Lately I have noticed that some men and women have hairstyles that obscure one eye, or sometimes both eyes, to some degree or the other. Maybe it is just me, but they seem to be more common in the past year or so. It seems to me that having a mass of hair right in front of your eye would be extremely distracting! Does any one on the dope wear their hair like this, or at least know someone who does? If so, please enlighten me on how you maintain your sanity with your eyesight obscured !
(I have no intention of appropriating this hairstyle for myself; it would not be feasible even if I had the desire, since I have rather advanced “classic male-pattern baldness”! I am just curious about this phenomenon!)
I’ve known a few people who had hair like this. (Personally, I believe they secretly wish to imitate the mighty komondor or Old English sheepdog.) As far as I know, eventually if the hair is worn this way for long enough one’s brain learns to filter out the distracting input, much like people who wear glasses don’t normally notice the frames sitting in the edges of their field of vision.
As someone whose hair tends to flop down partially over one eye, I can attest to this - it’s not at all like holding your hand over your eye, and you soon fail to really notice anything is amiss. I suspect your unobstructed eye fills in much of the visual field for you.
I have long hair and a cowlick on one side, so I can wear my hair cascading over part of my face, which works great when you have a forehead zit. But I certainly couldn’t wear it this way often; I would find it too distracting before I could ever get used to it.
It seems to be one of those hairstyles that runs in cycles. I couldn’t wear mine that way - it annoys me to see anyone else doing it, especially if they are trying to work a cash register or something. And the affected “head toss” to move the hair annoys me too.
Ever hear of Veronica Lake?
Back when I was in highschool, my parents had major issues with my hair. They tried to shame me into cutting it by nicknaming me Veronica.
I wear my hair like this as well, and I agree that I’ve never even noticed it. I sometimes wear glasses and those bother me much more.
As far as looking like a sheepdog, yBeayf, my more immediate inspiration is Jessica Rabbit… I thought she was the definition of sexy when I was 12 and now I’m finally living my fantasy of having hair like hers…
My bangs aren’t quite long enough to hang in front of my eyes, but they’re getting there. Right now, I have the whole V-shaped bangs thing going on, but it’s a bit high-maintenance for me (I have poofy hair and don’t like having to straighten it every day) and I usually end up pushing them back or wearing a headband. As they grow out, I plan on evening them up a bit and letting them hang in my eyes until I can push them behind my ears again and grow them from there. Anyway, I’ve never tried it before, but I’ve gotten used to my glasses so with any luck this won’t be much too different. But I’m gonna get to look like a sheepdog! Sweet!
Hey, I resemble that OP. Honey, the reason is that Lana Turner just had that certain sex appeal. Also she had the distinction of wearing the only banned hairstyle. She had the misfortune to be a star during World War II. When women worked in factories? Having one eye obscured was a safety hazard. The Lana hairdos went, and right after that Lana herself was out. So it’s like reviving a lost chapter of American womanhood, the 1940s being the sexiest for women IMHO because it’s when they were powerful beings, serving in the war effort and gaining in personal independence.
As for how I deal with it, I let it fall over my eye if I’m just sitting in a bar looking sultry. (Not that I go to bars at all, a rare exception being a Doper gathering recently. I’m more likely to be seen in the library or at Barnes & Noble.) If I have to see with both eyes, I can always flip my hair out of the way as needed. It’s adjustable.
I have a floppy, foppish fringe, and I have to say that at a certain length it can painfully poke me in the eye. And while it isn’t a day-to-day impediment to sight, it can be problematic when leaning over to take a pool shot. So painful, iconvenient maybe, but it’s a reminder that I’m not balding. Yet…
My son, who’s 15, has hair that covers his eyes if he doesn’t keep pulling it back. In fact, when I took him to get his ID Card, the SoS people told him he couldn’t have his hair in his face. He looks at me and says he doesn’t appreciate being “kept down by the man”… :rolleyes:
I had a flop (we referred to as a “skater flop” back then–even though I wasn’t a skater) in the early 1990s. It’s not hard to get used to looking past/through your hair, plus you tend to push it aside a lot. And as moody teen, it lets you hide away from the world a bit.
I also like the hairstyle very much on women–very sultry.
I don’t mind how other people wear their hair. What I hate is when these styles are so “in” that I can’t find a picture of a style that I like that doesn’t have hair in the eyes, when I’m looking to change my style (which I do somewhat frequently), because it is extremely annoying to me to have hair anywhere near my face.
I like the look, and would like my hair to do it, but it tickles-tickles-tickles until I can’t take it anymore. I keep my bangs very short because of this.
