Mirrorball
Today, a visit to the hairdresser. I'd picked out a style from one of my numerous magazines. It was a kind of halfway house between my usual bob and a crop. My rationale was that if I hated it, it wouldn't take too long to grow back.
Instead, my hairdresser persuaded me to do the job properly. I now have a fully fledged Agyness Deyn Crop. Alas, I do not quite have her bone structure.
I'm not a hundred percent convinced. It's cute and pixie-ish, but I do worry it's borderline bull-dyke. I'll need to make sure I select my most feminine outfit for its debut tomorrow. My head feels light, and it's really odd not to feel my hair swishing around when I move. When I pass a mirror, I barely recognise myself. My face is completely exposed.
On leaving the hairdresser, I nipped in past my local record shop. The record shop man literally did a (comedy style) double take. But was very complimentary, which was sweet. I'm yet to see anyone else, so the public jury's still out.
One thing's for sure. My morning routine time's going to be cut by about 90%. Extra minutes in bed can only be happy news. And the good thing about hair is, it grows. Meanwhile, it will be the perfect incentive to keep an eye on my calorie intake. Because this is not a cut which will forgive my gaining a single ounce.
Mirrorball - Elbow
Labels: Hair
posted by Cat @ Thursday, June 12, 2008
16 Comments:
sounds fab, and perfect for summer, to quote jo from little women post radical cut i am sure it is 'deliciously light and cool'! x
Glad that you got it all shorn off! I'm telling you, girl, pixie cuts are the way to go! They also ensure that you only get attention from a better kind of guy. In my long, dyed blond hair days, I'd get all manner of types checking me out because long, blond hair is more obvious. When I got my hair cut off, and dyed back to its (unbeknownst to me at the time) natural brunette colour, I definitely got less looks from guys - but the ones who did look were FAR cuter and more interesting.
On the whole, guys who like short-haired women are a bit more open-minded than tha arseholes who think that a woman has to have long hair to be feminine and attractive.
Pictures! We need pictures!
Oh, well, I'll just have to use my imagination...
*fantasizes about Agnes Wossname*
Yup, you look just fine!
It sounds good and I am sure you are going to look great! ;)
It sounds great - and short hair is fantastically liberating. I had v.short hair for a couple of years and god, the hours I spent in bed. Hurrah.
We need a picture!!!!!!!
....and what colour have you decided on, cat?
As others have already said, any chance of a picture? I realise that you don't want to reveal your identity to *everyone*, but could you not take a pic and just *blur* your face perhaps?
I'd REALLY love to see your new style. I bet it looks fab!
Lins x
Katy, that's one of my all-time favourite books! Pity I didn't have the foresight to hang onto my hair and sell it, hey?
SM, I'm inclined to agree with that, but I do think it makes one a bit of a niche market, no? In my experience, it's the girls with long blonde hair and skimpy tops that the guys are after, not the girls who look "interesting". Damn!
Mr Farty, Janey and Lindsay, I may take a picture and stick it up for a short time. I've only got the camera on my phone, so have no idea how to blur the face out!
Alison, now I'm over the shock - and the sudden blast of cold air - I'm quite liking it.
LondonGirl, I could have been at work half an hour early this morning. I chose not to though, and watched GMTV instead. They get enough of my time as it is.
Bedshaped, I am still brunette! We did discuss the possibility of my going platinum blonde, but for now at least it's been abandoned. Too much like hard work, I think.
God, that photo of our Agnesse looks like it's been airbrushed with a blowtorch. Having seen her in person, the hair is definitely the best bit to copy. The girl is cute, but could do with a pie or two.
I adore short hair on women. Absolutely. I'm almost embarrassed by Slutty Mcwhore's comment. Thinking back... Only one of my girlfriends has had hair past her shoulders. I love girls with interesting hair. Niche perhaps, but better to be how you want to look, rather than blanding yourself out to fit in. That way is permatan and bleached blonde hair. Just say no.
I think you're very brave and it sounds very cool. Picture would be lovely, but you'll get enough compliments from people in the real world.
As for your worries about being a "niche market", well, you're a Morrissey fan for fuck's sake! That's a niche market if there ever was one! I can hardly imagine that the guys you *WANT* to be attracted to you, are into girls with long blond hair and skimpy tops. There are *LOADS* of guys in Glasgow (which is where you are, no?) who are into interesting, intellectual types. When I was in Glasgow, I'd hang out at Mono and the 13th note all the time, and there were plenty men there who'd like your (and my) type.
Does this comment make sense? I'm pished.
Del, what a shame I don't live in London - between my short hair and your penchant for women's clothes, we'd be a perfect couple!
SM, you're absolutely right, but sometimes I do wish I looked the way the boys wanted. My friend R's sister has a size 6 figure, but with boob-job boobs, and waist length blonde hair - men just flock to her like bees round a honeypot. Currently she is dating five different guys! Even if they're not the right guys, it has to be good for the ego, no?
Don't know if I like the sound of fake boobs and long, blond hair. And, like I said before, there are LOADS of guys who are not into this look. I wouldn't trade my brunette pixie cup and 32B's for that any day.
I'd be up for dating five guys, too, but I can't imagine how your friend's sister manages to find them! In Scotland of all places! I love Scottish men's sense of humour, but, well, when it comes to looks, they're fucking minging for the most part. Or, if they're not, they're totally up their own arse.
I'm definitely not up my own arse. It is honking! Guess I'm a minger then, sigh.
What's good for the ego is bad for the soul. And yeah, doesn't geography suck?
SM, she is absolutely gorgeous, but the boobs are a bit of a bridge too far for me.
Mr Farty, I'm sure you're very handsome, lovely!
Del, "bad for the soul" is one of my most over-used phrases. A bit of ego massage never hurts anyone, though, I think.
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