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Punk, Vol. 2: Anti-establishment look makes a comeback
from: theedge.bostonherald.com
by Kerry Purcell
photo by Ron Akiyama
Put a call into Alanis Morissette - isn't it ironic that punk, the anti-establishment, anti-fashion movement of the late '70s and early '80s, is now stylish and swanky? Especially in haircuts.
Forget the blunt, buzz or bob cuts - those looks are over. Sandy Poirier, owner of SHAG Rock Star Haircuts in South Boston, says men and women should opt for a "messy, shaggy, piecey, textured'' coif.
"It was around in the '80s with Chrissy Hynde, JOAN JETT, Pat Benatar - it's all resurfacing again. It's an updated version of the cut with better hairdressers doing it,'' said Poirier.
Redken's 2005 trend, "Intersection,'' was created by Chris Baran and Kris Sorbie, the hair product company's global artistic directors of design and color, and has the same artsy angles that rocked the stage at London's The 100 Club. Inspired by the different people, cultures, music, traffic and chaos passing through a New York City intersection, they describe their edgy creation as a "contradiction'' but think it is versatile enough for the office or a night out.
Note: Extreme punk hair, like foot-tall mohawks, got left back in the '80s. Faux-hawks, popular among celebrities such as Jude Law and the band Jet, "are shorter on the sides and more graduated - not like an unblended mohawk,'' said Poirier.
"With a faux-hawk, if they go to work they can can flatten out the top,'' said Poirier, and then later, "you put a little product in it'' to take the stage or steal some attention. Poirier recommends using paste or cream opposed to gel, which leaves hair stiff and dry.
Longer locks like Chrissy Hynde's or The Ramones' mops are also popular for both guys and girls. Essentially they have the same haircut with varied aggression.
"For a man's look we try to keep all the elements of it really strong on the perimeter (bottom),'' said Baran. "We do the same thing on a woman but we leave soft tender pieces on the bottom. It doesn't have as much of a manly feel to it.''
Jake Zavracky, a member of the band The Cyanide Valentine, attributes the correlation between music and hairstyles to kids' idolization of rock stars. "They try to mimic them in every way,'' he said. "What's odd is that rock fashion is usually created by people who aren't trying to be fashionable at all. They're being artistic with what they can afford. . . . Kurt Cobain and Sid Vicious created entire styles and they were basically dressed like slobs. . . . It seems like being a rock star is coveted the most out of all possible occupations, and it's reflected in almost everyone's style one way or another.''
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