I’ve had extremely short hair for the past 14 or so years (with a few various styles in between.) When I think of short hair on women I picture a length like pixie cut like Emma Watson has, not longer than chin length!
I used to have very long hair, as in almost down to my waist.
However, as I’ve grown older, my hair has changed texture, has thinned, and has developed a tendency to break off at random lengths, so if I grow my hair long, I don’t have a smooth shiny waterfall of hair any more, I have a collection of random hair lengths on my head. I got my hair cut short last year, and then REALLY short about seven months ago (as a sign of mourning). I would look better with long hair, if the long hair was in great condition. Since my hair won’t do that any more, I look better with short hair. And I am absolutely not going to wear a wig.
It’s relative, of course. But all of these women have recently had their hair cut significantly shorter than it had been. And all of them have hair that’s now above their shoulders.
Remember Ghost? I had Demi Moore’s haircut and I think I looked great, but I was 25. I looked more great in general. But to echo CrazyCat, my hair is way too fine to ever wear long, so I have been forced to look smashing in short hair my whole life. It is more earlobe-length now, however.
In the crunchy town where I now live, I see very little “old lady poodly” or “mom hair”. Having a very large population of lesbians, short hair on women is still a very common sight, but it tends to be butch and unstyled.
There’s also a staggering number of women in their 50s and early 60s here, for some reason. Among them, the “natural” look is popular. The crunchy garden lady with a head of just-below-the-shoulder length silver hair is probably the most common look, followed by Amy Goodman clones, and long, flat, straight hippie hair reminiscent of the 1960s.
Disagree. I think Natalie Portman is another of the women that zweisamkeit mentioned earlier - she’s typical “movie star beautiful” with long hair, but absolutely stunning with short hair.