Forehead Braids Florals Decorate – 2023

Posted by on Mar 9, 2023 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

Forehead Braids, Florals Decorate - 2023

Photos: Fred J. DeVito. Collage helenoppenhiem.com

Braids on the forehead, neat buns and florals decorated many heads by Anthony Joseph Hernandez for Cutler/Redken at the House of Aama New York Fashion Week Show for Fall/Winter 2023.    A folk tale of the Spider’s metamorphosis was inspiration for the patterns, colors, original textile elements and hair for the show with a theme  – “Prelude” Aama Tales – about the survival during the transatlantic slave trade, the migration to America from the Caribbean.

This makeup look, one of two, by Maite Moreira for the New York Makeup Academy, shows duochrome eyeshadows from Jaded Blue to Green, some shine and glitter. To see more hair, makeup and fashions from this show, CLICK HERE

Lead Hair: Anthony Joseph Hernandez, Cutler Salon …. Products: Redken … Lead Makeup: Maite Moreira, New York Makeup Academy … Styling: Tiffani Williams … Florals: Ryan Norville … Photos: Fred J. DeVito

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Fun Fashions, Buns, Veils @ PH5 – 2023

Posted by on Mar 2, 2023 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

Fun Fashions, Buns, Veils @ PH5 - 2023

Photos: Fred J. DeVito. Collage helenoppenheim.com

The  theme for the PH5 Presentation for New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2023 was “This is not a Jellyfish.” The hair, by Carly Loura, Cutler/Redken. was center parted, two oblong buns, one either side of the part, which were worn outside of fishnet veiling covering the hair and the face.

The designers, Zoe Champion and Wei Lin, went “deeper underwater, into a world where plastic can be mistaken for otherworldly life forms and a place we have barely explored is being impacted by us so greatly.”  90% of the materials used in the collection were made of recycled materials. Friends and family were asked to collect plastic from their lives and the designers gave them a second life as crochet bags.  For more hair, veils inspo and the fun whimsical fashions CLICK HERE

Lead Hair: Carly Loura, Cutler Salons/Redken … Products: Redken and Cutler … Lead Makeup: Molly Marie Gansfer, New York Makeup Academy …  Fashion Stylist: Coke HO … Photos: Fred J. DeVito

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PH5 Takes The Veil @ NYFW F/W – 2023

Posted by on Feb 13, 2023 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

PH5 Takes The Veil @ NYFW F/W – 2023

Photos: Fred J. DeVito, Collage: helenoppenheim.com

The  theme for the PH5 Presentation for New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2023 was “This is not a Jellyfish.” The hair, by Carly Loura, Cutler/Redken. was center parted, two oblong buns, one either side of the part, which were worn outside of fishnet veiling covering the hair and the face.  Some models also wore see-through plastic bridal-like veils, some crystal-studded.

The designers, Zoe Champion and Wei Lin, went “deeper underwater, into a world where plastic can be mistaken for otherworldly life forms and a place we have barely explored is being impacted by us so greatly.”  90% of the materials used in the collection were made of recycled materials. Friends and family were asked to collect plastic from their lives and the designers gave them a second life as crochet bags.  Stay tuned for the fun whimsical fashions, on theme, to be archived on this website later.
Lead Hair: Carly Loura, Cutler Salons/Redken … Products: Redken and Cutler … Lead Makeup: Molly Marie Gansfer, New York Makeup Academy …  Fashion Stylist: Coke HO
Photos: Fred J. DeVito

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Biodegradable Crowns @ PH5 NYFW– 2023

Posted by on Jan 5, 2023 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

Biodegradable Crowns @ PH5 NYFW– 2023

Photos: Fred J. DeVito

For the PH5 New York Fashion Week Presentation for Spring Summer 2023, innovative sustainability was a focus for the whimsical knitwear  brand, which is New York and China based, and was designed by Win Lin and Zoe Champion.  The designers were inspired by mermaids and sirens, and the collection was dedicated to ocean preservation.

The biodegradable hair crowns and other accessories by Caroline Zimbalist made a statement,  For fashions and more on this show, CLICK HERE

Lead Hair: Carly Loura, Cutler Salons … Products: Redken … Lead Makeup: Maile, New York Makeup Academy … Photos: Fred J. DeVito.

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Tim Miller With Pearls on MSNBC – 2022

Posted by on Apr 28, 2022 in Helen's Blog | 3 comments

Tim Miller With Pearls on MSNBC – 2022

Photos Helen Oppenheim, Fred J. DeVito. Collage: helenoppenheim.com

Sign of the times.  Former RNC Spokeman, Tim Miller, wore a simple strand of pearls when the MSNBC Contributor was being interviewed yesterday./ I think we can now safely say a man wearing pearls is mainstream!   After all, he is, or was, a Republican, even if a “never Trumper.”  Some trendies who have worn pearls over the last year are – from top to bottom – Romero Jennings, Director Makeup Artistry for Mac Cosmetics, backstage at the Frederick Anderson S/S 2022 New York Fashion Week Show … Kenneth Delio Loo,, Entrepreneur and guest, at the Tombogo  S/S NYFW Show  ….  Model wearing his own pearls backstage before the Tanner Fletcher F/W 2022 NYFW Presentation, hair by Mike Martinez for Cutler/Redken.

Photos: Tim Miller: Helen Oppenheim with thanks to MSNBC TV … Top to Bottom: Romero Jennings and Kenneth Delio Loo: Helen Oppenheim … Model: Fred J. DeVito

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Cynthia Rowley Peluquerias Magazine – 2022

Posted by on Jan 25, 2022 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

Cynthia Rowley Peluquerias Magazine - 2022

Photos: Fred J. DeVito

This is the Cynthia Rowley Page for NY Fashion Week Spring 2022 in my Peluquerias Magazine column. It is one of 7 pages in the January issue.  The hair for the show was by Rodney Cutler, Cutler Salons, NY, and was “elegant, deconstructed, a return to glamour with a young attitude.  The girly, playful sexy show, held at Wagner Park, was inspired by the early 2000s.  To see these photos and more from the show bigger, with full credits, CLICK HERE

Hair: Rodney Cutler, Cutler Salons, Products: Redken … Makeup: Cassandra Garcia, Bobbi Brown … Photos: Fred J. DeVito

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Detra Works With Hair Mousse For Volume – 2019

Posted by on Aug 9, 2019 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

Detra Works With Hair Mousse For Volume – 2019

Photos: Helen Oppenheim. Collage by helenoppenheim.com

Detra Smith, using a comb as she gets ready to work a mousse into the hair backstage at the Badgley Mischka New York Fashion Week Show for Fall /Winter 2019.   “It allows for better product distribution and control that hands don’t provide,” she explained as she prepared her model. To see the finished looks by Peter Gray for this and some of the fab fashions, CLICK HERE

Makeup: Gucci Westman, Westman Atelier … Product: Redken Mousse … Photos: Helen Oppenheim

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Draped Hair @ Badgley Mischka NYFW – 2019

Posted by on Jun 5, 2019 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

Draped Hair @ Badgley Mischka NYFW – 2019

Photos: Helen Oppenheim. Collage:helenoppenheim.com

Lifted, draped hair by Peter Gray for the Badgley Mischka Fall 2019 New York Fashion Week Show featured a post-war pony, equestrian bound, resembling a horse’s tail, with a triangle set through the top. The shiny one length bob with hair draped at the back echoed the look. The designers’ stunning red carpet dresses featured a bevy of red knock-outs. For more hair and fashions from this show, CLICK HERE

Hair: Peter Gray  using Cutler/Redken … Products: Cutler Specialist Protectant Spray, Volumizing Spray … Redken Guts 10 Volumizing Spray Mousse, Fashion Work 12, Shine Flash 02 …  Makeup: Gucci Westman, Westman Atelier … Nails:  Deborah  Lippmann
Photos: Helen Oppenheim

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