"Head Masters", Allure, November 2010 - Alyssa Hertzig

Silk gown by Versace.
Makeup colors: Hydro-
Powder Eye Shadow
in Languid Lagoon,
Automatic Fine Eyeliner
in Black, and Perfect
Rouge Lipstick in
Caramel by Shiseido
Makeup. Hair: Oribe
of Oribe Salon Miami
Beach. Details, see
Credits page.
Oribe
EARLY-’90S FASHION LAUNCHED
MANY ONE-NAME WONDERS: Naomi,
Linda, Cindy—and the hairstylist
who worked on them, Oribe. But his
signature sex-kitten styles feel just as
fresh on the Scarletts and Penélopes
he works with today. “I like big,
beautiful hair—with a richness, an
extravagance, and a little bit of
vulgarity,” he says. (One early—and
unusual—muse: Elly May Clampett of
The Beverly Hillbillies.) At 18, Oribe
moved to New York City to become an
actor and supported himself by
working at a salon’s front desk. Soon
he decided to give styling a try, and
before long he was a backstage fixture
at the biggest fashion shows of the
decade, including Versace and Thierry
Mugler. “The ’90s were all about
creating an over-the-top woman,” he
says. But once grunge came along,
Oribe spent more time in his Miami
salon than on the runways. Enter J.Lo.
A fan of his work since she was a
teenager, Lopez hired him to style her
hair for her first album and brought
Oribe back into the spotlight. (“Thank
God for Jennifer!” he says.) Now, more
than ten years and countless chignons
later, he is still creating memorable
looks—for better or worse. Case in
point: that half-up head of curls Lopez
wore to the 2002 Oscars. He says
with a laugh, “That one’s on VH1’s top
four or five worst hairdos of all time.”
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