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I don’t know who the alluring girl is in this picture. She’s perhaps famous or something, as I’m pretty sure I’ve seen her somewhere on the interweb before. But one thing I know is that I have a major girl crush on her right now. Oh my! And I suppose it’s because of her hair. No, I really do have a crush on her hair. She makes me want to rummage my drawers for a sharp scissor and shed my locks right away, which is something I’ve been contemplating doing for a little while now.
Oddly enough, I’ve been feeling a compulsion to reinvent myself in terms of appearance as of late – I’ve already purchased a whole lot of new clothes, new spectacles (it was about time), and additionally I’ve put on 100 kilograms, so basically I should stop this reinvention before I go overboard with sex reassignment surgery and such, lol. And although I saw my hairdresser a month ago, I feel like I have to do something drastic to my hair pronto. But chopping off my hair is like a leap in the dark for me. These days, I wear my hair in a bun or a high ponytail, largely as it makes me feel and look less feminine. Not really sure whether or not it’s a good thing, but I’m currently all about looking boyish. Quite frankly, it’s more of a psychological matter on which I might elaborate another time – if I dare broach the subject myself.
That said, if I all of a sudden decide to chop off my precious locks, it’s going to be comme ça.
She looks like Sophia Coppola. IS it Sophia Coppola??
- Anonymous: I thought it myself that she looks like Sofia Coppola, but it's not her.
I did a google reverse image search, the image is from here:http://jeanasohn.blogspot.com/2011/09/cafe-stella.htmlI've succumbed to the urge to cut my hair like that a few times because it looks so good on other people. But my shoulders always look way to broad. Love your new APC apple tote btw, I can't wait for it to become available in the online store
I think this is her…http://jeanasohn.blogspot.com/2011/02/closet-visit-giorgia-tramontano.htmlShe's lovely.
Alex and Carlene: Thanks for the ID! I follow Jeana Sohn's blog and Closet Visit, so now I know where I've seen Giorgia before!Alex: How do you google reverse image search?? I'm a n00b. The APC apple tote is already available in the online store!!
she's pretty and reminds me of Sofia Coppola :]]http://www.thenightmagic.com
you just type into google 'google reverse image search' and it there is a tutorial.
I've been considering short hair but I just won't do it because I am not about upkeep at all, I like being able to do a ponytail and go out the door :)vestigialwings.blogspot.com
YOU SHOULD. I have cut my hair exactly so and please join the club.
I love a good bob – her haircut reminds me of Sofia Coppola's look. You would look cool with shorter hair. Go for it! I haven't had long hair in years and don't miss it at all. Shorter hair is easy to handle and provided you see the hairdresser every six weeks, it always looks good.
It is a very liberating feeling to cut your hair after having long hair for so long. I donated mine as well.
I'm pretty sure that is sofia's niece?!
I say go for it. Or go even shorter, if you're after something less feminine and a little more daring. Sometimes I dream of chopping all mine off, as I posted here:http://nomadic-d.blogspot.com/2011/06/sometimes-i-want-to.htmlBut the reality is I love having long hair, it feels more versatile. So, for now at least, mine stays long. Which means you should cut yours so I can live vicariously through others!http://nomadic-d.blogspot.com/
Hun var utrolig lik Sophia Coppola, ja:) Trodde det var henne, jeg og. For min del har jeg hatt håret kort en stund, og prøver nå å spare det ut til bob-lengde – fortsatt kort nok til å være lettstelt, men samtidig langt nok til å være veldig feminint.
Dear Fleurette,I discovered your blog a couple months ago and have since been following you quite religiously, albeit anonymously. I feel silly for having never commented before and now saying this, but you seem like an intelligent and loveable girl, so I have to say something. You've mentioned in your other posts that puberty has made you gain weight, that you're a self proclaimed gamine, etc etc. I'm 26, but I developed quite late, and was always used to being model skinny. Until one day, however, I developed breasts overnight that were, in my opinion, too huge for my body, and it has been a battle ever since. I also just had a baby and so they're even bigger now. It is difficult when you're used to being a certain way to accept how you are, especially as everything "fashionable" seems to work best on that boyish figure, but as you yourself have said, you need to learn what works for you and just admire all that doesn't from afar. It has taken me a long time to embrace my breasts, and i'm STILL trying to figure out what works for me and doesn't. I have a similar style to you, and am also, incidentally, very vain, so I've battled with hating my body for years, trying to get back to the flat chested girl I once was. However, after years of self loathing, I've finally concluded that it just isn't worth it. Remember, clothing is there to serve you, not vice versa. Beyond taking good care of oneself, I've come to realize that trying to defy nature is just a constant uphill battle, and it's not very enjoyable. I love dressing boyish as well, but if you're dressing that way in an effort to reject how you really are, don't. Get a haircut if you want, try a new lipstick, whatever, but don't try and force yourself to remain a skinny teenager. Trust me, refusing to accept oneself, in the end, is a giant waste of energy and time. ps- I'm a pianist too, and now that i'm commenting, I have to ask out of curiosity. who is your favourite composer to play?
Thank you for the kind words. You are right, and I’m trying my best to get to that point. However, the reasons why I’m unable to accept this change and why I dress the way I dress stem from something more profound – I found out eventually. I might publish a post on it at some point.
My favorite composers to play have always been Rachmaninoff and Chopin, but right now I truly enjoy playing Beethoven! Who are you favorites?
Wow, that’s hilarious! Chopin and Rachmaninoff are my favourite as well, although I tend to favour playing Chopin (due to my rather modestly sized hands)… and I was always rather indifferent to playing Beethoven, until very recently when I started learning one of his sonatas and suddenly fell in love. What a wonderful feeling to rediscover a composer in such a way.
Regarding everything I said, I hope I didn’t in any way offend you…. I know I don’t know you and don’t have much business making such assumptions. It’s funny because I am not one to normally comment, especially to say something so personal, I don’t really know what came over me. In any case, whatever reason for how you dress, you really have fabulous style and I have to say that your blog has been a great inspiration to me as far as wardrobe editing and personal style is concerned. Keep posting!
Cut it. Hair grows back.
She's lovely. I too have always wondered if I could pull of a bob, I especially love Margot's in The Royal Tenenbaums. Be braver than me and go for it!xhttp://millyfellintothewardrobe.blogspot.com/
From the snippets of images that I have seen of you, you would suit this style very much. Strangely, I perceive it to be quite feminine, and have always harboured a desire to revert to the classic bob. I have been contemplating it also, more due to my fringe/bangs having grown out which creates a really odd mushroom effect at the front of my head when I wear my hair loose (hence why my hair is always in a goddamn topknot!)…..but i am afraid of cutting my hair because being naturally wavy I am not sure that I could achieve the sleek look of this image above. However, I too have been almost grabbing the scissor this week, and hey, it would eliminate a plethora of split ends! (I am also a bit obsessed currently with having my hair the same length all the way around).Unlike you, I always feel too feminine with my bun and ponytails, and always think that my hair is less conspicuous when worn loose. But I'm ok with that, I don't mind the feminine look, but oh god what I'd give for a wee bit of sleekness!
Fleurette, I hope you don't mind me popping back to address the Anon comment above regarding body acceptance: It got me to thinking, and I feel that there's certainly quite a bit of a disconnect in general towards the female adult form in popular/fashionable media. What is it that predisposes so many women and girls to reject it? Of course, people's reactions towards this were quite different, say, 50 yrs ago, when many girls couldn't wait to grow breast, hips in a hurry, haha! So I suppose it is a sign of the times more than anything, but it does illustrate that there are very few role models supporting, beautifying or celebrating the fully developed female form (whether naturally thin/curvy/fat) and our culture's obsession with youthfulness might even have negative effects upon already very young, slim women. For instance, my Tumblr dashboard presents me with a continuous stream of inspirational/fashionable imagery in which the women photographed are almost always slim, white and attractive. There are countless nude/breast images, and the breast are all very small (without even the occasional deviation). I'm not sure what this tells me, but if the recycling of imagery via Tumblr is anything to go by, psychologically speaking, then our current youth culture in the west obviously harbours a 'preference'.It tends not to touch me so closely nowadays, (perhaps because I am in my thirties, and because I realised that popular media was a veritable pile of crap many yrs ago), but I do notice it going on around me. I don't now what to conclude, or what may essentially be at fault, but there is definitely an incredible lack of inspirational/beautiful imagery involving voluptuous or 'average' build women. I am a rather diminutive, skinny thing myself, but this isn't all I should see around me (albeit a good 6 inches taller!). But yeh, I think Tumblr is a pretty good yardstick of what's going on. (ps, this isn't aimed at you, Fleurette, just the idea in general). x
You'd look great in the bob but don't do it! I've had nightmares at night about cutting my hair but regretting just one day later. Haha! But that's just my own hangup. You'd look great in the hairstyle above also, but doooont doooo it! :D
Life is short and hair grows back. Just do it :)
I love a long bob! I'm going in for a haircut later this month–my first in almost a year. I'm tempted to do something similarly as drastic, although I'll probably wimp out and only get a few inches trimmed off just to clean everything up.
Don't do it! That kind of hairstyle requires very thick hair, unless it will just look lanky and not cool at all. Also, longer hair is much easier: You can just wear it on a ponytail or bun.If you want to change your hairstyle I would recommend a fringe/bangs ala Anna Karina. That style would suit you so well!
I'm often tempted by the chop, but then I think about how much I love my bun and what it does for my bone structure. When my hair is in a bun I feel professional and tidy, something I never feel when my hair is in my face. She is lovely though!
I was tricked (and by that I mean, the hairdresser cut my hair 4 inches shorter than I had asked) by a hairdresser into having a similar haircut last Spring. Now that it has grown back to the length at which she was supposed to cut it, I'm very much tempted to get it cut shorter again. I've never looked better with a hat than with this cut, and my (thick, straight) hair had not been as manageable in a very long time. If you're ready, go for it!
Reverse image search is SUPER easy–all you have to do is drag an image into the google search bar and presto: all the sites with that image.
I love her hair too but I do not dare to cut my hair…http://crispydust.blogspot.com/
I say do it! I didn't donate my hair… I sold it to a wig maker and made a tidy profit. Sometimes I wonder, when I see someone with my hair color, whether they are wearing my hair.If you want to get really experimental you could offer yourself up as a model for Vidal Sassoon trainees to practice on. I'm not sure how much that would cost in Oslo, but in my town it's 15€ for a trainee cut. And these are experienced stylists who are attending courses at Sassoon to improve their technique, so it's not like you are letting a novice have at your hair. I'm 26 just like anon above, and I don't have large breasts but I do have wide hips and very muscular legs which don't really have a very model-like character. I used to want to be more willowy, but you know, androgyny can look good on curvier people too :) It's taken me a long time to learn to love my body, but it is more worth it than any restrictive diet. At your age I was anorexic, Fleurette, and I feel like it's taken me years and years to get that hatred of fat out of my head, even after I re-learned how to eat in a nourishing way. You'll find out what works for your figure. Don't worry.
a bob is much less of a scary commitment than chopping your hair off into a pixie cut. totally go for it – in previous pics your hair looks like it's straight and would complement the style perfectly! :)
Hi Fleurette!I enjoy your blog very much:) especially if you coded yourself that's fun!I admit I have been reading few blogs for a while when time permits but I gotta say that yours caught my attention a little. The topics, the photos, and the writing style is neat. I like it!As for the hair situation, I always admire people with long hair and I don't know why but I think it's because it's sexy but on the other hand it must be such a high maintenance and good habit. I always keep mine short and it's funny but it looks a lot like the girl in the photo. I like this cut because of simplicity and more convenient for my life style. However, the hair can be a tricky situation because a hair cut should be chosen only to fit you and you only. I would never recommend copying some random people's haircut as the face and the character might be very different. Oh nooo.. I promise to myself I wasn't going to ramble in here haha I should get back to my studying (in the library grrrr) Oh yeah since you speak french I would say: Fais comme tu le sens mais moi je dirais que tu es deja bien comme tu es haha!
scissors. scissors = always plural. ;-) you can't go wrong with a bob! timeless and classic. and eccoing the others; she does remind me of sofia coppola.
Ah, veldig pent hår! I sommer hadde jeg superlangt hår med masse krøller, og nå har jeg klippet det av. Vet ikke helt om jeg angrer eller ikke, men jeg har aldri følt meg som meg selv etter jeg klippet det. Rart!
I was having the same kind of 'wear my hair in a bun or ponytail 24/7' phase as you and I eventually decided to chop it all off into a short bob. It was the best thing I ever did, I much prefer my hair short and it's much less demanding when I'm getting ready, definitely much quicker when drying! I too like a tomboyish style, and I think a short hairstyle compliments that really well :) xFen Franceswww.foxtrot-echo-november.com
Just so I make sure I've understood what you're saying, you've put on 100 kilos? Isn't this a bit of an excessive number? No offence intended, just wondering if you've typed the wrong number or measure of weight. Perhaps you meant 100 lbs?
I would love to know what spectacles youve gotten? Im looking for some and would love inspiration x
I think it depends greatly on your face and jawline, neckline and shoulders- sometimes just taking some “weight” off of the hair gives you what you want (I went from mid-back to shoulder-length-I have curly hair that I often straighten)I was considering bobbing, but I need to be able to put my hair up so that it stays up because I do sports, and I like to wear chignons for every day, too, so I stopped at a “long bob”. And I cut it myself- I’d cut a little bit, a little bit, a little bit more- every day. (watch a few tutorials for techniques, it’s easy). I know my hair best, so it was non-traumatizing this way :)
I wonder where the lipstick is from. I really love the rich color.
-Andrea
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Liker veldig godt bloggen din. Du inspirerer meg veldig!
forgot which blog link i came from to land on yours but i just wanted to say how much i enjoy it! love your taste in fashion and will be visiting your site again! (shameless gushing, i know)
I really think that you should cut your hair, as it will greatly add to the masculin/feminine look that you do oh so well. Waiting for an update post any day now.
Short hair is awesome, it looks cute and unique without effort. :)