Althouse: Looking for a new hairstyle?

July 6, 2012

Looking for a new hairstyle?

Try "The Bow":

31 comments:

Scott said...: Wow. Makes me wish I had hair.; 7/6/12, 1:43 PM
Anonymous said...: The women of the forties did amazing things with their hair and that was before hairspray, I think. I love that pinup picture of Betty Grable with her updo, wearing a bathing suit and showing off her gams.

Darn iPad.; 7/6/12, 1:55 PM
Original Mike said...: Wow. Makes me glad I don't have hair.; 7/6/12, 1:56 PM
Original Mike said...: Can Chip Ahoy put Althouse's face on that drawing?; 7/6/12, 1:57 PM
bagoh20 said...: That's great! It's like a handle right on top there. Now just add a cup holder, and I'm in smitten.; 7/6/12, 2:01 PM
Chip Ahoy said...: c==≈ c==≈ ≈==⊃ ≈==⊃

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Bobby pins.; 7/6/12, 2:04 PM
edutcher said...: Ah, yes, the late 50s.

They were....

unique.

AllieOop said...

The women of the forties did amazing things with their hair and that was before hairspray, I think.

From a book copyright, 1958; 7/6/12, 2:13 PM
lemondog said...: Wow. Makes me wish I had hair.

Why do you need hair when you have broccoli.; 7/6/12, 2:13 PM
MadisonMan said...: As it turns out, I'm not looking for a new hairstyle, but thanks for asking.

(Or should that be knot?); 7/6/12, 2:15 PM
Beta Rube said...: I think The T-bow will replace this style any day now.; 7/6/12, 2:35 PM
ricpic said...: They paint their faces
They torture their hair
They walk around on stilts,
Then talk of liberation:
They're crazier than quilts.; 7/6/12, 2:41 PM
Anonymous said...: Edutcher, the hairstyle is from the 40's , the copyright on the book may be from the fifties, doesn't mean those styles were from the fifties. In the fifties, the shorter cuts were in vogue, boy cuts, duck tails, bubble cuts. But of course you are the expert in all matters, women's hair styles, red leather, whips.....; 7/6/12, 3:05 PM
Anonymous said...: 1958 edition. Which indicates there were earlier editions. Now how hard was that to figure out?; 7/6/12, 3:08 PM
FleetUSA said...: I am sorry but as a man, even though those styles may be attractive, I would prefer my women friends spending less time grooming and more time with me (loving & companionship).

I know several women (no direct relations) who can spend hours "getting ready"; 7/6/12, 3:18 PM
Known Unknown said...: I prefer the Bow-ie.; 7/6/12, 3:46 PM
Jason (the commenter) said...: If I grow my mustache long enough I bet I can pull it off. (The look, not my mustache!); 7/6/12, 4:30 PM
ricpic said...: Hey Jason, you're going all fu manchu on us. Don't know what I think of that. I'll have to mull it over and get back to you...or not.; 7/6/12, 4:37 PM
Jason (the commenter) said...: ricpic: Hey Jason, you're going all fu manchu on us. Don't know what I think of that. I'll have to mullet over and get back to you...or not.

I'm trying for Jose Marti, but will probably end up looking like one of those Anonymous masks.; 7/6/12, 5:03 PM
Sydney said...: They wore hairstyles like that on the Original Star Trek, too. I always wondered how the women had their hair and nails done so elaborately when they were on that spaceship. I don't ever recall seeing a hairdresser on the crew.; 7/6/12, 5:04 PM
Bob Ellison said...: fleetusa, sometimes people do spend lots of time getting ready, but the results can be glorious, so let's take the good with the bad.; 7/6/12, 5:06 PM
Michael Haz said...: The beehive. I haven't seen a real beehive hairdo in a log time, although a friend who is into the 50's styles will occasionally sport a low and demure beehive.; 7/6/12, 5:41 PM
MayBee said...: Betty Draper wore a hair style a lot like that when she went with Don to Italy.; 7/6/12, 5:55 PM
MayBee said...: The arch, not quite a bow. Same idea.; 7/6/12, 5:57 PM
Eustace Chilke said...: Don't try this in Kent.; 7/6/12, 6:25 PM
Penny said...: Sometimes you just "plop" a bow on top of the present.

This isn't one of those times.; 7/6/12, 7:29 PM
Penny said...: The woman is, of course, the present.

And it's going to take quite some time to unravel this one.

Forties, fifties foreplay!; 7/6/12, 7:35 PM
jungatheart said...: My daughter and I were looking at hairstyles on the internet recently and saw the bow on Paris Hilton:

http://hairstyles.
thehairstyler.com/
hairstyle_views/front
_view_images/591/original/4800_Paris-Hilton_d-h_copy_2.jpg; 7/6/12, 8:37 PM
Penny said...: Paris Hilton and bows?

Many beaus, perhaps, but more likely because the bow of her boat is totally outweighed by her stinking "aft".

Did that sound too stern?

Ha ha

Well that's just the kind of ship's captain I am.; 7/6/12, 8:51 PM
Anonymous said...: A stylist did this for a little girl for her school photo - the school banned her from the class picture.

http://tinyurl.com/bomsox9; 7/7/12, 1:34 AM
jungatheart said...: Aw, poor thing. She's adorable.

Penny, you're perilously close to making a good post.; 7/7/12, 9:30 AM
scrubjay said...: The Cowardly Lion had that style.; 7/7/12, 11:13 AM