Alyssa Milano

awesome!!! shes starting to look like a female again...lol

But when has she ever once looked like a man? *laughs* You must know some pretty convincing drag queens!

growler wrote: awesome!!! shes starting to look like a female again...lol

Agree with the above posts. If Alyssa Milano looks like a man, I've been gay all these years and didn't realize. Thanks for pointing that out.

HeadBoy wrote: Agree with the above posts. If Alyssa Milano looks like a man, I've been gay all these years and didn't realize. Thanks for pointing that out.

Yeah. Wow. Me too. It's one thing to say you don't like short hair, don't think short hair looks attractive on women, or prefer long hair, but how you can look at Alyssa's body and think she looks like a man, I have no idea.

Rod wrote: HeadBoy wrote: Agree with the above posts. If Alyssa Milano looks like a man, I've been gay all these years and didn't realize. Thanks for pointing that out. Yeah. Wow. Me too. It's one thing to say you don't like short hair, don't think short hair looks attractive on women, or prefer long hair, but how you can look at Alyssa's body and think she looks like a man, I have no idea.

Yeah that goes for me to. And good point Headboy!

Speaking of Alyssa, she seems to be sticking with her super short style although in the past she has changed her hair so quickly. Did anyone see her on the UNICEF Goodwill Gala Celebrating 50 Years of Celebrity Goodwill Ambassadors - Red Carpet
12/3/2003 at WireImage? She appears to be wearing a blue headband or flower or barrette or something in her hair. Can anyone figure out what it is?

Hair accessories! Yippee! I can only see the thumbnails, but it looked like a couple of little blue flowers, to me. Probably a hair clippie, but I'm not sure. Looks good, though. I really like short hair with cute accessories :-) .

sssss wrote: I know I shouldn''t be greedy, but I can''t help wishing she had experimented with different styles and even shorter cuts before deciding to grow it out again. Or maybe she did, but chose not to share the results with us. Or maybe she still has surprises in store for us...

Uhhh.... just how many different styles could she try with 1-inch long hair? And... you wanted to see even shorter cuts? (puzzled)

Regarding the InStyle article... I see the use of trite myths used to sell short haircuts -- such as "This cut was very liberating," "She's not hiding behind a lot of hair," "It lifts cheekbones," and "brings out the eyes" -- has not yet gone out of style. Pity.

Inch-long hair won't hold much in the way of fancy hair clippies and things, but it is good for playing with various hair products, like trying different spiked, tousled, or punkish styles, playing with texture, putting on temporary blue streaks or glitter or whatever, or you could make it femme with scarves, headbands, dainty stick-on or snap-on flowers or jewels. . . there are actually lots of things a creative mind can do with very short hair. But with it getting a little longer, she can use more fancy hairpins and clippies, which is really nice, also.
*shrugs* I could list just as many trite myths used to sell women on long hair, like claiming long hair is more feminine (it's not the hair, but the person wearing it that determines if someone looks feminine or masculine), or that long hair is so much more versatile (versatility of any style depends on the creativity and willingness of its wearer to experiment), and of course using long hair to hide flaws, which is really funny, because in its way it's actually offending the client rather than helping her feel better. . . Relax, there's no conspiracy to rid all the women in the world of their hair. It's just people standing on opposite sides of a fence flinging poo in at each other :-P .

DaveDecker wrote: sssss wrote: I know I shouldn''t be greedy, but I can''t help wishing she had experimented with different styles and even shorter cuts before deciding to grow it out again. Or maybe she did, but chose not to share the results with us. Or maybe she still has surprises in store for us... Uhhh.... just how many different styles could she try with 1-inch long hair? And... you wanted to see even shorter cuts? (puzzled) Regarding the InStyle article... I see the use of trite myths used to sell short haircuts -- such as "This cut was very liberating," "She's not hiding behind a lot of hair," "It lifts cheekbones," and "brings out the eyes" -- has not yet gone out of style. Pity.

shorthair75_2000 wrote: Dave are you saying that these hair stylist are not telling the truth?

No. I'm saying that they're selling an attitude.

shorthair75_2000 wrote: It does not make a girl feel liberated to cut her hair super short, long hair does not hide features, shorthair does not bring out there eyes?

Now you're putting words in my mouth.

shorthair75_2000 wrote: Wow how intresting that you tell us that because I fell for there lies to. I thought it brought out Alyssa eyes and I thought she was Very pretty in short hair,

I have no quibble with the stylist professing his opinion that he finds her attractive/beautiful in the short haircut. The rest of the stuff (quoted before) was pure selling of an attitude.

The long and short pictures of her in the referenced instyle article show just about 100% of her face.

shorthair75_2000 wrote: but if your right she is just a victim of long hair haters, shame on them for cutting Alyssas hair like she wanted and shame one them for saying nice things about it to.

Victim of long hair haters? Hah. More words you wish to put in my mouth.

My post isn't about what Alyssa wanted. I assume she wanted her hair short. It doesn't mean that we aren't entitled to our opinions of the look.

And of course the stylist is going to say nice things about the haircut. Why would he criticize his own doings? duh.

shorthair75_2000 wrote: Not every one looks sexy with super long hair or do everyone want long hair, Just as not everyone looks good in short hair. I love short hair but I don't say that its a waste to have long hair or that they look bad in long hair, its one thing to love long hair but another to say that a hair stylist who has been cutting hair fore a long time and goes to seminars and classes to learn new ways of styling hair does not know what they are talking about.

You seem to have missed the entire point. Do you get it now?

shorthair75_2000 wrote: If theyt said that long hair brought out her eyes and check bones would you agree with him then?

No, I would not. I disagree with that perspective. As I just said, the photos from the instyle article both show all of her face. I have no trouble seeing her eyes and cheekbones extremely well with her hair long. Do you? If so, do you suffer some physical sight impairment?

Kuroneko wrote: Inch-long hair won't hold much in the way of fancy hair clippies and things, but it is good for playing with various hair products, like trying different spiked, tousled, or punkish styles, playing with texture, putting on temporary blue streaks or glitter or whatever, or you could make it femme with scarves, headbands, dainty stick-on or snap-on flowers or jewels. . . there are actually lots of things a creative mind can do with very short hair. But with it getting a little longer, she can use more fancy hairpins and clippies, which is really nice, also. *shrugs* I could list just as many trite myths used to sell women on long hair, like claiming long hair is more feminine (it's not the hair, but the person wearing it that determines if someone looks feminine or masculine), or that long hair is so much more versatile (versatility of any style depends on the creativity and willingness of its wearer to experiment), and of course using long hair to hide flaws, which is really funny, because in its way it's actually offending the client rather than helping her feel better. . . Relax, there's no conspiracy to rid all the women in the world of their hair. It's just people standing on opposite sides of a fence flinging poo in at each other :-P .

I'll grant you that there can be a variety of styles with ultra-short hair, but at the same time will say that I believe longer hair has more versatility yet. No matter, as long as the individual is satisfied with their styling options, that's "all that matters" (at least in regard to that issue).

One of my friends says that long hair enhances the appeal of person, regardless of gender (which to her means that long-haired men are more attractive than short-haired men). So there are a variety of opinions out there.

Funny, I've read the "this haircut helps hide/mask flaws" statement (not often, but I have seen it written).

No worries here about the conspiracy theory you describe... but we all seem to do quite well here at "slingin' the do"...

Carmichael wrote: Notice that in the last decade, very long hair and very short hair has become to be viewed not as a normal progression in hair fashion, but as a social statement. If you ask me this is stereotyping of the worst sort. Long, long hair = Earthy, hippie, fashion backward Short, short hair = Lesbian, feminist, man hater

Hi Carmichael,

Not the just last decade... last two decades and more... although (in a hopeful note) I sense that the stereotypes aren't nearly as pervasive (though this may be wishful thinking on my part).