I came across this quote from American Vogue of 1988 and since I have recently cut my hair super short I felt inspired to share it here in case someone is thinking of taking the plunge as well:
“With short hair you begin to crave pearl necklaces, long earrings, and a variety of sunglasses. And you brush your teeth more often. Short hair removes obvious femininity and replaces it with style. When it starts growing out a little and losing its style, you have to wear sunglasses until you can get it to the hairdresser. That’s why you need a variety. Short hair makes you aware of subtraction as style. You can no longer wear puffed sleeves or ruffles; the neat is suddenly preferable to the fussy. You eye the tweezers instead of the blusher. What else can you take away? You can’t hide behind short hair… you may look a little androgynous, a little unfinished, a little bare… but your face is no longer a flat screen surrounded by a curtain: the world sees you in three dimensions”
- Joan Juliet Buck for American Vogue, c.1988
It takes a certain brand of female to pull off super short hair. I'm proud to say I belong to that brand.
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