helen Oppenheim)
CommentFour Ideas Deco Modern ’20s Hair – 1992
As Downton Abbey, the PBS-TV series starts, it is good to remember the hair and fashions in the series, now taking place in 1925, the era of Deco, Flappers and Bobs, will have influence. In 1992, Kim Lepine of La Coupe was inspired by the spirit of the Roaring Twenties, by Flappers and Modern Art Deco. Her four charming sketches show soft, pretty, flattering short shapes with style, and how a short blunt bob or gamine could morph into a modern short look in 1992, still fashion today, in 2016. The hair was flicky, flirty, close-to-the-head with romantic kiss curls on foreheads, cheeks, necks, one worn with a bandeau of black velvet, or the bandeau could be in silver lamé, or an Art Deco Egyptian-influenced design, soon to make an appearance on Downton.
Hair/Sketches: Kim Lepine, La Coupe, NY/Montreal, 1992 …Produced by Helen Oppenheim
CommentHappy New Year. Bottoms Up! – 1975
Happy New Year. Bottoms Up! This straight, all-one-length classic bob, was angel curled on tiny tongs, thin, like a pencil, with the bottoms up, in 1975. The color was a gorgeous Mandarin/Mango shade, so new then it had to be flown in to the US for the photo shoot from La Coupe in Montreal.
For more photos, including the original of this photo, some in color, and the full story (definitely worth a look – and a read) – CLICK HERE
Hair: Kim Lepine, La Coupe, Montreal/NY for L’Oréal, 1975 … Makeup: Electa, Electa & Corrado, Montreal, using Lançome … Jewelry: Elsa Perretti/Tiffany’s … Model: Paula Seigman
Photo: Klaus Lucka … (Collage and Collection Concept/Produced by Helen Oppenheim)