Dorothy Hamill do
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Topic: Dorothy Hamill do
Posted By: LiLHonie03
Subject: Dorothy Hamill do
Date Posted: July 27 2003 at 4:52pm
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Hi my name is Jen, I am 27 years old. I have milk chocolate brown hair. It is thick and goes down to the middle of my neck. How do I get the Dorothy Hamill haircut. Could some please send a step by step procedure or a diagram showing how to get the cut, or in your own words on how to do it? Thank You |
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Posted By: MightyH
Date Posted: July 27 2003 at 6:16pm
| Actually, if you tell your stylist that you want the "Dorothy Hamill wedge" they should know exactly what you're talking about. Good luck. |
Posted By: tina m
Date Posted: July 27 2003 at 8:15pm
That's a cute style! Go for it LilHonie! Bring a picture of Dorothy Hamill. You can probably find one on the internet on a website about her. ------------- tina |
Posted By: IfOnly
Date Posted: July 27 2003 at 10:17pm
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That's a great hairstyle! I'd love to see it make a come back, I always thought it was a very flattering haircut (and practical). I'll never forget Dorothy winning the '76 Olympics, and then when she was a reporter for the '80 Olympics she had a shorter crop. She looks great in short hair and still does. As said before just ask for the Dorothy Hamill wedge, your thick brown hair should look great with that cut! ------------- |
Posted By: Kuroneko
Date Posted: July 28 2003 at 2:11am
| You might want to ask the stylist to do a bit more modern version, though. Retro '70s hair seems to be in, but the styles usually are adapted more to modern tastes, so they look softer and. . . frankly less goofy than the old high school yearbook photos everyone had from the time. |
Posted By: Hal
Date Posted: July 28 2003 at 6:44am
Great point...after all that is a 30 year old style... ------------- |
Kuroneko wrote:Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: July 31 2003 at 6:10am
| And the bangs were really short, as compared to a lot of todays looks, even short haired looks. Some modification may avoid sticker / mirror shock |
Posted By: StyleGuy
Date Posted: September 28 2003 at 10:38pm
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Actually, getting that cut is probably going to be more complicated than just asking for it. The techniques used to develop that shape are very rarely taught in hair schools these days. Its probably been at least twenty years since that sectioning technique has been taught at all. Although I did fairly recently graduate from Hair School, I had to go searching for someone who could show me some techniques no longer taught. I finally found someone who had been an instructor at Vidal Sassoon. Good luck! |
Posted By: Kuroneko
Date Posted: September 29 2003 at 1:06am
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If you're looking for total historical accuracy, it might be hard, yes. But if all you're looking for is an updated version reminiscent of the original, it might not be too hard. *shrugs* ------------- More awesome than a manatee! |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: September 30 2003 at 10:55am
| I saw a woman with this hairstyle yesterday afternoon. She looked great in it! |
Posted By: demodoll
Date Posted: October 30 2003 at 8:55am
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It is pretty hard to find someone who can do this cut correctly. The sides need to be "stacked" and I haven't found anyone in recent years who can do it right. They seem to want to cut layers and stacking is more subtle than that. I had that cut 25 years ago when I got married. No one has been able to do it right since. ------------- "It is better to look marvelous than to feel marvelous" Billy Crystal |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: November 06 2003 at 12:43pm
| But if you look at links to Amanda Borden, the olympian gymnast, she has a verycute updated version. Shew was captain of the Keri Shrug team, and kind of lost in the celebrity light of Kerri's leap. |
Posted By: Elissa
Date Posted: November 06 2003 at 12:50pm
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That was the shortest haircut I ever had, around 1977. It was my big transition haircut going into junior high school. I loved it, the back of my hair was so poufy! I have a picture of it, somewhere. -------------  [/url]
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