Oribe in His Salon

In 1992, The New York Times noted that runway hair, once designed to show off clothes, had itself become a big deal. The occasion was a Chanel show at which the deliberately disheveled hairstyles created by Oribe—already a lauded "top stylist" and "hair maestro”—received as much attention as the clothes. "All Karl Lagerfeld, the designer, asked me to do was make the girls feel beautiful,” Oribe told the newspaper. "And they did." Who would have guessed that the next hair legend would be the one-time “bad boy” from Cuba with the movie star good looks and the tattooed sleeves? Today , one can't really know fashion without knowing Oribe. It seems as though Oribe has been there for some of the most important milestones of the past 30 years, from being one of the first American hairstylists to style the European collections to working with photographer Steven Meisel and makeup artist Francois Nars on the invention of the supermodel and the rise of one-name wonders like Christy, Linda and Naomi. Oribe’s work has graced the runways of nearly every well-known designer and the covers of almost all major magazines around the world, as well as several international ad campaigns and commercials. His collaborations include countless photographers such as Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Mario Testino, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Annie Leibovitz, Patrick Demarchelier and Bruce Weber. And then there are all the models, celebrities and icons that Oribe helped transform throughout the years. Oribe is always in the right places with the right people at all of the right times—read on to discover his story. http://www.oribe.com/story