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The pet project of David Humphries is finally starting to come out of the underground. Hair Wars, the much-hyped Cirque du Soleil of hair fashion, started out in ‘85 as a weekly hair show emceed by Humphries at Detroit-area clubs he promoted. It eventually outgrew its roots, and in ‘91 became its own entity, hitting the road in ‘94 and debuting eclectic styles that pretty much broke the fourth wall: enter the “hairy-copter”, the python-beehive, and the champagne-zipper bouffant…which, chances are, people have been posting as image comments to your myspace, or is that just me?
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My mother was a hair dresser, in the wild 1950’s and 1960’s. Beehive and other “Bouffant Style” hairdoos were the rage then…
(My mom hated them, and kept telling women they were ruining their hair, but, that’s what they wanted, so what could she do?)
These towering creations were made possible with lots of hairspray, and a product called “Wave-Set”.
I was a young kid, about 6 years old, back then. I snuck into the salon (which was attached to our house), and used most of a bottle of Wave-Set giving myself a spiked hairdoo….
My hair stood straight up, and was cast iron hard. My pride in my creation did not last long….
My parents had a fit. My mom did her best to wash it out, but the stuff was like crazy glue. My next haircut, which took place immediately, was a “Kojack Cut” a “Jean Luc Picard Special”, a “Yule Brenner Deluxe”….
I think you get the point!
Oh, yes, my hair finally did grow back. I never tried that sort of thing again.
posted by Pierre Laberge on 3-24-2007 at 9:53 pm
More fantasy hair stylists will be introduced when Hair Wars-The Book gets released in the fall of 2007. You can find out more about the book and the hair entertainment world by going to the new website, www.hairwarsustour.com
posted by Hump The Grinder on 7-9-2007 at 6:03 pm