Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Four hot hairstyles for fall


This article, Four hot hairstyles for fall by Melissa Magsaysay, is published on Chicago Tribune's website and describes in detail four hairstyles that are currently in style.  The styles Magsaysay discusses include the top knot, pixie cut, 1950's ponytail and side-swept braid.  

One thing I noticed in Magsaysay's article is that she used the term "pretty face" more than once.  

"The look is reminiscent of the 1960s and shows off a pretty face and high cheekbones," she said when explaining the top knot hairstyle.  Shortly after this quote, Magsaysay said, "Celebrities including Emma Watson, Carey Mulligan, Michelle Williams, and most recently, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz have chopped their once long, extension-filled and over-processed Hollywood hair to show off pretty faces and delicate features" when describing the pixie cut.

The fat that Magsaysay used this term to describe two of the four hairstyles made it seem as if only "pretty-faced" girls, like celebrities could wear these hairstyles.  I think that she could have chosen a better word choice when explaining types of girls who could wear these hairstyles, such as simply stating what type of face-shape works best with each style.

As I read this article, I kept hoping for more examples and advice about how to wear these hairstyles simply as a non-celebrity or runway model.  It seemed to focus mostly on celebrities who wear these hairstyles, and didn't fail to mention an unnecessary comment about Ashlee Simpson's "fried hair from from the black to red to platinum dye jobs she's been juggling the last few years."  I just found this, along with Magsaysay's comment about celebrities chopping off their hair to seem like more serious actresses, unfitting in this article.  I, along with most other readers, I'd assume, read the article to gain information about how to do my hair this season.  If I wanted to read about celebrity gossip I would visit perezhilton.com. 

The subhead of this article, "Top knots, pixie cuts, ponytails and side braids reminiscent of the 1950s and '60s are seen on runways, on the red carpet and on the street," gave me the impression that the article was going to explain in detail how to mimic hairstyles seen on runways and the red carpet.  However, Magsaysay did not mention much about how common people, like myself, could get the same look.  In conclusion, I was not satisfied and a little disappointed with this article. 





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