John Sahag And I @ Fashion Show Briefing – 1996
John Sahag and I taking notes, with fashion designer Cynthia Rowley and her assistant at the briefing for her Fall 1996 New York Fashion Week Show.
He was very organized when it came to Fashion Shows. Everything to do with the hair was meticulously planned, he sometimes did sketches, and he did a preparation model for the fashion designer to approve before the Workshop team starting working seriously on any fashion show, wherever it was. He always used 100% human hair pieces which were spread out on the Workshop floor, even when clients were there. The reason the salon was called a Workshop, because it was. For show photos, click HERE
Photo: © David Webber
CommentWindswept Hair @ Issey Miyake – 1997
The legendary John Sahag, on his brilliant windswept hair for Issey Miyake’s Fall 1997 Fashion show in Paris, said: “There were no curls, no bends, no waves. It was all straight, like the wind was blowing the hair into the shapes on each head, naturally.” If ever an album is a must-read, it is this one. Make sure to read Sahag’s words under every photo. Be ready to be amazed, lovers of the amazing, click here:
Hair: John Sahag, John Sahag Workshop, NYC … Photo: Eric Deniset, Paris
CommentBetty Grable Curls Modernized – 2008
A Betty Grable look was modernized by Karmela Lozina and the John Sahag Workshop Team for Kati Stern, the designer for Venexiana at her NY Fashion Week Fall 2008 show. The hair was swept up into ponytails, hair extensions were pre-set in rollers, having been straightened, curled, spiraled. They were then pinned on the front of the head as barrel curls – “like glamour meets rocky billy,” said Karmela. For more from the show click here:
Hair: Karmela Lozina and The John Sahag Workshop Team, 2008 using Linea Pro Irons … … Makeup: Lori Hamlin … Photo: © Helen Oppenheim
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Chic Vampire – 1995
This chic vampire look was presented at a Creative Evening in 1995 by John Sahag Art Director Mark Schwartz on Brigitte Callister, a colorist at the Workshop.
Beautifully crafted Styx, Mark had designed himself, were stuck into the head. Colorist Santino Acquista
elaborated: “We wanted a Morticia vampire look, a horror look with beauty, a feeling which is a definite fashion statement.” The creative evening ended at 3.30 am, for more on the amazing creativity that night, and the next night for assistants, which also ended at 3’ish, click here:
Hair: Mark Schwartz, John Sahag Workshop … Color: Santino Acquista … Makeup: Linda Mason … Bustier: Brigitte Callister … Model: Brigitte Callister … Photo: David Webber.
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JOHN SAHAG @ ISSEY MIYAKE, PARIS 1997
First in a series featuring the talent in action working on the photos in the Archives.
1997. John Sahag backstage preparing windswept hair at Issey Miyake’s show in Paris. For more Windswept hair and Sahag on the hair for the show, a must-read, different under most photos, click here
Hair: John Sahag, John Sahag Workshop, NYC … Photo: Eric Deniset, Paris
John Sahag Colorific Folklore Fantasy – 2002
Provoked, from a 12 page spread of similar colorific Folklore Fantasies by John Sahag for German Vogue, December 2002. To be provoked more by the legendary John Sahag, click here
Hair: John Sahag, John Sahag Workshop for German Vogue … Makeup: Ayako … Photo: © Ruven Afanador
CommentJohn Sahag Sideburns – 1985
This Collection, created for the John Sahag Workshop Launch in 1985, was all about the sideburn – double and even triple sideburn effects.
“I find sideburns are a wonderful detail,” said the legendary hair icon, “they have their own charm and beauty to accentuate a cheekbone and define a look.” This was the beginning of long hair coming back in fashion. “People want to see a change and life is about change,” Sahag said, “feelings and sensitivity are always in motion, and so it should be with hair.”
There’s more sideburn styles, must-see amazing how-to’s and wonderful words to read in this iconic album. Go to HairThen, John Sahag, Press Photos on www.helenoppenheim.com
Hair: John Sahag, John Sahag Workshop, NY … Makeup: Linda Mason … Model: Constance Chapman … Photo: Bruno Juminer. Produced by Helen Oppenheim
CommentJohn Sahag and his Beautiful Dolls – 1996
John Sahag’s hairstyles for the Issey Miyake 20″ dolls tressed and dressed for the Robert Tonner Doll Company’s fund-raising venture shows his amazing, highly original styling – “modern, young, playful, provocative, edgy with unique shapes, forms, textures, harmony and balance.” Actress, Demi Moore, whose gamine he famously cut for the movie Ghost, bought one of them for amfAR.
It was 1996, and the hair was inspired by Issey Miyake’s fashions, which Sahag knew well from working many times with the great designer on his fashion shows in Paris, his ads and books. For more Dolls, HairThen, John Sahag, Press Photos on www.helenoppenheim.com
Hair: John Sahag, John Sahag Workshop … Makeup: Linda Mason … Photos: David Webber
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