You know those confused, dark-haired girls who look, to the uninformed observer, like they have had a rather unfortunate encounter with a similarly confused, and possibly drunk hairdresser? Why is their hair longer at the front than the back? Why has it been shaved on the left side but left shoulder-length on the right side? What’s with all this asymmetry? And more to the point, did she actually pay for this?
Not so fast, Auslander! What you might think is the result of being dragged through a hedge backwards by Edward Scissorhands is actually a post-modern deconstruction of the very concept of a haircut – a statement so radical that it shakes the very foundations of human grooming. It’s Existentialism in a haircut. Also it’s €10 a snip. This might be 10 too much for what is essentially an accident, and clients might be tempted to do it themselves at home. Just make sure that they use the Existentialist scissors (like Occam’s razor, but without the logic bit), or failing that, some seriously ironic clippers.
taken from http://www.ichwerdeeinberliner.com/
So here I am in Germany for a week of work with a music artist. What have I noticed?
I am intrigued by the space and design here in Hamburg – the amazing buildings and architectural style. And, equally, by the lack of floaty, beachy-soft hair that I am so used to looking at back home in East London.
Sitting in my hotel room I have decided to investigate blogs on German hairstyling, and have taken this piece from a blog that describes post-modern hair:
The older women (50-plus) have the strongest of short looks. It must be all about the cut and less of the blo-dry.
taken from http://www.ichwerdeeinberliner.com/
But in the last week I have seen haircuts that have made me do a double take; these women look strong and have an untouchable glamour
Are we influenced so much by the architecture around us? Hamburg feels a million miles away from London in terms of design, and just as far from the hair trends that I quote on regularly.
