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I was going to watch it but I really didn;t want to, and at the beginning when the guy said a snotty comment about her Indian braids, Saquagewia? that's when I changed the channel which I'm glad I did because Monk was on.

You know it's pretty obvious what's going to happen when at the beginning of the show they say "_________ hasn't cut her hair in ____ years"

I hope I don't watch it.

You can cut less than this much || off of someone's hair and change the way it looks.

I saw that episode too,  and sort of knew what was going to happen.  I think thay know it is going to get chopped off when they agree to go on the show.  What a pitty,  she did have some awesome long hair.

Tyranna wrote: I, as  a shorter person have always been told tht longer hair is only suitable on taller people.

Just curious--do you believe that?


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I agree with  KB and the others, She had spectaculare, hair,although, she let them cut it and that was too bad.  The worste was when on Maury Pauvich this lady had past Knee length, ( I was so jealeous) And they cut it into a bob . It was so nice just flowing past her knees and  presure from others made her cut it,  I will try not to let this happen to My long hair    is just so awesome how can you cut such beauty.

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"It really annoys me when long hair people call hair just above the shoulders "stereotypical".  Um, excuse me.  Not all of us look good with hair down to our tailbones.  The longest I ever had my hair was bra length and the look did nothing for me.  It wasn't until I cut it to shoulder length that my hair started to have body and movement.  I think what's important is that the style suits the person."

I did not mean this as an insult to people who wear this hair at this length or any length for that matter.  Hair styles are always a personal choice.  And I was referring to just below the shoulders - a few inched above the bra line.  When you are talking 'above the shoulders' - that's not long really long hair, but mid-length.

Look at Angelina Jolie - she wears her hair a few inches above the bra line and she looks great. 

I used the word 'stereotypical' because in the eyes of about 99.9% of all professional stylists and so called fashion 'experts' define long hair at this particular length and anything longer is usually treated as an abberation.   And that is the target of my criticism - hair stylists, not people who chose to wear their hair either longer or shorter.  And in this episode the stylist did not even entertain working with a longer style hair length.  It was an automatic - "let's chop it all off".

To my eye, a person's hair length does not affect my perception of their height.  And neither does a woman's height affect my perception of their attractiveness.

The notion that people should choose their hair's length based on their height is idiotic.

"What not to wear" pays government-certified haircutters who haven't a lick of artistic creativity when it comes to styling (not cutting) ideas for long hair -- and by long, I don't mean just-below-shoulder length.

Katja wrote: Tyranna wrote: I, as  a shorter person have always been told tht longer hair is only suitable on taller people. ...people have told me that as well.  I'm pretty short (5') and people always tell me that long hair will make me look shorter, but I don't care.  I'm not at all insecure about my height and even if my hair did make me look shorter, it'd just be an optical illusion.

Call me stupid (or else someone who doesn't check her email often) but is there something fundamentally wrong with being short?  (5'7 here.)  Or, for that matter, even tall?  Almost everytime I see an article suggestion appropriate styles for various people, it's presented under "hiding flaws."  You know, too short, too tall, chest too big, chest too small...  I'm all for people dressing to flatter their body type, but the idea that everyone should be dressing to look like a 5'6 person with a C cup seems stupid to me.  It's like the idea of an "appropriate" hair length.  Some people look gorgeous with ultra long hair, and some people have such pretty features and a gorgeous head shape that they look pretty bald.  (I've noticed that with a few cancer surivors.)

And sorry...this wasn't technically a hair post, but I think it does fall into the spirit of the thread...namely that the so-called experts have a certain look that they think is right for all women and they want to try to get everyone as close to that look as possible.  Sorry for the rant.  *sheepish grin*