Apparently it works with short hair too.
Posted on 12/15/2005 5:45:08 PM PST by presidio9
There was a time when men's hairstyles only came in one form: short. Close-cropped, clean cut and, frankly, a bit dull, short was pretty much it when it came to cutting men's hair.
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Braso attributes the new hairstyles to men's fashion trends that favor romantic fabrics like velvet. "Everything in fashion is sort of romantic and soft, almost dandyish," he said. "In a way, hair is sort of following that."
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But Braso said not to discount fashion as a factor in the move toward longer locks. As a whole, he said, men are edging closer to a hair-consciousness that's always been the rage in Europe. In England, for example, mid-length hair on men has been popular for a long time.
Now, American guys are adopting the trend to suit their sensibilities. That means it's longer and softer -- but still controllable. "American men don't like that real wild look," Braso said. "Their hair is a little more styled, and fixed and finished." It's not just length that's seeping into men's hair fashion. Braso said that sideburns are also fashionable for men, and Tuozzoli said that more young men are coloring their hair.
Tuozzoli said he's seen an increasing number of men opt for highlights or other color. One recent customer even had his hair bleached at the salon.
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Maybe it's just the fallout from the recent metrosexual trend in men's grooming, but guys do seem to be paying more attention to their hair. Tuozzoli said that men are far more likely to consult a fashion or entertainment magazine for hairstyle ideas than they were in the past.
"Men are more influenced by fashion than they were a decade ago," Tuozzoli said.
Braso agrees. "Men know exactly what they want from their hair these days," he said.
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Apparently it works with short hair too.
Reeks of gayness.
My hair's too much of a pain in the @$$ to be long.
Metrosexual = fop
I miss the mullet.
Wire undercarriage?
There are many "real" men with long hair who would knock your block off if you dared call them sissy.
'Tis the season.
My hero.
What nonsense.
Men have only four influences: God, Sex, Liquor, and Food. Anything you want to know about a man can be found by what order he places those four things.
*best Peter Griffin voice*: "OH MY GOD IT'S TINA TURNER!"
My brother-in-law sums it up as "If you can't eat it or mate with it, kill it" :lol:
I don't see room for fashion anywhere in that philosophy either....
LQ
I can't wait for them to market velvet bib overalls.
correction. A "real" man wouldn't give a sh*t if you called him a sissy, because he would know full well he wasn't. Only a sissy "would knock your block off," for calling him out.
Couple of decadent fruits telling "men" what they want. Were I to offer the same level of pretentiously unwelcome advice, they would surely take it as some kind of thread or insult.
But we need to be "tolerant". They're not bad- just different!
Ick.. those girly-men are really unappealing.
My husband and I play a game whenever we go to pick up a family member at the international terminal of the airport. For each guy that comes off of a flight from Europe, we try to guess "European or just gay?" Keeps us amused "European", "European", "GAY", "European", "both!"
> My hair's too much of a pain in the @$$ to be long.
As an engineer, I strive for efficiency in hair style. Short... very short... very low maintenance.
Ever since my husband got out of the service in '71, I've had to nag him to get a hair cut. He took so much abuse for the military hair cut that he has a thing about short hair. Wait until I show him this article. I will never have to nag him again.
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