speciAl feAture ║ HAROLD LEIGHTON The Oscars, The emmys ... · actors/actresses all glammed up...
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February 2014 | www.AtlanticAveMagazine.com 94 SPECIAL FEATURE ║ HAROLD LEIGHTON ► I have had strong feelings for many years that the Oscars should nominate hairdress- ers for an award. Without hairdressers the actors/actresses would never get that cer- tain hair look and image, without that pro- fessional hairdressers touch in conjunction with fashion designers. Example –Go see the movie: Made in Dagenham. When you see these beautiful looking actors/actresses all glammed up wearing $50,000 worth of gowns from Valentino, jew- els from Graff, shoes from Jimmy Choo and then occasionally: - tatty, untidy, scruffy look- ing hair it really does not make any sense to me. It’s a lost opportunity to get beautiful pro- fessional looking locks in the headlines. Where are our creative men and women from the hair industry? All fashion indus- tries need a boost from time to time. A new design in fabric or a skirt length perhaps? A drape showing off more skin or a new heel on a shoe. It’s about time we gave that boost to the hair industry. In one breath, I say it’s about time that the hair industry had their own Oscar Nomina- tions for ‘Best Hair’ just like ‘Best Movie’ but then again, the session hairdressers have lost their way over the past few years and I can understand why the film industry has missed them out. But who knows this year? For this article I have selected some beau- tiful hair photographs from The Helen Op- penheim Hair Fashion Archives. Her collec- tion of works she produced for La Coupe are just so beautiful and should be seen again for inspiration. I love this industry and the people too much to let this be bypassed into the history books. ALL PHOTOGRAPHS PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY HELEN OPPENHEIM. FOR MORE, GO TO HAIRTHEN, LA COUPE ON WWW.HELENOPPENHEIM.COM What more does the hairdresser need than to get his name in lights… BY HAROLD LEIGHTON ©2013 WITH THANKS TO MAXINE LEIGHTON PHOTO: LORRAINE SYLVESTRE HAIR: ANTONIO DA COSTA ROCHA, LA COUPE, NY PHOTO: DAVID WEBBER HAIR: PEGIPALAGATE, LA COUPE, NY { THE OSCARS, THE EMMYS, THE GOLDEN GLOBES, FOR RITZ WRAPZ, LONG HAIR WAS WRAPPED WITH RITZY WIRED FABRICS. PUT ON THE RITZ! THIS ANGEL LOOK WITH TENDER TENDRILS HAD TINY PEARLS SCATTERED HERE AND THERE IN THE HAIR. WHAT COULD BE MORE ROMANTIC? PHOTO: GEOFFREY HARGRAVE THOMAS HAIR: KIM LEPINE, NY HAIR IS TWISTED LOW ON THE NAPE, THERE’S ROMANTIC WISPS AND JUST ONE JEWELED PIN DELICATELY PLACED.
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speciAl feAture ║ HAROLD LEIGHTON►
I have had strong feelings for many years that the Oscars should nominate hairdress-ers for an award. Without hairdressers the actors/actresses would never get that cer-tain hair look and image, without that pro-fessional hairdressers touch in conjunction with fashion designers. Example –Go see the movie: Made in Dagenham.
When you see these beautiful looking actors/actresses all glammed up wearing $50,000 worth of gowns from Valentino, jew-els from Graff, shoes from Jimmy Choo and then occasionally: - tatty, untidy, scruffy look-ing hair it really does not make any sense to me. It’s a lost opportunity to get beautiful pro-fessional looking locks in the headlines.
Where are our creative men and women from the hair industry? All fashion indus-tries need a boost from time to time. A new design in fabric or a skirt length perhaps? A drape showing off more skin or a new heel on a shoe. It’s about time we gave that boost to the hair industry.
In one breath, I say it’s about time that the hair industry had their own Oscar Nomina-tions for ‘Best Hair’ just like ‘Best Movie’ but then again, the session hairdressers have lost their way over the past few years and I can understand why the film industry has missed them out. But who knows this year?
For this article I have selected some beau-tiful hair photographs from The Helen Op-penheim Hair Fashion Archives. Her collec-tion of works she produced for La Coupe are just so beautiful and should be seen again for inspiration.
I love this industry and the people too much to let this be bypassed into the history books.
All PhotogrAPhs Produced And directed by helen oPPenheim. For more, go to hAirthen, lA couPe on www.helenoPPenheim.com
What more does the hairdresser need than to get his name in lights…
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