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September 10, 2009 5:31 pm
As readers of this blog know, I am a long-haired girl—the kind of girl who asks for just a trim at the salon and feels out of sorts when a mere inch and a half of length goes missing. Due to some unfortunate traumas in the past, including a childhood spent with a short bowl cut equipped with rattail (my mother insists it was “sooo cute,” but photos suggest otherwise) my raven locks, which have dangled around my mid-back since I was a teenager, have always been a power source and a defining characteristic of who I am as a person. Or so I thought. Recently, I had something of a hair identity crisis. I went to get a routine cut from a self-important stylist who shall remain nameless and he refused my “just a trim” request. “People with long hair are either misinformed about what their hair should look like or simply don’t know themselves as well as they think they do,” he said to me, explaining that in his not-so-humble opinion, hair should “drip” past the collarbone. Somewhat taken aback, I listened to more of his unsolicited suggestions before leaving, with not so much as a hair out of place. It’s unclear whether his words—which lingered in my head for weeks to come—or inspiration images of Ashley Olsen at the CFDA ultimately got to me, but two days ago I took the plunge and cut all my hair off. And strangely, I feel no less powerful, no less myself—in fact, I feel liberated. That is due in large part to the loving and exceedingly talented hands of Thomas Heinz, who has become the “transformative haircut” king in my small circle of editor and publicist friends, all of whom have had equal success at his Meatpacking salon. A small, unassuming space lined with Moroccan Oil and Davines products, Heinz listened to me go on about my sordid past, my current fears, and my future ambitions and somehow managed to make complete sense out of the emotional ramblings. I had way more than an inch and a half cut off—probably about ten inches total—and haven’t for a second mourned the loss. And for the record, I know exactly who I am: a long-haired girl who needed a little time to figure out that her hair looks better short.
Thomas Heinz NY, 308 W. 13th St., NYC, (212) 414-1500.
tags: Blackbook, Hair, Thomas Heinz
Can we see some before and after pictures of your transformation or are we only to be inspired by the posted archival photo of a hair salon circa 1910?
By Screengem on 09/10/09 at 7:11 pm