Surreal Raphael – 1971
Photo: © Klaus Lucka
Fifth in a series featuring the talent in the Archives. (Series to be continued later. Stay tuned … )
Raphael Santarossa in 1971. Press photo to launch his new salon and his first Collection, Femme Fatale. The surreal theme because apart from being one of the great hairdressers of all time, Raphael also painted in a surreal style. His bio just begins to tell the amazing story about the career and life of this one-of-a-kind hairdresser who cut and tressed famous heads of the superstars and supermodels of his era – Liz Taylor, Judy Garland, Catherine Deneuve and more. To read the bio, click here To see his Femme Fatale Collection and more, click here
Photo: © Klaus Lucka
CommentVidal Sassoon’s HighHair, Mimi – 1980
Photo: Lorraine Sylvestre
Do you know your hair history? Soft waves and curls rose above it all for cloud-like, romantic, dreamy looks in this HighHair version by A. Vernon Keach, Vidal Sassoon NY, in 1980.
“Hair will be high on top for the 80s,” predicted Vidal Sassoon, and it was. Hair had not been high for an era and HighHair, a new direction for Sassoon, influenced hairstyles world-wide in the 80s and beyond. Months of experimentation went into this Collection photographed with a surreal theme. The innovative cuts and perms were done with the clients heads upside down. There was not teasing. I invented the name HighHair, later much copied!
For full credits, how-to’s, more versions, anecdotes, go to HairThen, Vidal Sassoon, HighHair on www.helenoppenheim.com
Hair: A. VernonKeach, Vidal Sassoon, NY, 1980 … Perm: Allie Galizia and Edward Moore … Clouds: Ansell Adams … Art: Avram … Model: Mimi Young… Photo: Lorraine Sylvestre … Concept/Produced by Helen Oppenheim
CommentVidal Sassoon HighHair Illusion – 1980
Photo: Lorraine Sylvestre
This HighHair style was part of Sassooning for Evening conceived to be a totally new direction for Vidal Sassoon in 1980!!!
The illusion of HighHair, the height of style, was achieved by pulling the model’s own hair through the center of a matching false hair-covered ornament place high on top of the head – made by Avram, who also made the cloud cube as part of the surreal/cloud theme of the collection. For more, HairThen, Vidal Sassoon, HighHair on helenoppenheim.com
Hair/Cloud Cube: Avram, Vidal Sassoon NY, 1980 … Makeup: Ted Nadel … Clouds: Ansell Adams … Model: Oksana Dykyj … Photo: Lorraine Sylvestre … Concept/Produced by Helen Oppenheim
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