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Justme Amethyst Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1 ! Posts: 18 Gender:	"Old lady" hair ! Sep 25^th, 2004 at 9:17pm I've been wearing my hair in a bun lately - it's quick and stays put all day. Lo and behold - I am now an "old lady" according to my some people. "Only old ladies wear their hair like that...." Has anybody else gotten this sort of "fashion advice" ?
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eKatherine Emerald Offline Posts: 426 Maine Gender:	Re: "Old lady" hair ! Reply #1 - Sep 26^th, 2004 at 12:12am I'm sure he's sincere but delusional. "Old ladies" nowadays seem to wear their hair in cookie-cutter short cuts. Only the coolest older women - the few, the proud - wear their hair in buns. He's just jealous.
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Re: "Old lady" hair !
Reply #2 - Sep 26^th, 2004 at 8:30am

My BF does not like me to wear my hair in a bun or even up. Roll Eyes

I think it puts him in mind of those old ladies in cartoons with their hair held up in a bun with knitting needles or something. ??? He always wants me to wear my hair hanging down but geesh, sometimes I like to have a more dressed up or business type appearance. Tongue

I really think there is nothing more elegant than having upswept hair, some guys just don't know what is classy. Wink

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Kate Emerald Offline Posts: 328 Linköping, Sweden Gender:	Re: "Old lady" hair ! Reply #3 - Sep 26^th, 2004 at 8:39am Old ladies have their hair blue-rinsed, cut short and permed or crimped into finger waves. Ladies with chignons or French twists look poised and elegant, no matter their age! /Kate
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Reply #4 - Sep 26^th, 2004 at 1:07pm

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Old ladies have their hair blue-rinsed, cut short and permed or crimped into finger waves.
/Kate

I used to think I'd like to do the blue (or lavender) rinse when my hair got white, but that was long ago, when I was a child and older women did that sort of thing. I haven't seen a blue rinse in years. Plus, my hair didn't turn white.

Around here older women have two basic styles - the *permed/colored/cropped high-maintenance stylish older woman* look, and the *fried/cropped don't care/I thought short hair was supposed to be easy I'll be damned if I put any more effort into this mess* look.

YMMV, I think the bedhead look looks absurd on women over the age of 25. I work with several women who clearly have put lots of effort and money into this, and they just look careless and disheveled.

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Justme Amethyst Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1 ! Posts: 18 Gender:	Re: "Old lady" hair ! Reply #5 - Sep 26^th, 2004 at 3:46pm Now I know what they're talking about: http://www.extremewigs.com/19cwig.htm http://store.yahoo.com/frankbeecostume/oldladywig1.html These wigs look like Norman Bates mother !
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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: "Old lady" hair ! Reply #6 - Sep 27^th, 2004 at 11:37am Thank goodness MY hair doesn't look like those wigs when I wear it in a bun!!
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Re: "Old lady" hair !
Reply #7 - Sep 27^th, 2004 at 1:09pm

I don't consider a bun to be "old lady" hair at all! Everyone in Dublin Airport wears their hair in a bun. In fact, some airlines out here require you to. (Aer Lingus is one of them that requires you to wear your hair up at all times, preferably in a bun if possible.)

The airline I work for doesn't require it, but I prefer the look of it. It's very neat, clean and professional. (The only time I slightly cringed at the thought of wearin a bun was when this older American passenger said to me that he loved my hair up in a bun. "You remind me of my mother when I was a boy with your hair up in a bun like that." I thanked him but I wasn't sure whether to be enlightened or annoyed at the idea of reminding someone of their mother. LOL)

When I think of old lady hair, I think of all the things ye have already discussed. The blue rinses, and the short poodle perms. I will rebel agains that when I'm old! I want white long hair like the lady the X-men comics. Storm I think...

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Babyfine Emerald Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 492 Gender:	Re: "Old lady" hair ! Reply #8 - Sep 27^th, 2004 at 4:42pm I think an older woman with an elegant bun or long braid looks far better that a short, frizzy perm any day. Every older lady around here looks exactly the way ekatherine described- trendy gelled out hair with the layers sticking out or frizzy perm. My husband likes my hair down, better, too but I like it better up.
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VictoriaLynn Sapphire Offline www.amothersjournal. com Posts: 199 Gender:	Re: "Old lady" hair ! Reply #9 - Nov 29^th, 2004 at 10:30pm eKatherine said "Only the coolest older women - the few, the proud - wear their hair in buns. " Well said!!! Well said!!
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Reply #10 - Nov 30^th, 2004 at 7:27am

I nearly always wear a bun, and since my hair to a ponytail length, I have worn it down only twice. Bun is so much more comfortable, carefree during the day and can be decorated with pretty things. Besides, I think that (at least on me) hair down looks girlish. I'm a large and no-nonsense person -antithesis to girlish, so bun is also most "emotionally comfortable" way of wearing my hair.

And I don't apparently have to change my hairstyle a bit when I grow old. Grin

My spouse...oh he would like me to wear my hair down. He suggested it once. I tried it for an hour (that's the first time I wore my hair down) and then told him, that I can have a long hair in a bun, or no hair. As he knows that I'm quite capable of shaving all my hair (or was before I discovered all the nice things one can do with her hair), he has developed liking to my buns. And to my hairsticks too. Grin

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Reply #11 - Nov 30^th, 2004 at 9:39am

i think my bf finds especially french twists very dated. i do think though you can make less formal variations with very long hair but well, i just never managed to do them anyhow Roll Eyes

the only thing i find just too weird and old fashioned to wear are crown braids (luckily cuze i don't think i could ever do that anyhow). that hairstyle just doesn't fit with any clothing that is even just remotely modern.
shoot me now Wink

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Re: "Old lady" hair !
Reply #12 - Nov 30^th, 2004 at 3:34pm

*bang bang*

Only messin, Styg. Wink

I'm afraid I share a different view on crown braids. I think they are gorgeous. (Although probably not always practical.) I reckon they look lovely with dresses when worn and carried on the right head.

Then again, I'm one of those people that was born in the wrong era. Send me back to a medieval time anyday! (Minus the plagues and shorter lifespan, of course. I just wanna be there to wear the fab clothes and see all that lovely long hair!) Cheesy

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Valerie Diamond Offline Posts: 615 Colorado Gender:	Re: "Old lady" hair ! Reply #13 - Nov 30^th, 2004 at 11:51pm Quote: bang bang Send me back to a medieval time anyday! (Minus the plagues and shorter lifespan, of course. I just wanna be there to wear the fab clothes and see all that lovely long hair!) Me too. Nothing is better than a dress that makes my bosoms larger to even out w/ my hips and long flowing hair!
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Rua Emerald Offline "Soft, yes. Weak, no." Posts: 341 Dublin, Ireland Gender:	Re: "Old lady" hair ! Reply #14 - Dec 1^st, 2004 at 7:25am LOL...you're a gas! My wedding dress was medieval. It was great gettin to wear that all day! My little moment in time...lol
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