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Editorial Styling Genius Dennis Lanni Leads Creative Workshop

Dennis Lanni grew up helping out in his father’s barbershop – sweeping the floor and breathing in the atmosphere and falling in love with the tools, sights and smells. This is where he first learned the importance of hair and how it made people feel.

Dennis Lanni’s passion is making hair sculptures out of everyday objects – he is inspired by wood and stones, and anything he finds while thrifting. His passion for originality drives his work in full-time styling on editorial photo shoots for celebrities and magazines – his work has been featured on the cover of several magazines including Rolling Stone, Fashion, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vogue. Notable celebrities he has styled include Jared Leto, Miley Cyrus, Amy Winehouse, Courtney Love and Zoey Deschanel. Ad Campaigns Dennis Lanni has styled include mega-brands such as Apple, Coca Cola, Nautica, French Connection, and Chloe.

His most recent work for New York Fashion Week featured Big 60’s Hair adorned with tiny white bows for Sandy Liang, and a variety of ringlets, bobs and mullets for Batsheva, including a fun blonde wig on actress-turned-model Christina Ricci. As much editorial experience as he’s had, Dennis Lanni is a well of innovative creativity that always produces fresh new ideas.

Dennis Lanni is such a smart, skilled stylist and I loved having a front row seat to his whimsical creative process. He literally goes in any direction he feels drawn to, I’m not entirely sure he knows what he’ll end up with before he begins and that’s what he loves about editorial hairstyling. It’s about doing what’s fun and looks cool or different that no one else has tried before.
Cara Harrison

Top Educators Co-Host Oribe Signature Cut Class

Coby Alcantar and Tony Caldwell are two of Oribe’s most highly sought-after educators. Each own a salon, have editorial experience in Fashion Weeks around the world, and educate hundreds of stylists every year with Oribe’s Education Team.

Coby and Tony are the perfect team to co-host a class; playing off each other nicely creating a fantastic learning environment that empowers stylists to push their creative envelope. Coby demonstrated Oribe’s Signature haircut with a razor while Tony demonstrated the same haircut with shears, speaking to the value of each tool based on the model’s hair type and the stylist’s preference.

The Signature Cut is Oribe’s amazingly transitional haircut, so it’s perfect for anyone who wants to grow out their bangs, or who feels like their long hair “drags down their face.” This cut creates strong, blended layers that frame the face while maintaining length overall. The look has texture, movement, and softness.

I loved seeing how this haircut came to life with a razor and with shears – neither one is “right” or “wrong”. I especially appreciated the freedom Coby gives us in cutting, encouraging us to trust our visual instinct as artists.”
Stylist Carmella Shehata

Oribe Global Educator Gardner Edmunds

Gardner Edmunds and stylist Katie Pursche

Oribe global educator and celebrity stylist Gardner Edmunds was on-hand at Samuel Cole Salon to share his cutting expertise in a class featuring the Unstructured Bob. This hairstyle is perfect for women with finer textures and those who want a classic textured, tousled look with minimal structure. It’s a style seen worn by Julianne Hough, Kate Hudson, and Lucy Hale.

The unstructured bob provides a great frame for eyes and cheekbones, and adds softness to the person’s overall style. During the class, Gardner emphasized creating texture and movement with a razor. Stylist were inspired by his visual, free-style approach, giving a very sexy, undone look to the bob – a traditionally a very geometric cut. This technique creates a fresh, modern take on a very classic look.

This is one of my favorite haircuts and I loved Gardner’s refreshing take on it. Using a razor gives clients the wispy ends they love without making their hair look thin. It’s the best!
Stylist Fallyn Mireault

Celebrity Stylist Ronnie Stam Showcases Oribe’s Newest Innovation: Hair Sewing

Cindy Crawford, Christy Burlington, and Tyra Banks are just a few among many fashion icons that Ronnie Stam has styled, not to mention he toured with the Rolling Stones as their exclusive stylist. Stam premiered a new master class from Oribe Education: Swift Stitch (the art of hair sewing) exclusively for Samuel Cole Salon.

Hair sewing creates a light and airy texture without using any pins, and is a trendy alternative to traditional updos that will last all day and into the night. Our stylists spent the day mastering this technique in a hands-on workshop and received individual and specific feedback.

Master Stylist Carolyn Nord said of Stam,

“Ronnie is one of the best in our field. He teaches you to look at hair with a different perspective. It is great to see him in his element and even better when he can teach you the craft. The timing of this class was perfect, the technique is completely on trend and we are entering prom and wedding season.”

Christian Ceja-Compin shares Oribe’s “Sculpted Tease”

Christian Ceja-Compin with Sculpted Tease model.

Christian Ceja-Compin, acclaimed stylist and educator, visited Samuel Cole Salon to share Oribe’s signature “Sculpted Tease”.

Christian has 15 years of hairdressing experience under his belt and spent seven of those years as a national educator for Bumble and Bumble. For the past several seasons, Christian has been assisting alongside the Oribe Education Team backstage at high-profile New York and Paris Fashion Week shows like David Hart, Calla, Rebecca Taylor, Jeremy Laing, SIR, Skaist Taylor, and Rad Hourani, as well as working extensively with J and Ford Models.
During the styling class, stylist learned how to expertly lace hair to create sky-high volume and a gorgeous foundation for any glamorous look. Samuel Cole Salon stylists built structure and bounce using a simplified roller set to maximize volume, creating a rich, current, and balanced shape.

Having Christian to the salon was such a fun experience. His talents as a stylist and educator reflect a strong passion for hairdressing and raising future stylist. I can’t wait to have him back to Samuel Cole Salon!”, said stylist and education coordinator, Cara Harrison.