Talk:Hairstyle

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[edit] Move?

I think this should be moved to Hairstyle, which currently redirects to this page. All haircuts are hairstyles, but not all hairstyles are haircuts. (My hairstyle, for example, is almost the complete opposite of a haircut.) -Branddobbe 05:50, Mar 10, 2004 (UTC)

agreed violet/riga 22:26, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
It's been some time since this conversation took place, but for what it's worth, I also agree. However, I had a bit of a poll on #wikipedia, and there was some opposition to the move, and even a suggestion to split it into two articles. - Vague | Rant 03:51, Jan 22, 2005 (UTC)
agree --FlareNUKE 01:37, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

Discuss the proposed name change here.

Agree... added Move template. --FlareNUKE 04:39, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
Done. —Nightstallion (?) 09:19, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fashion

I think this article seriously needs a discussion on the influence of famous people on hairstyles: Jennifer Aniston and Dido Armstrong, for example. violet/riga 22:26, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)


Both Bob Marley and The Beatles are mentioned in the corresponding articles (Dreadlocks and Beatle_haircut). I don't believe I can see what contributions Jennifer Aniston and Dido might have made that are known to me. But then again I only got here by clicking on Random article -- GSchjetne 01:04, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What is this style?

Image:Pr_rosanna_munter.jpg

Maybe a caption for the second photograph--to what haircut does it correspond?

That's just layers...

Since when were mullets "popular with young men"? Anyone have a source?

[edit] Number of cut

In the UK, and I suspect it is similar elsewhere, people at a barber's or hairdresser's sometimes ask for, say, a number three cut. The number from 8 (an inch long) down to zero (no hair at all) indicates the length of feet on electric clippers so determining the length of cut. Shouldn't this haircut system (I think invented by Wahl the clipper manufacturer) should be mentioned here or elsewhere on this site?


[[Image:*[quiff], when a piece of hair is put up really high on the top of the head.]]

Appears to be a broken image link. --Eric Mathey 12:35, 7 August 2005 (UTC)


I agree, the number system is in common usage in the US; I think it would be a good addition. --Zzthex 10:07, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

Is there any source or reason for the talk about politicians in explanation of the mullet? Also, why is "janet reno" referenced in "Odango?" Finally, "ponytail" is vandalized as well.

[edit] Childish description of "mullet"

Can we take out the "work" and "party" aspects? Mullets are a novelty for many high school and college students, but this is not a definition one would actually find in an encyclopedia.

[edit] What is this called?

Out of curiosity, what is a 'standard' parted hairstyle commonly seen among male adults who are not going bald in, perhaps, Canada or the United States, called?

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[edit] Short hair preference

Is this really necessary to mention in an encyclopaedia? I guess we all know perfectly well that we all have our preferenceadaffdgdddddddffffgs. I'm a long-hair guy myself, so perhaps I'm too biased. Really, we might just as well have a "long hair preference" section for that matter, it would probably mean the same.

I'm not saying it's POV, but it is referring to a certain group's POV that to me isn't all that interesting. If there are no objections I'll remove that section shortly. GSchjetne 00:56, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Okay, removed it. I won't start an edit war if someone restores it, but hey, then you might just as well write about long hair, blonde hair, brunette preferences, etc. as well. GSchjetne 22:21, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Haircut Restriction Controversy

There's haircut restrictions in some places like armies and prisons. But in South Korea, it is common that schools control student's haircut. Most of South Korean middle and high schools restrict student's 'length' of hair; e.g. 'less than 5cm on the front head, 3cm on the back head' in case of male students and 'less than 3cm from the bottom of the ears' in case of female students. These restrictions was called to be injustice, unreasonable, absurd, and irrational for a long time. But, the atmosphere of Korean society is still worrying about stopping limitation because people think that letting hair be long may lead teenagers to juvenile delinquency and disturb students in studying. Students and intellectuals, however, think there's no relation between the haircut and study. Students started to resist being restricted their haircut, on the ground of the Personal Liberty stated in the Constitution of the Republic of Korea. (Seolcha 08:10, 22 April 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Line

I don't think these count as hairstyles in and of themselves, but what about features such as lines shaved into longer hair? Hyacinth 10:10, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What is this?

Anybody know what you call this style? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bernard_-_Black_Books.jpg

I believed it's called "bedhead." Maybe? - Zepheus (ツィフィアス) 22:02, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
It looks like a rather normal, "mussed-up" head of hair. It doesn't involve much cutting, just a gentle hand mussing the hair around.

Well, it's not really a style. Just looks like he didn't brush it.

[edit] Removed section.

I removed the Haircutting in books, stories, movies and television section because Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. - Zepheus (ツィフィアス) 16:46, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Restored Billy Sunday quote

Restored well-known haircut quotation about denouncing "long-haired men and short-haired women". Back in the day this line was the equivalent of the "Adam and Steve not Adam and Eve" modern-day thing. Ortolan88 17:45, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, I won't revert your revert ...but if that comment belongs in the article at all, I think it should be someplace other than in a list of styles... Brian 17:48, 22 August 2006 (UTC)btball

Brian, you nice guy. I put it in the list of styles because it is a comment about the style in the list. Ortolan88 18:00, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removed and then Returned

  • In 2006, Virginia Senator George Allen became involved in a political controversy that turned, in part, on the difference between a mullet and a Mohawk.

This isn't described anywhere in the George Felix Allen page, even in the Macaca controversy section. Hyacinth 20:04, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

It was there but moved to Virginia United States Senate Election 2006#macaca, so I'm putting it back in. Ortolan88 04:03, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Haircut financial term

Haircut is a term used in assessing risk or mortgages. not sure what it means, exactly

I know nothing about finance, but I found this from Google: "Haircut, you'd learn from Derivatives Dictionary on www.margrabe.com, means "the excess of an asset's market value over either (a) the regulatory capital value or (b) the loan for which it can serve as adequate capital." It is "industry term for the valuation of securities used to calculate a broker/dealer's net capital," says Bank One Online's glossary on www.bankone.com." I really don't know what this means though! -- FirstPrinciples 06:00, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Application of chemicals

The main article would be improved if a paragraph were added describing the chemicals one applies to the hair to make it hold, straighten it out, or to loosen it up.

For instance, uric acid was used in Ancient Rome to wash hair, and it probably had some effect on the texture of the hair, but I don't exactly what. Do people still use that kind of stuff in the Third World?

Does it make a difference if hot vinegar is used instead of uric acid?

Also, I noticed that a lot of pump-action hairsprays use propylene glycol to untangle knots.

Maybe a link to a [Category:Hairstyling_chemicals] might be another way to improve the main article?

Any comments?


[edit] Mohawk

The mohawk section doesnt make sense, it refers to two different styles in it without seperating them. I know the mullet as the second definition however the first definition may be true as well so I am not deleting it. Does anybody recognize the first definition?

[edit] "Men and women naturally have the same hair"

I'm afraid I'm going to have to disagree with this. Now I can only speak for North America, but if a man were to let his hair grow out, nine times out of ten it would look nothing like a woman's. Women tend to have finer, silkier, more aesthetically-pleasing hair on this continent. I certainly wouldn't try to apply this to, say, the Asian demographic, where men and women to tend to have similar hair.

Regardless, I'll leave it how it is. If someone else agrees, and wants to change it, they have my support. -- Chris 17:59, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

That's probably because women tend to care more about their appearence than men. Most women I know spend about an hour every morning doing their hair, whereas I (a male) and every other guy I know with long hair just brushes it and either leaves it loose or in a pony tail which takes about two minutes. So of course women's hair looks different, it's been straightened, dyed, sprayed, and applied other products to it. SynthesiseD 16:08, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

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