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Do You Like Adam Lambert's Devilish New Look?

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:18:00 EDT

Do you think he looks a little like Guy Fawkes? Or maybe the Coop devil? Or perhaps Vincent Price? Looking into his eyes, do you suddenly have the urge to sell your soul? Remember: Thou shalt not worship false (American) idols. More »

Still Working On The Flying Car

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:30:00 EST

In the future, stylists will cut hair with robotic metal attachments on their fingers. And hair dye won't smell. Oh wait: The future is now! [Telegraph, Scientific American] More »

Modern Beauty Shop: Winning The War, One Curl At A Time

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:20:00 EDT

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Recently, a reader sent us a link to this ShopBop "trend" story called Wartime. "Fashion is war," reads the copy. No. It isn't. But in the pages of 1942's Modern Beauty Shop, war was a major theme. War… and hair! More »

What About Bob?

Sadie Stein — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:30:00 EST

The bob is 100. The cropped hairdo, inspired by Joan of Arc, was invented in 1909 by a Parisian hairdresser, gained popularity with Bloomsbury bohos and later with flappers, Anna Wintour. [The F Word] More »

Bad Hair Day

Sadie Stein — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:20:00 EST

Illinois governor Rod R. Blagojevich may be in the clink for corruption, but to hair pros, selling offices was only one of his crimes. “There’s no name for that...Ugh” said hairstylist Roberto Novo of the pol's Ken-dollish, possibly artifical, mink-hued pouf. Other stylists described the do variously as "very dated," "like a wig," and similar to that of Jack Lord from ‘Hawaii 5-0.’ Is strange hair a political requirement? [WWD] More »

Does Cutting Your Hair Mean You Don't Want Sex?

Sadie Stein — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:00:00 EST

It's always amazing the questions people are willing to ask in public advice forums. In today's Guardian, a man writes in to the advice columnist to ask whether his wife's new short haircut indicates a subconscious distaste for sex — and, yes, their sex life is bad. Therapist Pamela Stephenson Connolly's advice is okay, but I think we can add to it. More »

Palin's Hairdresser Revealed

Sadie Stein — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:20:00 EDT

Believe it or not, it would seem that the Alaska governor's signature coif, The Palin, is the product not of The Last Frontier, but rather of chi-chi left-coast artistry: "W magazine has learned that the Guv has been traveling with a hairstylist named Angela, who usually works out of a salon called the Hair Grove in Westlake Village, CA. As a source recently told us, Palin was directed to the Hair Grove by none other than Cindy McCain, who found her own current hairstylist, Piper, at the Hair Grove. Supposedly, McCain had inquired about hair extensions." [W] More »

Glamour has spoken: Long Hair Rulez! So...

amparry — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:45:00 EDT

Glamour has spoken: Long Hair Rulez! So long as it's straight or wavy, not kinky or, you know, black. [Glamour] More »