‘Help, my hair’s so 2005..’
They say that only when times are a-changing do women have a drastic haircut to mark the occasion, unless you follow Hair & Beauty in Vogue and you measure time in seasons. ‘Ooh autumn, Guido’s feeling cool brown with heavy layers’ and off you go to the salon to adjust your barnet accordingly. I speak as one who has never succumbed to fashions when it comes to hairstyle, having spent most of my life growing out various DIY colour mishaps. As many a fashion maven has found out, when you get it wrong with your hair it’s a slow slog back to normality. Not nearly as easy as flinging that tartan mini to the back of the cupboard.
Unfortunately ‘hair’ and ‘fashion’ run on opposite timelines. We talk of the perennial appeal of ’slow fashion’, but as human scalp hair grows at a rate of around 0.4mm per day, there is hardly a choice between ‘fast’ or ’slow’ hair. ‘Investment’ hair is another story, with many women maintaining the same £100+ cut-and-blow-dry as their signature style for decades. Anna Wintour’s trademark fringed bob is a prime example of investment hair – the perfect accompaniment to one of the best invested wardrobes in the industry.
We all have a certain face shape and features that the right cut can flatter, and it’s a case of finding the hair that suits you and not deviating too far from the template. How strong a jawline you have and the size of your forehead dictates, I think, how short you can go and whether you can wear a fringe; and unless black hair is your natural colour it’s draining as hell on the complexion.
Victoria Beckham, no stranger to the scissors, debuted a shiny mocha pixie crop to coincide with her new collection. Heavy eye make up and a tan means she looks gamine, but first thing in the morning? Like KD Lang. Meanwhile her nemesis Kate Moss has grown out that fringe and word has it that she cut her own hair into the tousled, choppy ‘do it is now. Blugh. When Kate’s scrimps on the hairdresser you know we’re In The Red….but is that copper or auburn I wonder?
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