A few weeks ago, I was startled out of a Facebook-browsing trance when I noticed that a particularly chic friend had replaced her longstanding profile photo with one in which her blond hair appeared to be dyed a dusty, rosy pink. The friend in question is a former fashion director at CondeNast, a thirty-something who is always impeccably dressed, walking the perfect line between trend and sophistication. What in the world was she doing with pink hair? Could this possibly be a "thing"? The answer, Google quickly informed me, is yes.
London and Hollywood, 1940
In World War II-era London, the U.P. reported, blondes who found that their hair clashed with their khaki uniforms began clamoring for a pink tint. "Blondes are going to turn pink because they have found out that their soldier boy friends prefer brunettes or chestnuts-or pinks," wrote the U.P. in September, 1940. Across the pond in Hollywood, the A.P. reported that Max Factor Jr., makeup artist to the stars (and, apparently, conspiracy theorist), believed that a new, naturally pink-haired breed of humans might one day threaten the viability of blonds and brunettes. Intermarriage between blonds and brunettes, Factor maintained, would eventually lead to a crop of "brownets", or pink-haired people. But don't worry, the U.P. wrote. "Factor believes we won't be in the pink for 300 years, at the soonest."
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London and Hollywood, 1940
In World War II-era London, the U.P. reported, blondes who found that their hair clashed with their khaki uniforms began clamoring for a pink tint. "Blondes are going to turn pink because they have found out that their soldier boy friends prefer brunettes or chestnuts-or pinks," wrote the U.P. in September, 1940. Across the pond in Hollywood, the A.P. reported that Max Factor Jr., makeup artist to the stars (and, apparently, conspiracy theorist), believed that a new, naturally pink-haired breed of humans might one day threaten the viability of blonds and brunettes. Intermarriage between blonds and brunettes, Factor maintained, would eventually lead to a crop of "brownets", or pink-haired people. But don't worry, the U.P. wrote. "Factor believes we won't be in the pink for 300 years, at the soonest."
http://img2.slate.com/blogs/blogs/b...ust-like-it-was-in-1914.aspx?wpisrc=obnetwork
