२९ सप्टेंबर, २०२०

"Hairstylists recommend using copious amounts of gel, wax, or K-Y Jelly to ensure your hair stays looking as wet as your face does all day."

From a piece at the The Cut about "all the wet-hair looks that walked at Milan Fashion Week": "Models wore hair that ranged from sopping-wet to kind-of-sweaty, adding some much-needed variety and versatility to the general 'wet-hair look.'"

A glimpse of what that looks like:



I remember when the wet head died:

५५ टिप्पण्या:

CJinPA म्हणाले...

I like imagining an old-school magazine editor who doesn't get modern fashion shows:
"Why don't they smile? They should look happy to be wearing the nice clothes, right? Smile, damn it!"

Joe Smith म्हणाले...

As a general rule, hot women can do whatever they want.

Men will forgive them.

I don't have much hair left to get wet anymore : )

Mattman26 म्हणाले...

I always thought that if you have K-Y Jelly in your hair it means that something has gone dreadfully wrong.

Lucid-Ideas म्हणाले...

What happens when white people try Soul-Glow.

Lucid-Ideas म्हणाले...

It appears Guido-fashion is now mainstream.

Lucid-Ideas म्हणाले...

For when you want that my-parents-drowned-me-in-the-well look from "The Ring" but without the inconvenience of eternal malevolent haunting.

RobinGoodfellow म्हणाले...

“The wet head is dead.”

I remember that ad campaign. Shows my age.

My uncle used to wear his hair slicked back. But he kept it combed, which appears to something these models know nothing about. Their hair is hideous!

tim maguire म्हणाले...

It doesn't look wet, it just looks greasy. Like the new thing is for models to not shower for a week before a show.

Mikey NTH म्हणाले...

The tropical rainforest look. "Appear as if you too have spent your day in a hot, humid, jungle, chased by aboriginal headhunters! Endorsed by Lara Croft."

WK म्हणाले...

For models, is the cost of these products deductible?

Yancey Ward म्हणाले...

Also useful for sticking your own head up your ass.

minnesota farm guy म्हणाले...

I must run right out and get some bearing grease to put on my hair. Nothing could look wetter. It's time we return to the "Alfafa" slicked down look. Very sophisticated.

daskol म्हणाले...

Moist hair to match our mask-moistened faces. Yuck.

Yancey Ward म्हणाले...

Best two sentence combo I will read today:

The quickest way to social peace is to unplug the internet and shutter the public affairs shows on television. If all of a sudden people had to go across town to tell someone that they did not like their politics, they would not do it.

daskol म्हणाले...

Next year maybe partially rotten hair and faces. COVID and zombie chic.

ConradBibby म्हणाले...

For that just-hatched look.

walter म्हणाले...

The Antifa look.
Wear Black Bloc. It's slimming.

daskol म्हणाले...

Perhaps this is a recognition that, heads up our asses, maybe some lubricant will assist extraction.

effinayright म्हणाले...

If K-Y isn't available, there's always the back-up Cameron Diaz used in "Something about Mary".

Fernandinande म्हणाले...

Too bad everyone can't have the damp, smooth, plump, glistening, slippery, rubbery, reflective skin of a dolphin, like I do.

Wince म्हणाले...

Plus, wet t-shirts and air conditioners!

Limited blogger म्हणाले...

Can I get a bottle of Vitalis anywhere?

Jaq म्हणाले...

If I don’t wash my hair for two days, I can get that exact same look.

Jaq म्हणाले...

<> - Napoleon

PM म्हणाले...

Milan is my go-to north star.

Temujin म्हणाले...

More standard lowering from the left.
Thanks for that.

Temujin म्हणाले...

"What about Mary?" head works as well.

Joe Smith म्हणाले...

Is there a 'There's Something About Mary' joke in here somewhere?

Mid-Life Lawyer म्हणाले...

So International Fashion is now following the lead of the WWE wrestlers. Hopefully, they will start hitting each other the head with chairs next.

gerry म्हणाले...

Why go full Diller?

Wince म्हणाले...

And yet "blow-dried" is the mark of superficiality?

NorthOfTheOneOhOne म्हणाले...

I remember when the wet head died:...

I do, too! I also remember the pornstache, center-parted, feathered sides horror that followed.

Michael K म्हणाले...

Valentino look coming back. Only the crazies, though.

Yancey Ward म्हणाले...

"I always thought that if you have K-Y Jelly in your hair it means that something has gone dreadfully wrong."

Hmmm.....I took it the opposite way.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Carpet matches the curtains.

gilbar म्हणाले...

greasy kid's stuff?

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

The Wet Head will die again at some point in the future.

stevew म्हणाले...

Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering silmite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king!

Dennis interrupting: Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony! Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you! Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

n.n म्हणाले...

Appropriate for the context: Ed Grimley interview. Note: keep away from open flames.

Rick.T. म्हणाले...

If you live south of Atlanta, just a quick walk around at lunch during the summer and you'll get the same effect.

donald म्हणाले...

Haven’t put anything on my hair besides the cheapest shampoo I can find Since I was 12 and my hair is freakishly awesome.

donald म्हणाले...

Oh, and I wash it every time I take a shower.

chuck म्हणाले...

She's got that wet cat look.

Readering म्हणाले...

If you have the face of a Milan runway model, the wet and dry looks both flatter.

todd galle म्हणाले...

Bryle-Creem par excellence. My grandmother had to put those doilies on the couches and such when my uncle came over, as he was probably customer #1 for that brand in the 60's and 70's. Men's hair care is incredibly simple, get a high and tight, or if that's too extreme, do a #2 blade on the side, and a #3 on the top, tapered in the back of course, nothing looks stupider than a block cut in my opinion. Done. Lasts up to 3 months or so for me, then go to a barber school, so students can practice, costs less than half than a regular barber will charge you, and with this style, they really can't screw it up.

Megaera म्हणाले...

Not been a fan of "fashion" for quite a while, now, but this is just actually nasty. Kind of like the actor in LOTR who played Aragorn who spent the whole trilogy just looking, well, STICKY. As in, if you touched him you'd not only leave a visible fingerprint, but come away with some unspeakable residue on your finger.

mikee म्हणाले...

Brylcreem, a little dab'll do ya.

Memories of my father with his curly, curly hair slicked down using Brylcreem, or Vitalis, and a simple black plastic comb. That and the chain-smoked Viceroy cigarettes. So long ago. I wish I'd known him longer.

gadfly म्हणाले...

K-Y Jelly is a whole lot cheaper than the $70K that Donald Trump claimed to have paid to Ivanka's favorite hairdresser.

Jamie म्हणाले...

Fernandinande, I am intrigued...

Listen. I live in a suburb of Houston and I look like this daily for about five months of the year, when I get back from taking the dog for a walk. I have never considered it a consummation devoutly to be wished. Gentlemen - yes, the women are hot. But think of what it would be like to, you know, touch any of that. Ick.

Quaestor म्हणाले...

Another aspect of the Culture of Fake for decent people to despise.

Freeman Hunt म्हणाले...

At least that crazy eyebrow fad ended.

ObeliskToucher म्हणाले...

"Y'know the thing about a shark, he's got... lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes."

exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devil म्हणाले...

" My grandmother had to put those doilies on the couches and such when my uncle came over, as he was probably customer #1 for that brand in the 60's and 70's. "

While reading Victorian novels, you come across the word "antimacassar" occasionally. As in "Lord Plushbottom stretched his arm out over the antimacassar as he languidly nibbled a cucumber sandwich." It was one of those words I always meant to look up, but I was too lazy to actually get up and find the dictionary. When I read a fun book by Daniel Pool entitled "What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew" about daily life in 19th century England, I finally found out. Fashionable men used macassar oil to style their hair. The "antimacessars" were the doilies and cloth put over the sofa backs to protect them from getting stained.

buwaya म्हणाले...

Dewy young things are all well and good (about a half century ago I was much in the company of dewy young things; youth is wasted on the young), but this is a bit much.

CStanley म्हणाले...

My takeaway from runway fashion is that really beautiful women can often look good in spite of clothing, makeup, and hairstyles that are quite ugly when looked at in isolation (and quite hideous when applied to normal looking women.)