My Dad, (who reads this blog btw, Hi Dad!) once told me "Men get hair cuts to look the same. Women get hair cuts to look different". I'm not 100% convinced on this, but I will say that I get excited about *new* hair cuts. I'm not talking about trims, which *are* about looking the same. I'm talking about going in to a hair dresser and saying, cut it off!
My beloved Beau, recently had a major hair cut. By recently, I mean 5 months ago, but it was *huge*. He went from long curly locks that went half way down his back to, short back and sides (slightly longer on top). It was a big change to his look and elicited much comment. Since then he's had 3 (or 4?) hair cuts, but they're all about keeping it the same now.
In Jan, I went from shoulder length hair to a playful "crop". It was fun and comment-worthy. I felt lighter having all that hair off and ready to leave the country and travel, without needing a second towel for my hair (a motivating factor for both Beau and I). I hated how it looked while it was growing out though. It looked fabulous when I had glitter streaks through it, but they came out and I found it a bit.. bleurgh (still fun when teased to maximum volume, not so suitable for work).
So, time for another change. Beau and I saw Speed Racer at the movies and I *wanted* Trixie's bob. My hair is inclined to sleek straightness, so it would be a low maintenance style. However, Trixie's bob had a fringe.
I had a fringe in 4th form (age 14) and it wasn't so great. It was so not great that my cousin, who *always* teases me, did not say a word about it in order to spare my feelings. I next had a fringe in my 1st year of Uni (age 18), when I didn't want to pay for hair cuts, so did hairmodelling for hairdressing schools/competitions. I was given a very straight fringe the bottom half of which was carefully bleached and dyed red. There was some other odd stuff going on at the back too (she had a big tuft she styled to stick straight up). I think we were in the "creative day" section. It was a fun cut, but I grew it out and clipped it to the side pretty quickly.
So, I haven't had a fringe in almost 10 years. I wasn't sure if I could pull it off. Would it suit my face? I look fine in wigs with fringes. There are many photos of a young Giffy with fringe and pigtails and frankly, adorable. However, 25 years on and adorable might be wearing thin. I tried holding my hand over my forehead to give me an idea of what I'd look like with a fringe. I looked like me with my hand over my forehead. I tried brushing my too long hair forward over my face to see what that looked like... um Emo/Yaoi. I did the thing where you look in the mirror and hold up a bit of your hair so that it looks like a fringe, a really *crap* fringe. I decided to get over it and book an appointment with the hairdresser.
My hairdresser was a lovely Italian fellow (too old to be a "boy", to young/hairdressery to be a "man"). I didn't have any pictures, he'd not seen the movie and his english was not great. He didn't think I had enough hair. He said he could do the fringe, but there wasn't enough hair on the sides. Too much layering from my previous hair cuts. Yipes! I didn't want a fringe with my *regular* hair. I asked him if he had a pen. I drew a picture. He said it wouldn't be perfect, but he thought he could manage something.
The scissors came out. The hair fell down. I looked in the mirror and was uncertain. I liked the sides, although I wished *once again* that I didn't have such stick-y out-y ears (that was my other concern with the hair style). I could see that the style would be better in 6 weeks when the old layers would have grown out further and I could get it re-cut. I didn't know about the fringe. My hair framed my face in a new way. This is a pretty severe/harsh hair cut. Straight lines. Sharp corners. Could I pull it off?
Now, not much hair was actually "cut", only as much as it would have been if I'd just got a trim. It was a big change in hair style though. People have noticed. Surprisingly (to me) a large number of men have commented and (happily) commented favourably. I decided I *definitely* liked it when my Beau saw me and kept saying how "cute" I looked. I think he likes the anime aspect of it.
Several people have said it seems a particularly "asian" looking cut. This is a comment I often get, no matter how I do my hair. I think when I have a change in look it makes people look more closely at me and reminds them that I look *quite* asian. I was pleased with my Lalli who said that it looked french and 20s though, 'cause I want it to look like that.
Any who, I like it. I like having an new crisp cut. It makes me feel stylish and put together. Having newly shaped eyebrows definitely helps too! I feel like I could go out in old jeans and a t-shirt and look fashionable as opposed to slobbish.
Tell me about your worst/best/most daring hair (for me is probably getting a "number 2" in my last year of Uni). How did it make you *feel*?
Point of Fashion: Fashionable
Current Obsession: How long til I need to get the fringe maintained?
PS the hairdresser told me I mustn't watch any movies and change my mind before the next cut!
Posted by giffy at June 17, 2008 03:59 AM | TrackBack