Have you noticed the new hairstyle among "cool" men? It seems to be anti-old man. When some of us get old, we have no hair on top, but lots on the sides. Now there is a new style among younger men: shaved on the sides and very long on top. Are they mocking us older guys? The young men pictured below want to be individuals - with distinctive haircuts. Not much difference here, though. I think this style began as a mistake by a drunken barber, and he convinced his customer that this was the latest hip style.
rlv567
Loc: Baguio City, Philippines
jerryc41 wrote:
Have you noticed the new hairstyle among "cool" men? It seems to be anti-old man. When some of us get old, we have no hair on top, but lots on the sides. Now there is a new style among younger men: shaved on the sides and very long on top. Are they mocking us older guys? The young men pictured below want to be individuals - with distinctive haircuts. Not much difference here, though. I think this style began as a mistake by a drunken barber, and he convinced his customer that this was the latest hip style.
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That's a Filipino haircut!!! I struggle to find barbers who will not cut that way. I had a good one, but he retired a few months ago, so now I'm having my wife cut my hair; she's learning (she's good at everything - except math!)
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City
You don’t want to know what I call that style.
jaymatt wrote:
You don’t want to know what I call that style.
When I see someone with hair like that, I try not to stare and laugh. It's so tough to be young and stylish. Fortunately, I was once young, but I never tried to be stylish. Styles changed too often.
DirtFarmer
Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA
I quit going to the barber when the price went up to $2.00. My wife cut my hair when it needed it. Now I get a haircut about once a year. Both of them.
(Actually I have to cut my nose and ear hairs more like monthly or semi-monthly when they start to annoy my wife).
DirtFarmer wrote:
I quit going to the barber when the price went up to $2.00. My wife cut my hair when it needed it. Now I get a haircut about once a year. Both of them.
(Actually I have to cut my nose and ear hairs more like monthly or semi-monthly when they start to annoy my wife).
I give myself a haircut every couple of months. I got paid haircut in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 - three visits per year. Now, it's DIY. No driving, no waiting, no paying, no tipping - and no hoping that she doesn't make a major mistake. As a kid, I walked to the barber and paid him $0.75. Remember the signs, "Eight Barbers! No Waiting!" ?
DirtFarmer
Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA
jerryc41 wrote:
... As a kid, I walked to the barber and paid him $0.75. Remember the signs, "Eight Barbers! No Waiting!" ?
Young whippersnapper!
When I was a kid the haircuts were $0.25
Does that make me 3 times older than you?
sb
Loc: Florida's East Coast
Did you see last year that George Clooney announced that for many years he has cut his own hair using a Flobee = the device that combines clippers with a vacuum cleaner? "So easy anyone can do it"......
sb wrote:
Did you see last year that George Clooney announced that for many years he has cut his own hair using a Flobee = the device that combines clippers with a vacuum cleaner? "So easy anyone can do it"......
George Hamilton, too. He mentioned that on Johnny Carson. My wife used to use one. It's upstairs in the garage now.
Young men and women who have crazy hair styles I truly believe they don’t own mirrors.
jerryc41 wrote:
Have you noticed the new hairstyle among "cool" men? It seems to be anti-old man. When some of us get old, we have no hair on top, but lots on the sides. Now there is a new style among younger men: shaved on the sides and very long on top. Are they mocking us older guys? The young men pictured below want to be individuals - with distinctive haircuts. Not much difference here, though. I think this style began as a mistake by a drunken barber, and he convinced his customer that this was the latest hip style.
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I remember the style being referred to as "Whitewalls". (The "whitewall" tires of days gone by.)
My Top Hair has migrated to my chin.
This was a fad in the late 50s called then "white sidewalls" like the tires. Wonder if any of the "hipsters" know they look like grandpa used to?
Or, the flattop. Even better, with wings. Took a lot of hair gel, though.
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