Celebrity stylist Oribe Canales is having a really bad-hair day.
The salon owner, who has worked on the manes of models like Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Tyra Banks, slapped his business partners with a $500,000 lawsuit, claiming they’re trying to sink his hair-products company with competing brands.
Canales claims Teyva Finger and Daniel Kaner, who are part-owners of Oribe Hair Care, violated non-compete and confidentiality clauses in their contracts to launch competing brands called V76 and R+Co.
“Defendants are also misappropriating confidential client and customer lists that were established for OHC at significant time and expense to OHS,” the Manhattan civil suit says.
“By example, Neiman Marcus was exclusively carrying OHC’s products, but, due to defendants improper activities, is now carrying V76 and . . . will soon carry R+Co,” the suit, filed Monday, alleges.
Canales also accuses his colleagues of undercutting his brand by selling their competing, though “virtually identical,” line for less.
If Finger and Kaner “are actively promoting a lower-priced option as being worthy and luxurious, why would consumers spend” more money for the same thing? Canales asks in his suit.
Finger and Kaner did not return messages seeking comment.