What was she thinking?
On Friday 25 year old Britney Spears did the unthinkable – she shaved her noggin. What was she thinking? Could she have possibly read my article (Bald is Beautiful), and taken it to heart?
Britney must be going through a lot. Published on the same day that Britney went Kojak were rumors* that she booked herself into a rehab clinic in Antigua (on the Caribbean Island) only to leave the following day. Reports and pictures of the pop star at various nightclubs, and at various stages of undress, on Entertainment News, suggest that Britney is struggling to cope with the added stress of being a young, single mother.
But it was at Esther’s Haircutting Studio that Britney finally took the most drastic step of all. The owner, Esther Tognozzi (speaking on the gossip show Extra) understandably refused to do the requested shearingl; instead she attempted to placate the star by saying her hormones were possibly just playing up, and she’d soon be feeling better about herself. But then Britney calmly reached for the clipper, grabbed her locks and shaved them herself. According to Tognozzi she appeared in control of herself, if emotionally distant. When she realized what she was doing would upset her mother, Britney’s eyes began to moisten painfully, according to Tognozzi.
But it wasn’t over yet. From Esther’s Britney made her way to Sherman Oaks. She entered the Body and Soul tattoo parlor, where Miss Emily Wynne Hughes says Britney asked for a cross in black, white and pink inserted on her lower hip, and a pair of lips on her wrist. The body art would have cost Britney around $80. Hughes says that Britney found the procedure painful and, at times, writhed and cried out and was otherwise difficult to work with.
Having gone through the same experience at roughly the same age, I’m sure that Britney is going through hell. It’s not only a shock for oneself to wake up each day having changed one’s appearance so much (and arguably for the worse), it’s a shock to everyone else too, and they don’t let you forget it. A number of people approached me in the days after I shaved the long hair off my head, and plenty of people wouldn’t let me forget what a tragic waste it was. There were a few who said: “This is a great look for you, it brings out your face’. It’s likely the media and people close to Britney will make it even more difficult for the star to process her everyday agonies, let alone the ancillary anguish of dealing with her radicalized new appearance.
Britney is probably desperate to feel like a different, happier person, but she wants to feel happy now. Her moods may adjust sooner rather than later, but it will take several years to grow back the mop of golden hair she left on the floor at Esther’s Haircutting Studio.
On the other hand, scores of teenagers may take their cue from Britney to the horror and chagrin of parents and friends. Demi Moore and Sigourney Weaver made it fashionable once, perhaps Britney will prove that even for women, bald is (sometimes) the best way to go. Meanwhile, I’m wondering how Britney’s pal Paris is reacting to all this. Will she consider Britney cool enough for more girls night’s out on the town?
*People Magazine/Some information sourced and translated from local Afrikaans Newspaper, Die Volksblad: Britney Spears sny self al haar hare af
On Friday 25 year old Britney Spears did the unthinkable – she shaved her noggin. What was she thinking? Could she have possibly read my article (Bald is Beautiful), and taken it to heart?
Britney must be going through a lot. Published on the same day that Britney went Kojak were rumors* that she booked herself into a rehab clinic in Antigua (on the Caribbean Island) only to leave the following day. Reports and pictures of the pop star at various nightclubs, and at various stages of undress, on Entertainment News, suggest that Britney is struggling to cope with the added stress of being a young, single mother.
But it was at Esther’s Haircutting Studio that Britney finally took the most drastic step of all. The owner, Esther Tognozzi (speaking on the gossip show Extra) understandably refused to do the requested shearingl; instead she attempted to placate the star by saying her hormones were possibly just playing up, and she’d soon be feeling better about herself. But then Britney calmly reached for the clipper, grabbed her locks and shaved them herself. According to Tognozzi she appeared in control of herself, if emotionally distant. When she realized what she was doing would upset her mother, Britney’s eyes began to moisten painfully, according to Tognozzi.
But it wasn’t over yet. From Esther’s Britney made her way to Sherman Oaks. She entered the Body and Soul tattoo parlor, where Miss Emily Wynne Hughes says Britney asked for a cross in black, white and pink inserted on her lower hip, and a pair of lips on her wrist. The body art would have cost Britney around $80. Hughes says that Britney found the procedure painful and, at times, writhed and cried out and was otherwise difficult to work with.
Having gone through the same experience at roughly the same age, I’m sure that Britney is going through hell. It’s not only a shock for oneself to wake up each day having changed one’s appearance so much (and arguably for the worse), it’s a shock to everyone else too, and they don’t let you forget it. A number of people approached me in the days after I shaved the long hair off my head, and plenty of people wouldn’t let me forget what a tragic waste it was. There were a few who said: “This is a great look for you, it brings out your face’. It’s likely the media and people close to Britney will make it even more difficult for the star to process her everyday agonies, let alone the ancillary anguish of dealing with her radicalized new appearance.
Britney is probably desperate to feel like a different, happier person, but she wants to feel happy now. Her moods may adjust sooner rather than later, but it will take several years to grow back the mop of golden hair she left on the floor at Esther’s Haircutting Studio.
On the other hand, scores of teenagers may take their cue from Britney to the horror and chagrin of parents and friends. Demi Moore and Sigourney Weaver made it fashionable once, perhaps Britney will prove that even for women, bald is (sometimes) the best way to go. Meanwhile, I’m wondering how Britney’s pal Paris is reacting to all this. Will she consider Britney cool enough for more girls night’s out on the town?
*People Magazine/Some information sourced and translated from local Afrikaans Newspaper, Die Volksblad: Britney Spears sny self al haar hare af
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