struck

 leona.  when it comes to creative hair color, there are those who are striking and those who are stricken.  the difference is thinking artfully and practicing restraint.  nicely done, leona.

(who knew the orange line would be such a source of inspiration...?)

"None of These Styling Products Exist."

noga.  i liked her hair, she liked my skirt.  i asked her if her curls were hard to manage.  she said no.  of course not!  look how she wears them!  they're wild and natural, not because she's treating them with "Wild 'n Natural Curly Hair Styling Solution" but because she's letting them be.  whisper words of wisdom...

i might also add that israeli curls are some of the best curls i've ever encountered. 

victoria.  was so nonchalant about letting me photograph her when i approached her at the South End Open Markets that it made me wonder if people aren't always snapping her picture.  is she famous?  am i missing something?

here's what i do know:  these photos do not do justice to how awesome her hair is.  she's obviously improved on nature a bit with the color, and someone has cut a killer layered bob into it, but what i like most is its gorgeously slept-on look, achieved not with "I Slept On It Hair Molding Mud," but with a pillow.  rock. and. roll.

every. damn. day.

so there's a title that clearly does not refer to the frequency with which i post.  here's what it refers to.

 alyssa.  caught her on the orange line.  i was admiring her razor sharp bangs and she told me she trims them every day.  and i said: every day?  and she said: every day.  i totally believe her. 

do i have to mention she was also wearing leopard print tights?  no, probably not.

 i was looking at this album cover the other day, admiring Joni's bangs.  they're the antithesis of alyssa's.  i've looked at bangs from both sides now...

interrupture is not my word

all these folks were found on my cultural night out.  we got a babysitter and went to the sweetwater tavern deep in emerson college territory to hear amy participate in a reading.  we had an awesome time.

                                      emily.  a poet from california who is also featured on interrupture, the online lit mag that hosted the event.  she read a poem i liked a lot called "del taco."  emily is very west coast, in more ways than just writing poems about cali-based fast food establishments.  check it out: it was probably 8:30 pm at the time of this photo and notice, sunglasses in hair (cascade of blonde hair, mind you).  soooo chill.

 paul.  a lot of times, when I bring up bangs, a lot of women say disdainfully "oh, I had them when I was five..."  i hear men say similar things about the buzz cut.  with men, however, they're usually speaking with a hint of longing, as in, "if I could just buzz it, life would be simpler, but..."  i think paul shows us all here that men can sport the buzz, embracing the throw-back coif full force with throw-back specs and all.   

it's all about the profile.  full credit to one Master Barber tom.

                              













                       mariel.  you make it all worthwhile.     

we should all be so inspired.

city feeders

i found these three sitting outside the little City Feed in JP.  they told me that they all cut each other's hair.

  

 


                                                                                            cea.
there's no reason to discuss the origins of this kind of haircut.  all i can say is i'm glad she's got it and not some celebrity's 3-year-old (i'm looking at you, kingston rossdale).  do not like parentally imposed mohawk. 

 

                                                         vicky.  whenever i see vicky, she's got a hat on.  i think she must like hats and thus had her hair cut to go well with her excellent hat collection.  this is one reason why it is good to have your friends cut your hair.  they understand that kind of shit. 

amazing.  even without a hat on, a hat is kind of suggested.

jake.  another member of the YBMA.  i appreciate that the hair upon his chin balances the length in the back.  and how about that eyebrow shape?  pan anyone?

always let your friends cut your hair.

happy birthday

today I am 32.  

katy.  lots of beautiful hair.  LOTS.  and feather earrings.  which we should all own.

antoinette.  volume on a slightly lesser scale than marie antoinette.  but i think she'd approved.
 

nelson.  representing the young bearded men of america (YBMA).  your ranks are growing as fast as your facial hair!

wear to begin

my first few images are all of people I know.  haven't done my first stranger-on-the-street photo.  screwing my courage to the sticking place, as they say.  how does the Sartorialist do it?

 amy.  amy of the asymmetrical hair.  i cut it, but it was her brainchild.  it's great when someone has an idea for their hair and it ends up suiting them so well.  bravo.

 


















janet being a muse.  which is always.  we were copying a style we saw in a magazine.

 

another look on janet.  faux bangs to help her resist the urge to cut real bangs.

john.  file this one under "looks that should not work but do."  john might be the king of pulling-it-off.  if john were a commercial, his fine print would read "do not attempt."    

action shot!

meghan.  (i hope i spelled it right.  there are so many ways to spell meghan.)

color!  color perfection.  i know.  that sounds like a judgement, but it's not.  empirically, this is perfect.