I'm still slacking on this posting thing--I can't believe it's been a month since I went to see "Hair" on Broadway. Weekends since then have brought a trip to Detroit for an old friend's wedding, 4th of July celebrations with the coolest people in New Jersey, and some wonderful times with friends.In preparation for the coming weekend (and because I felt like it), I got my hair chopped off today. I've always love getting my hair cut--it's almost always an exercise in going with my whims (bangs were a result of walking by a hair salon in Portland, Ore. one rainy afternoon in the fall of 2006). It is also an exercise in restraint--one of my dream haircuts is a pixie a la Audrey Hepburn in "Roman Holiday," a fun 'do that would be a disaster on my large round head. Lately, I've been feeling a pull towards a classic 1930s-style bob--short, blunt, smooth. There's something poetic about having a Depression-era style during the current economic slump...well, I at least there's something poetic about it.
An updated version of this style--and another haircut I've admired for years--is the short, offbeat bob another Audrey (Tautou) sported in "Amelie"--the movie from which I draw almost all of my views on style and aesthetics.
However, the shortness, again, would wreak havoc on my round face. So I opted for a longer version of the traditional 1930s bob--short in the back, slightly angled towards my face.
Ok, I hate posting pictures of myself so this will most likely be the last time my face graces a post. Urgh.
The weekend can't come soon enough...
...Weekend Anna
