In the 1970s, I was a respectable young man with long straight hair. A permanent was recommended to me on more than one occasion as a way I might look more presentable. So, yeah, it wasn't uncommon at all.
This is why I continue reading Althouse. It is very easy for a news story like this to fall through the cracks without anyone commenting on its true significance. I await further enlightenment in the comments section.....I'm thinking of making an avanti fashion statement with my nasal hairs. So many men just trim them, but I'm looking to demonstrate a kind of Daliesque flair with them. I have got virile, bristly nasal hairs--they're perhaps my best feature--and I mean to do something with them.
I have naturally curly hair. People with perms look effin' stupid.
Of course, my naturally curly hair is thinner and thinner these days -- it used to be so luxuriant and beautiful! -- so it's short short and you don't see much curl.
I got a perm before Christmas and Cassie (she owns the hair place) sat me down and put her fists on her hips and gave me this stare... and then asked me why I wanted a perm, because she usually does two of them in a *year* and she'd done six in the last two months and had to order extra stuff.
I didn't really want to tell her that a person has to go get their hair done less often if it's *supposed* to look like a misshapen mass of curls.
So... what was happening, economically, in the 1970's?
One of my best friends in college let his girlfriend convince him to get a perm circa 1982. The poor man looked like a blonde poodle. And a whipped one, at that.
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Why???
I spent most of the 1970s trying to straighten my natural curly hair.
Go figure.
In the 1970s, I was a respectable young man with long straight hair. A permanent was recommended to me on more than one occasion as a way I might look more presentable. So, yeah, it wasn't uncommon at all.
Guy with a perm fetish looking for an excuse to get curly.
This is why I continue reading Althouse. It is very easy for a news story like this to fall through the cracks without anyone commenting on its true significance. I await further enlightenment in the comments section.....I'm thinking of making an avanti fashion statement with my nasal hairs. So many men just trim them, but I'm looking to demonstrate a kind of Daliesque flair with them. I have got virile, bristly nasal hairs--they're perhaps my best feature--and I mean to do something with them.
I suppose there could be something more frivolous than a man getting a perm, but it has to be right near the top.
I have naturally curly hair. People with perms look effin' stupid.
Of course, my naturally curly hair is thinner and thinner these days -- it used to be so luxuriant and beautiful! -- so it's short short and you don't see much curl.
He is doing it for a very un-frivolous reason. Read the article.
I got a perm before Christmas and Cassie (she owns the hair place) sat me down and put her fists on her hips and gave me this stare... and then asked me why I wanted a perm, because she usually does two of them in a *year* and she'd done six in the last two months and had to order extra stuff.
I didn't really want to tell her that a person has to go get their hair done less often if it's *supposed* to look like a misshapen mass of curls.
So... what was happening, economically, in the 1970's?
You admit that your dad had a perm, and mention it as though that makes a perm for men acceptable? Yet you think men shouldn't wear shorts?
Aesthetics are inherently personal, but I really think your tastes are a bit "out there."
Not me. My hair has gone into remission.
Male perm ever in? Sure, for Brady Bunch fans:
http://cdn-write.demandstudios.com/upload//1000/600/20/6/31626.jpg
One of my best friends in college let his girlfriend convince him to get a perm circa 1982. The poor man looked like a blonde poodle. And a whipped one, at that.
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