OK, I've held off for a while jumping into this conversation, but I figured it couldn't hurt to give my $.02. IMHO, however easy it is for Hayden to do in the morning or put under a wig or modify with extensions, from a purely aesthetic stylistic standpoint, this was a bad decision for a few reasons:
- It doesn't work well with her face shape. No matter how you style it, a bangless, chin-length bob on a round face is one of the least flattering looks you could come up with. Hayden is a beautiful girl and so it's difficult for her to look bad with any style, but this is simply a combination that doesn't work for anyone.
- Other than extensions, the style itself limits her options. If it's not flat-ironed, her natural wave will add fullness to the style that will just serve to emphasize the roundness of her face...which is something a longer or even shorter style wouldn't do. And she does have naturally very curly hair (unless she's gotten it chemically straightened), so I'm not exactly sure how this is as "wash and go" as she seems to indicate in the People Magazine article.
- Lastly, to make such a significant style change (i.e., a major cut) and to choose the Pob, baffles me. The style is so ubiquitous now and she is so far behind the fashion curve on this, it becomes more of a "me too" style at this point. Unlike the "Rachel" that managed to look at least slightly different on all the women that got one, this version of the Pob looks depressingly the same.
Not faulting Hayden for making a change, since she's young and thus would be expected to be experimenting with different looks, but I'm just surprised this is the road she chose. Best example of a better route would be Rhianna who snipped her long locks to a couple of different cutting edge bobs that spawned copies before going even shorter with yet another signature look.
In other words, if Hayden wanted to go short, go short in a way that is as iconic as she has become lately...or at least something more flattering.
Off my soapbox for now, JF
Edited by JerkyFlea - June 26 2008 at 6:49pm
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Hayden is sporting long hair on the set of "Heroes." These photos were taken 7/8/08. I'm not sure if her original hair (if it was her original hair) looks much more realistic or if this would look better if I had nothing to compare it to.
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She wears a long haired wig when they cut to the future this season. In the future, Claire has become quite edgy and tough, the complete opposite of the sweet girl she is now. This season deals with the villainous quality that everyone has inside them.
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Hayden was at a restaurant a few days ago and I have to say that I personally think it looks great and it looks a bit different than when she first got her hair done. There is video footage of her walking out of the restaurant too I think and I'll see if I can find it if anyone wants it.
Shes got bangs and they totally bring it together.
Good move for her. She aged, and I mean that in a good way. If you take her general look and her first big role she has the risk of being stereotyped as the blonde cheerleader her whole life. While I didn't love the first cut this slight variation gets thumbs up from me.
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