Hair Legend Lluis Llongueras Dies – 2023
Collage by helenoppenheim.com
The legendary Lluis Llongueras passed away in Barcelona on May 29, 2023 after a long illness. He was 87 years old. Condolences to his family for the loss of a very special man. So many memories.
The Catalan phenomenon was the most famous hairdresser ever in Spain, building an empire with so many salons and centers bearing his name, the numbers vary from 50 salons in Spain, to 70, and 120 salons and centers world wide.
He Founded and was Director of the monthly Peluquerias Magazine from 1969 to 2022. I was US Correspondent for the hair art magazine like no other in the whole world from 1982 to 2022. At various times, the magazine with my columns and those of Correspondents in Paris, London, Italy, Australia, was published in Argentina, Russia, Ukraine, China, South Korea and I was translated in each language.
Not only was he a pioneering hairdresser, often avant-garde and trend-setting, an inspiration to hairdressers all over the world, he was also an entrepreneur, a sculptor, photographer, painter, poet, and author – with an impressive number of exhibitions and books for each talent.
Salvador Dali was his client for 30 years, and Llongueras knew how to make that mustache stand up. In 1979, he did the Guinness wig in the Mae West hall at Dali’s Museum in Figuras and when Dali died, he published a book – “My particular Dali – an homage to a genius and friend. For some great stories and photos on Llongueras and Dali – CLICK HERE
He always made me laugh. Witness photos in this memoriam homage collage of me with him in London, Miami, New York and photos I took of him in his Barcelona studio with his sculptures.
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First day for me today photographing backstage of NYFW for Fall Winter 2022. Stay tuned … Not yet, but soon.
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Photos: Manuel Voss (Collage helenoppenheim.com)
Photos: Manuel Voss. One of two pages from Peluquerias Magazine
“We wanted to demonstrate that it is possible to achieve vibrant colors as well as beautiful blondes across a diverse range of ethnic hair types,” said Peter Gray about the hair he and his team produced recently, as published with two pages in the latest edition of Peluquerias Magazine. (There was another full page, not shown.) The shapes are strong and simple, with the emphasis on a wide variety of masculine and feminine styling finishes
Hair: PETER GRAY, HOME AGENCY (WITH JAMIE HOLLIS) … Hair Color: LUPE VOSS+COLOR SPACE TEAM … Makeup: LAUREN TURNER … Fashion Styling: LUIS GONZALEZ … Models: TBC Photos MANUEL VOSS (Post Peter Nguyen)
CommentVidal Sassoon’s Marlene Dietrich – 1980
Photos: Peluquerias Magazine
At the end of 1980, I produced a hair show in Barcelona, Spain with Vidal Sassoon US. There were 2,000 people in the audience for a spectacular event hosted by Lluis Llongueras, Llongueras. This is the Sassoon Marlene Dietrich played by a Spanish model, who had never heard of Marlene! She ad libbed to Marlene’s career signature song “Falling in Love Again” from the German 1930 movie – “The Blue Angel” Later in the show the Sassoon Team showed their versions of the Modern Marlene hairstyles from a recent collection. To see those, CLICK HERE and scroll down. (This is the first time this has been seen since 1980 and is part of a multi-page spread of all the looks shown from the show in Barcelona’s Peluquerias Magazine.)
Hair: Avram, Vidal Sassoon NY (who also master-minded this fantastic sequence) … Color: Edward Moore, Vidal Sassoon NY … Photos: Peluquerias Magazine, Spain.
CommentOwlsome! Purely Patricia. Peluquerias – 2019
Photo: Roberto Ligresti
This is Patricia Fox, aka Purely Patricia, a New York Celeb/Assemblage Artist/Model Like No Other in the December issue of Peluquerias Magazine. Here she is in her owlsome Owl Headpiece, looking like she has never looked before, in the vision of WorldGreat Hairstylist Peter Gray who dressed her in high-tech Kaimin fashions, with makeup by Mizu, nails by Honey Nailz . To see 27 more photos, some behind the scenes, CLICK HERE
Hair: Peter Gray, Home Agency, using Shu Uemura Art of Hair … Owl Headpiece: Patricia Fox in collaboration with Mari O’Connor …Hair Color/Wig Color: Rachel Bodt, Home Agency using Wella … Wig: Jon Remnau/EasiHairPro … Makeup: Mizu for Maybelline New York … Nails: Honey Nailz using Zoya & Swarosvki … Fashions: Kaimin … Celeb Model: Patricia Fox … Photo: Roberto Ligresti
CommentIsn’t She Lovely – 2019
Photo: Nathan Mays
This pull through crown braid by Sherri Jessee is not only very pretty, shows up big, but is also secure, each loop being secured by a tiny elastic. The remaining hair was wrapped on a 3/4 inch Curling Wand for texture – “great for curling long hair quickly,” advised the hairdresser, whose model here is Miss Virginia Teen USA 2016, Gracyn Blackmore. This photo got a full page in the January 2019 issue of Peluquerias Magazine published in Barcelona.
Hair & Makeup: Sherri Jessee, Sherri’s Salon, Bristol,VA … Photo: Nathan Mays
CommentColorific Geometric Hair NYFW – 2018
Photos: Courtesy Redken
Colorific Haircuts for the Marc Jacobs New York Fashion Week Show for Fall 2018 were by Redken’s Guido with Josh Woods,who colored the Vidal Sassoon ’60s-inspired modernized cuts on real hair, on nine of the world’s top models. No wigs. The looks, as seen here in the July issue of Peluquerias Mazgazine, were all about skill, precision, placement – “knowing exactly where the place color to emphasize the haircuts is key for these looks,” said the colorist, who wanted the girls to look like they were lit in a night club, with neon and strobe lighting in our references.” And let’s not forget congratulations to Marc Jacobs, an American designer who is not content with safe nothing boring hair walking his runways! For more on this. bigger and more photos, CLICK HERE
Hair: Guido, Redken Global Creative Director … Hair Color: Josh Woods, Redken Global Color Director … Products: Redken Satinwear 04, Shine Flash 02 … Color Products: Redken pH Nonder, Color Extend Magnetics, Flash Lift, City Beats/Color Gels Lacquers … Photos: Courtesy Redken
CommentShort Hair Cuts With Style – 2018
Photos: Richard Monsieurs for NAHA/Professional Beauty Association
Two short hair cuts with style for those with style, by Ammon Carver, Ammon Carver Studio, NYC, a Finalist in the Hair Cutting Category of the North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHA) for 2018. These photos got two pages in the June issue of Peluquerias Magazine. The hair on the left is a short cut, finished with panache. But it can also be worn classic casual. The style on the right is for the avant-garde but it is versatile and can be styled less avant-garde! It is easy to forget in this day of long hair with everyone looking the same, that a short hair cut can give someone personality – it can also be worn this way and that. And it should also be remembered that not everyone can cut short hair as well as they should! The Winners for NAHA will be announced in Las Vegas on July 29. Stay tuned …
Hair: Ammon Carver, Ammon Carver Studio, NYC … Photos: Richard Monsieurs
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