Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Stupid fashion of the month

Bleached or shaved eyebrows are now all the rage

Mind you, you can't say that strange ideas as to what looks good with head hair is only a recent phenomena. I have long wondered how on earth the Japanese thought the male top knot with partially shaved pate was a good idea for so long. (And the Japanese certainly have never forgotten that the fashion existed: period dramas featuring it are a perennial feature on NHK TV in particular.)

1 comment:

Caz said...

" And "it is not advised if your face is round, long or if you're hungover".

Which pretty much rules out everyone. Phew!

The intriguing thing about this "trend" (which has not, as far as I can tell, been picked up by anyone in the real world) is how it draws our attention to the remarkably significant role that eyebrows play in aesthetics, character, emotions and the expression of human qualities.

Hey, Michael Jackson was mocked about his melting nose, but we were wrong - not having a nose would have been just fine, if he'd had no eyebrows he would have been seriously freaky.