2000s
2003. While working on the Winter Louis Vuitton campaign, Oribe met the photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. Together Mert and Marcus and Oribe captured Kate Moss as Marilyn Monroe for W. Then, after a Giorgio Armani campaign shoot with the model Agyness Deyn, they shot the rave-inspired cover story for Katie Grand’s style magazine Pop with Oribe giving Deyn’s signature pixie cut a sparkling metallic makeover brushed into shapes usually reserved for video game characters.
He enjoyed the London creative boom with British Vogue covers shot with Craig McDean and pages and pages of Beth Ditto from the band The Gossip—an icon in the making—interpreted by Steven Klein for Pop.
2003 Walked away from his salon in Elizabeth Arden on Fifth Avenue and moved to Florida.
2005 Opened a $1 million signature salon in Miami Beach.
2008 Partners with hair care industry veterans Daniel Kaner and Tevya Finger to launch a high-performance product line of luxury shampoos, conditioners and styling products under the name Oribe Hair Care.
Read more about this topic: Oribe