It will take someone (or several) with more star power than Alyssa, to get a haircut as severe 1" pixie, mainstream in 2004 hair fashion for sure.
The main problem is that in this current culture short short hair has become analagous with a gender-bend or radical feminism. (Even in the case of someone as physically attractive as Alyssa Milano) Neither of these are maintream ideals emulated by the majority in todays society. 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
Being "in fashion" is exlusitory by it's very nature and while most will say that they "accept" these fashions they will not go as far as to encourage wide spread acceptance by adopting them themselves. Personally, I find it a fascinating dynamic.
For instance, if I pose questions to young ladies in the salon chair about Alyssa's new haircut I'll get a variety of enthusiastic and emotion void responses from clients. The most common one is, "It looks great on her, but I could never cut my hair that short, my boyfriend would kill me." (meaning at least to this casual observer, that she couldn't possibly risk having him find her defined from her new haircut as asexual and untatractive) Yes, I'll acknowledge that it's a nervous response and should be taken somewhat in jest; but I contend that her cheif concern is that she's deathly afraid of how he would ultimately respond to her as a women. What is unspoken is that she is insecure if not down-right afraid that she might lose his affections to a prettier women with more socially acceptable (longer) hair.
In this regard, I would offer that we as men and women haven't come very far as a society as we think that we have. Have we?
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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 .
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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.
[ 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.
[/QUOTE] Dave are you saying that these hair stylist are not telling the truth? 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? 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, 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. 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. If theyt said that long hair brought out her eyes and check bones would you agree with him then?
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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.
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 :-) .
Wow. I see what you mean. I just tried to look and can see the blue thingy but can't figure out if it is a barrette or a headband or what. Anyone have any ideas?
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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?
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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.
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.
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...
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She looks incredibly feminine with either cut, she's just so beautiful. I actually like her better with the ultra short cut, it brings out her features so well, and it... well... reminds me of how my love Tina wears her hair.
While it would be unnoticeable when she had long hair, Alyssa Milano's locks at the "Last Samurai" premiere last week were maybe an inch longer than the September "Tonight Show" premiere.
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