Selkie Angel @ NY Fashion Week SS2024

Posted by on Feb 4, 2025 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

Selkie Angel @ NY Fashion Week SS2024

Photos: Helen Oppenheim

This Selkie Angel is from the Selkie whimsical fantasy fairytale New York Fashion Week Show for Spring/Summer 2024 at the St. Regis Hotel.  The show was inspired by the Cottingley Sisters, who convinced the world in 1917 that fairies must exist.

Creative Director and Designer Kimberly Gordon (@Selkie), who created a superspectacular show.  asked “Do You Believe?”  She does. And she transported everyone back in time to play dress up – “to embrace your inner child” with her cream puff dresses modernized with magic.

Feminine pretty hair was by Linh Nguyen for Cutler/Redken and the makeup by Lottie for Color Pop featured soft bow lips, a flush-like blush and a mole (not shown here).    To see 27 photos with the designer’s nostalgic fantasy fashions, CLICK HERE

Hair: Linh Nguyen for Cutler Salons/Redken … Products: Redken
Makeup: Lottie for Colour Pop. … Photos Helen Oppenheim

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Photos Helen’s Blog Mar 26-Jan 20 – 2025

Posted by on Jan 23, 2025 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

Photos Helen’s Blog Mar 26-Jan 20 – 2025

Full Photo Credits in Blog and archived on website. Collage by helenoppenheim.com

Collage of photos, hair history, info and inspo on Helen’s Blog from March 26 to January 20, 2025.  Full credits on The Website Like No Other – helenoppenheim.com

Top Row L-R : Me in Zara top, blog on Brigitte Seguara to Fashion Styling Rescue, photo Joe Rivers … RIP Trevor Sorbie, Hair Legend …  Baby it’s cold outside, keep warm fashions for frigid days, Nicholas K Photos Helen Oppenheim, Vera Wang fur coat Photos courtesy Vera Wang … Adam Lister “Lady with a Pikachu” pixelated art painting at the GR Gallery “Graphic Serendipity” exhibition …
2nd Row :  Curly and sleek hair by Linh Nguyen for Cutler Salons/Redken at Patbo NYFW show Fall 2024, photos Fred J. DeVito … Dear Karmala. You Hair Needs Help,  photos Helen Oppenheim thanks to ABC TV and MSNBC TV … PH5 NY Fashion Week Fall 2024 witty fashions, hair by Carly Loura, Cutler Salons/Redken, photos Fred J. DeVito … Meike “Heist” Humor, NY Fashion Week Fall 2024, hair Britt Dion for Aveda, makeup Michelle Webb, photos Fred J. DeVito …
3rd Row : Holiday Hair Inspo Then & Now, full credits archived on Website … NAHA /PBA Winners announced 2024, hair Brayden Pelletier, Just B Salons, Photos Chrystopher Benson … Happy Holidays 2024, illustration/hair George Karkoulas, 1992 … Happy Thanksgiving 2024, image Pixabay … Easter Parade on 5th Avemue 2024  photos by Helen Oppenheim … Happy New Year With Bottoms Up, hair by Kim Lepine, La Coupe for L’Oreal 1975, Photo  Klaus Lucka (colorized and upside down by Helen Oppenheim.)     To see All Collages archived on the Website, CLICK HERE

 

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Sleek & Curly Hair @ Patbo NYFW – 2024

Posted by on Jun 10, 2024 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

Sleek & Curly Hair @ Patbo NYFW – 2024

Photos: Fred J. DeVito

The hair by Linh Nguyen for Cutler Salons for the Patbo New York Fashion Week Fall 2024 Runway Show featured party girls, with a center part, straight, sleek, and shiny or  natural curly textured hair, undone, matte.   The faces, by Charlie Riddle for Stila  Cosmetics, had sultry eyes paired with soft focus skin, which had sheen and swept on blush – modern, edgy and feminine.

The Femms Frames Patbo Collection, Creative Director, Patricia Bonaldi, showcased convertible old school glamour updated for the modern woman, crafted by women for women, To see the album with the fashions and more, CLICK HERE

Lead Hair: Linh Nguyen for Cutler Salon … Products: Redken … Lead Makeup: Charlie Riddle using Stila Cosmetics …  Nails:Gina Edwards for ImPRESS Beauty … Styling: Marcela Belleza …  Jewelry: Paola Vilas …  Undergarments: Commando … Footwear: Schultz U.S
Photos: Fred J. DeVito

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Nardos Amam’s Gilded Age @ NYFW – 2024

Posted by on Feb 13, 2024 in Helen's Blog | 4 comments

Nardos Amam's Gilded Age @ NYFW - 2024

Photos: Helen Oppenhiem. Collage: helenoppenheim.com

Nardos Amam’s opulent New York Fashion Week Collection for Fall/Winter 2024 was held at The Lotus Club.  The couture and ready to wear fashions featured plants, birds, flowers – embroidered or appliqued onto the gorgeous gowns.  The collection was inspired by the Gilded Age with a contemporary twist.  The eye makeup by Marcello Costa was stunning, with 5,000 Swarovski crystals glittering from eyes, the hair by Brian Buenaventura for Cutler/Redken was casual, updos with wisps flying here and  there, the hats and headgear by Christine A. Moore Millinery were fun, and elegant.    It was all very elegant.

To see 35 photos, CLICK HERE for the Nardos Amam album on this website (full info coming soon to the album, along with my Instagram and Facebook photos and videos, etc.

Lead Hair: Brian Buenaventura for Cutler Redken …  Redken Texture Spray … Makeup: Marcello Costa …  Shoes: Manolo Blahnik …  Jewelry Verstolo …  Hats: Christine A. Moore Millinery … Gloves: Portolano… Atelier PR … Photos: Helen Oppenheim

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Playful at Tara Babylon’s NYFW S2024

Posted by on Nov 10, 2023 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

Playful at Tara Babylon’s NYFW S2024

Photos: Helen Oppenheim. Collage helenoppenheim.com

Playful hair, makeup and fashions at Tara Babylons’s New York Fashion Week’s Presentation for Spring 2024.   The makeup, by Maite Moreira for New York Make Up Academy  was “very pastel looking, very pinkish and very girly, yet very sexy, creaed to match a dreamy vibe.”  A multichrome pigment flake decorated eyelids, a pastel pink draping blush, iridescent cheekbones and rhinestones were added for extra texture.  Mascara was pink or white.     While Rodney Cutler’s hair for the Presentation was Edwardian and romantic, there was also this classic bob. Flowers by Doan Ly decorated all heads.   To see 33 photos including the playful pastel Tara Babylon fashions archived on the website, CLICK HERE

Lead HaIr: Rodney Cutler, Cutler Salons … Products: Redken … Makeup: Maite Moreira for New York Makeup Academy … Flowers: Doan Li … Photos: Helen Oppenheim

 

 

 

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SELKIE FAIRY MAGIC NYFW SS2024

Posted by on Oct 25, 2023 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

SELKIE FAIRY MAGIC NYFW SS2024

Photos: Helen Oppenheim and Getty Images (two center) …  Collage helenoppenheim.com

The Selkie New York Fashion Week Show for Spring 2024 which took place in the St Regis rooftop ballroom was something else. It was a whimsical fantasy fairy tale showcasing models of all sizes, ages, one gorgeous girl in a wheelchair, two burlesque performers.  Inspired by the Cottingley Sisters, who convinced the world in 1917 that fairies might exist, Creative Director and Designer, Kimberly Gordon, produced a superspectacular show. She asks “Do You Believe?” She does, and she transported everyone back in time  to play dress up – “to embrace your inner child” with her cream puff dresses modernized with magic.

The feminine pretty hairstyles, many with hair extensions, was by Linh Nguyen for Cutler/Redken, and the make up by Lottie for Colour Pop featured a mole, soft bow lips, a flush-like blush.

To see the album with 27 photos CLICK HERE and to see videos of the show on Instagram CLICK HERE (check Posts and Highlighted Stories)

Hair: Linh Nguyen for Cutler Salons …  Products: Redken … Hair Extensions: EasiHairPro …
Makeup: Lottie for Colour Pop Cosmetics …  Models: Daphne Marleen Iaan (top left & center) … Pearls Daily (top right) … Kaitlin Sommer (bottom left and center) … Photos: Helen Oppenheim (top left and right, bottom left and right) …  Getty Images (top center and bottom center)

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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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