future shock
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anotheranonWent to the salon today to get my monthly trim. Yes, I have had very nearly the same haircut, with a few variations, for about 10 years now, give or take. What can I say? It works and I don't have to do a lot in the morning :P
The stylists like to experiment on each other and I'm usually delighted to see all of the new colors, cuts, arrangements that they come up with. And I still am, but a couple of exceptions....disturbed me.
First off, one girl had heavily sprayed her bangs into a version of a 1950's ducktail/pompadour - think Parker Posey in Blade III. Not dreadful, but it strikes me as a lot of work - I mean, who knows how much hair spray, curlers, and/or constant checks in the mirror it takes to maintain that? But, her choice.
The other... doG help me, it was a mullet. On a 20-something stylist in a trendy salon(!) And I'm not sure how it mutated, but IMHO it's just not cool. It was cool on Duran Duran in 1983 with blond streaks and Aquanet. Now - to me it just looks like a lot of work for very little payoff. I mean, wasn't this tried already?
Understand - I totally respect if someone has an outmoded haircut because they have greater, loftier interests in life than keeping up with fashion, but that the fashionistas themselves are bringing this back... well, I never [insert snooty society lady expression here] :P
In truth, I am reaching that age where what was once new is now old is now new again, and I find my fashion sense stuck rather firmly in the minimalist 1990s, when dressing up was a quick glob of hair gunge and a sweep of Chapstick. Growing up in the mid-late 1980s, it was an uphill battle to find simple clothing that wasn't marred by excessive prints, trims, or other clutter. The time-consuming hairstyles were a nightmare - so much so that I cut all my hair off at age 13. Why do all this again? It was so much work!
I'm rapidly losing touch with current trends and becoming an old fart. I still haven't decided whether this bothers me :P
The stylists like to experiment on each other and I'm usually delighted to see all of the new colors, cuts, arrangements that they come up with. And I still am, but a couple of exceptions....disturbed me.
First off, one girl had heavily sprayed her bangs into a version of a 1950's ducktail/pompadour - think Parker Posey in Blade III. Not dreadful, but it strikes me as a lot of work - I mean, who knows how much hair spray, curlers, and/or constant checks in the mirror it takes to maintain that? But, her choice.
The other... doG help me, it was a mullet. On a 20-something stylist in a trendy salon(!) And I'm not sure how it mutated, but IMHO it's just not cool. It was cool on Duran Duran in 1983 with blond streaks and Aquanet. Now - to me it just looks like a lot of work for very little payoff. I mean, wasn't this tried already?
Understand - I totally respect if someone has an outmoded haircut because they have greater, loftier interests in life than keeping up with fashion, but that the fashionistas themselves are bringing this back... well, I never [insert snooty society lady expression here] :P
In truth, I am reaching that age where what was once new is now old is now new again, and I find my fashion sense stuck rather firmly in the minimalist 1990s, when dressing up was a quick glob of hair gunge and a sweep of Chapstick. Growing up in the mid-late 1980s, it was an uphill battle to find simple clothing that wasn't marred by excessive prints, trims, or other clutter. The time-consuming hairstyles were a nightmare - so much so that I cut all my hair off at age 13. Why do all this again? It was so much work!
I'm rapidly losing touch with current trends and becoming an old fart. I still haven't decided whether this bothers me :P
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Date: 2005-02-05 04:57 am (UTC):::teensy little snicker:::
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Date: 2005-02-05 05:50 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-02-05 08:03 pm (UTC)And there's the other end -- the If-I-Feel-Like-Going-Blonde-Then-Dammit-I-Will-Do-Just-That Annex. That's the nifty thing 'bout hair -- it grows back!
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Date: 2005-02-05 06:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-05 02:21 pm (UTC)And yes, I've also heard that this had been one of the lesser-known plagues of Egypt. Keratinous, indeed. Can you imagine Ramses' horror at waking up one morning with a proper southern-boy mullet? No wonder he let Moses' people go!
Little is known of this particular plague other than it's extreme tackiness, but I believe it must have writtn of in another one of those "lost" books of the Bible.
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Date: 2005-02-05 03:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-06 04:33 am (UTC)Are you suggesting...... that Dubya is our punishment for a decade of mulletry!?
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Date: 2005-02-07 03:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-09 03:40 am (UTC)The last time I went (about a month ago), the receptionist (who wears a short cut 50's styled do but can be no more than 20 years old), was wearing extremely pointy short-heeled dress shoes (these are all the rage in the UK right now, I noticed) with faded designer jeans (I don't remember the brand and honestly they looked NOTHING SPECIAL to me). The kicker was that the jeans were about more than a foot too long for her, so she simple cuffed them up and went. The inside-out cuff came 3/4 the way up her lower leg to her knee. WTF?
When another hairdresser reported in for the day and immediately told her how cute she looked and wanted to know if they were *insertnamehere* jeans (and they were), I was just so OVER the place. LOL I couldn't believe my mind was SO made up.
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Date: 2005-02-10 03:28 am (UTC)I've given up trying to keep up with jean styles. If I like it (and if it actually fits), I'll give it a go. Somehow the idea of an extra foot of fabric appeals to me, as I spent most of my teenage years looking for jeans that were long enough!
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Date: 2005-02-10 03:38 am (UTC)