1980s
1976. Oribe moved to New York where he was hired to assist Garren, a celebrity hair stylist who operated one of the salons in the city. It was while working at Garren that Oribe received his first editorial credit from GQ which subsequently changed the course of his career.
That first credit started a long editorial career including a five-year collaboration with the photographer Steven Meisel.
Oribe and Meisel, along with the make-up artist François Nars, were for all intents inventing the supermodel. The rise of Meisel’s team and models like Christy, Linda and Naomi was well documented. When Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell soaked in a Los Angeles hot tub smoking cigarettes for Meisel and Vogue Italia, Oribe was the one who did their barnets.
1987. Oribe established his first salon, Oribe at Parachute. It was also during this time that Oribe became well known for his eponymous talent agency——that represented future beauty industry heavyweights like Laura Mercier, François Nars, Kevin Mancuso, Danilo and Jimmy Paul.