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I saw this incredibly cute pair of punk girls in the subway today. They were in their late teens or early twenties and had matching mohawks, teased and fluffy and spikey rather than stiff and angular, and they made me remember how badly I wanted to shave the sides of my head when I was at that age.
I never did, though; I had a very short a-line bob with a side part back then and kept my neck very short, often buzzed and a few times shaved, but I never took the plunge and got the undercut I wanted. I'm not quite sure why I didn't; partly because I simply chickened out of it, I guess, partly because I have an amazing hairdresser whose judgement and skill I trusted too much to do that kind of drastic cut myself, and partly because I had this idea that what I really wanted was an undercut with really long hair on top, that I could wear in a braid, a bun or a ponytail.
My hair was quite short, and I really did love that short, angled bob with the side part, so I left well alone and figured that maybe one day I'd let my hair grow really long, and when it got long enough I'd Do It. (For some reason, the idea of getting a long hairpiece never occurred to me - this was in the mid- to late 90's, before the big fake hair explosion in the subculture.)
Now, ten years later, I have long hair and could Do It, all it takes is some precise parting, cutting and shaving, and I would have the haircut of my late teen dreams. The sad thing is that I don't really want an undercut anymore, even with the long hair I could have on top. It wouldn't match the person I am today, it wouldn't work with my style anymore and I rather enjoy having long hair - at least as long as it's safely confined in a pretty up-do.
I've had short hair for most of my life, so I don't romanticize my long hair very much; it's stylish and functional worn up, but a royal pain in the ass worn down, and if I didn't have great hair-pins and a fast and easy way of putting it up to fall back on I would have had it cut off years ago.
So, as stated, I don't want that undercut today, but I still wish that I had done it when I was 19. It's the one big style regret of my life.
I never did, though; I had a very short a-line bob with a side part back then and kept my neck very short, often buzzed and a few times shaved, but I never took the plunge and got the undercut I wanted. I'm not quite sure why I didn't; partly because I simply chickened out of it, I guess, partly because I have an amazing hairdresser whose judgement and skill I trusted too much to do that kind of drastic cut myself, and partly because I had this idea that what I really wanted was an undercut with really long hair on top, that I could wear in a braid, a bun or a ponytail.
My hair was quite short, and I really did love that short, angled bob with the side part, so I left well alone and figured that maybe one day I'd let my hair grow really long, and when it got long enough I'd Do It. (For some reason, the idea of getting a long hairpiece never occurred to me - this was in the mid- to late 90's, before the big fake hair explosion in the subculture.)
Now, ten years later, I have long hair and could Do It, all it takes is some precise parting, cutting and shaving, and I would have the haircut of my late teen dreams. The sad thing is that I don't really want an undercut anymore, even with the long hair I could have on top. It wouldn't match the person I am today, it wouldn't work with my style anymore and I rather enjoy having long hair - at least as long as it's safely confined in a pretty up-do.
I've had short hair for most of my life, so I don't romanticize my long hair very much; it's stylish and functional worn up, but a royal pain in the ass worn down, and if I didn't have great hair-pins and a fast and easy way of putting it up to fall back on I would have had it cut off years ago.
So, as stated, I don't want that undercut today, but I still wish that I had done it when I was 19. It's the one big style regret of my life.