Détente – 1974
Photos: © Serge Beauchemin … Collage: helenoppenheim.com
The references for these interesting photos were Détente, Russia’s bid for a peaceful co-existence, in 1974 (!) and the 1974 hit Roman Polanski movie “Chinatown” which featured Faye Dunaway with some wonderful wavy hair. Both influenced La Coupe for this famous Collection. For more hairstyles and info on the photos, Click here:
Hair: Kim Lepine, waved by Antonio da Costa Rocha, La Coupe, Montreal, l1974 … Makeup: Electa & Corrado … Black Cossack Tops created by Cassar, Lily Simon for La Coupe … Rings: John Warden … Cigarettes: Sobranie Russian Black … Model: Beverly Abazar … Photos: Serge Beauchemin
Concept/Fashion Styling/Produced by Helen Oppenheim, with apologies for the Cigarettes, something I’d never use today in a photo! I had some fun with the prop styling, take a look at the details …
Waving Beauties – 1974
Photos: Serge Beauchemin’s Assistant
Do you know your hair history? Looking at all the hair on the BBC’s Downton Abbey wave love fest on PBS every Sunday, I thought these 1974 waves by La Coupe inspired by the movie “Chinatown” maybe of interest. In the days before waving with an iron, waves took a long time to dry and I had this brainwave that one could even go out on the town wearing the decorated wave clamps I had designed – made of feathers, glitter, pearls, whatever. Decades later, I saw decorated wave clamps being sold as hair accessories! For more great waves, click here also see how WWD picked up the trend!
Hair: Kim Lepine, La Coupe, Montreal … Makeup: Electa, Electa & Corrado … Models left: Bonnie Bernier, right: Beverly Abazar … Photos: Serge Beauchemin’s Assistant … Concept/Produced by Helen Oppenheim
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