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Hi, thanks for reading!
Sorry if this section of the forum is supposed to be girls-only -- it wasn't quite clear whether it is, and in any case there seems to be no other section with a description encompassing hairstyles.
Anyway, to start off with, something rather specific, and by that virtue hopefully it will prove to be a relatively easy request.
As I'm sure you appreciate, male hairstyles of the 20's, 30's and 40's were particularly distinctive. One aspect of the dashing haircuts of the time was the way that the nape was cut. Now, you know, a man is just asked whether he wants it "blocked" or "tapered" -- but there's another way, often worn by the gentlemen in Hollywood's Golden Age, that I'd really love to try, but I find myself unable to describe it with the exactness necessary that my stylists can manage to break out of their regimented styling. Additionally, I've been completely unsuccessful in my attempt to find a photograph of the style at the necessarily high resolution.
This picture comes very near to fitting the bill, except that the view is from the side when one from the back or 3/4's is required, and Noel has his hair slicked, which of course alters the look and makes the photograph less than ideal as a source for a stylist to copy.
I can only describe what I'm after to you about as well as I managed to describe it to the stylists, which has never been good enough to get me what I'm after. But hopefully your greater knowledge of the era's style will help you make sense of my rambling.
The hair on the back of the crown begins a gradual taper, until the meeting of the round of the skull and the beginning of the spinal column at the top of the neck, whereupon the taper becomes much more pronounced.
I've tried ro capture stills from a few of my DVD's, but as you can imagine it's very rare that a director would have an in-focus close-up of the back of someone's head...so I think my only real help would have to come in the form of scans taken from barbers' manuals of the time.
Hopefully you understand what look I'm driving at and can help me find some photos to take to the stylist with me.
I appreciate your help! Thank you very much.
Ta.
Sorry if this section of the forum is supposed to be girls-only -- it wasn't quite clear whether it is, and in any case there seems to be no other section with a description encompassing hairstyles.
Anyway, to start off with, something rather specific, and by that virtue hopefully it will prove to be a relatively easy request.
As I'm sure you appreciate, male hairstyles of the 20's, 30's and 40's were particularly distinctive. One aspect of the dashing haircuts of the time was the way that the nape was cut. Now, you know, a man is just asked whether he wants it "blocked" or "tapered" -- but there's another way, often worn by the gentlemen in Hollywood's Golden Age, that I'd really love to try, but I find myself unable to describe it with the exactness necessary that my stylists can manage to break out of their regimented styling. Additionally, I've been completely unsuccessful in my attempt to find a photograph of the style at the necessarily high resolution.
This picture comes very near to fitting the bill, except that the view is from the side when one from the back or 3/4's is required, and Noel has his hair slicked, which of course alters the look and makes the photograph less than ideal as a source for a stylist to copy.
I can only describe what I'm after to you about as well as I managed to describe it to the stylists, which has never been good enough to get me what I'm after. But hopefully your greater knowledge of the era's style will help you make sense of my rambling.
The hair on the back of the crown begins a gradual taper, until the meeting of the round of the skull and the beginning of the spinal column at the top of the neck, whereupon the taper becomes much more pronounced.
I've tried ro capture stills from a few of my DVD's, but as you can imagine it's very rare that a director would have an in-focus close-up of the back of someone's head...so I think my only real help would have to come in the form of scans taken from barbers' manuals of the time.
Hopefully you understand what look I'm driving at and can help me find some photos to take to the stylist with me.
I appreciate your help! Thank you very much.
Ta.