In this short and sweet post, we'd like to present some people we've run into in our recent travels who have short and sweet hair.
Below is Kath, a volunteer at the Angel Street Thrift Shop. The little halo around her head is totally accidental, but so appropriate! Kath said the same barber who cuts her hair also cuts Anderson Cooper's. This is entirely believable. Although she also mentioned the very reasonable price and the name of the barber shop, unfortunately (you'll never guess) ... we've forgotten both!
Next is a woman we met on the main floor at Saks Fifth Avenue the day we went to see the store's addendum to the FIT Shoe Obsession exhibition. So chic!
We ran into the woman below on the street after our trip to the Math Museum, and called out to her that we loved her purple hair. She was talking on her cell phone, and even though we knew it was VERY not done to interrupt people in the midst of a call, we seized the moment (SO unlike us), ran after her, and gestured to her in sign language that we'd like to take her picture. We heard her say into her phone "They want to take my picture", and then she kindly motioned to us to go ahead. In person, the purple looked wonderfully rich and vibrant. The photo doesn't do her justice. She said the color, called Purple Haze, is made by Manic Panic. It's a rinse that washes out after a week, so if any of our readers would like to try it without making a major, permanent commitment, please write and tell us the results -- or better yet, send photos!
And, lest anyone accuse us of gender bias, we present this fabulous gentleman, whom we met at the Japan Society. He was deep in conversation for AGES, so it took forever to get to photograph his wonderful mohawk. He explained that he was about to enter a monastery, so he was gradually getting himself used to having no hair. What an inspired way to do so! He was also with a stunning woman, and it's a pity we didn't have the gumption to pester her for her photo as well. We are not Ron Galella. (Young people, you'll need to look him up to get the reference.)
We thought you'd also enjoy seeing it from the back.
(We cheated a bit by putting in an old photo of ourselves. Sorry! Still, it works for the short hair theme, so we're cutting ourselves some slack.)
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AND THIS JUST IN
Womens Wear Daily reports that Fashion's Night Out, a trend that had barely begun, will this year go on "hiatus", which seems to mean it's over, at least for some cities.