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Height and hair (Read 2589 times)

Anais Satin

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Height and hair
Aug 23^rd, 2004 at 3:14am

Hey Folks,

It seems that short hair on a very tall lady is going to make her look even taller. And a tall lady with proportionately long hair is going to look... um.. less tall. (shorter didn't seem like the right word)

But.... on a short lady, will long hair make her look shorter or taller? I've found that one could argue both ways:

(a) Shorter, because it's not "proportionate" to her body, makes her seem short compared to her long "tall" hair
(b) Taller, from the "vertical" effect that people often get from vertical stripes. (Assuming the hair is anything but curly. I'm sure volume and straightness/waviness/curliness also make a difference in the effect on height)

What is everyone's opinion on this? I'm not going to base any of my long hair decisions on this, so don't anybody be nervous about the effects of their post Tongue

Anais

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Gollan

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Re: Height and hair
Reply #1 - Aug 23^rd, 2004 at 4:25am

In my opinion a person's height has more of an effect on their perceived hair length than the opposite case (hair length effect on perceived height). Since our hair all grows at about the same rate it reaches certain landmarks sooner on short people. I think this can make the hair seem longer on a short person. I do think that 'tall' hairstyles are probably not advisable for shorter longhairs. Grin

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leia Diamond Offline Posts: 745 Dhaka, Bangladesh Gender:	Re: Height and hair Reply #2 - Aug 23^rd, 2004 at 9:47am There are 2 short girls in our school who have long hair. I've seen both of them with short 'do's, and both of them look shorter with long hair. (Also their hair is very thick, maybe that contributes?) Their hair also looks longer because they are so short
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eKatherine

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Re: Height and hair
Reply #3 - Aug 23^rd, 2004 at 2:23pm

I agree, your height will make it appear your hair is growing faster, as you will reach your goals faster than a tall gal.

I would propose, though, that long hair will probably make you look taller in pictures, if that's important to you.

Outside of that, it's just the argument that only a few women are suited to long hair, and short/tall/thin/fat/older women should have short hair. Which is why we see obese women with cropped hair, which in my opinion looks ridiculous.

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Anais Satin Stardust Offline Tailbone in March 2006, classic in March 2007 Posts: 1265 Bill Gates' backyard, WA Gender:	Re: Height and hair Reply #4 - Aug 24^th, 2004 at 1:23am Yeah, I was leaning more towards argument #1. Thanks ladies and gent 8)
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