These are some lovely pictures of Naomi Watts from Marie Claire magazine July 2010. And the reason I still have this magazine almost two years later is because this is my dream “short” hair do.
Yes folks, I have long toyed with the idea of going for the chop.
I have sported long blonde locks since I was six years old (preceded by a rather unattractive “bowl” type style that made me look not unlike one of those lego people…) and without even realising it I guess my hair has almost become part of my identity – a significant slice of my femininity if you will.
I’m not exactly sure why this is.
Because nine times out of ten, if ever I spot a hot girl with what I consider to be an uber sexy barnet, you can bet your bottom dollar it’s shoulder length or shorter. And I am really quite partial to a full on pixie crop of late – especially to show of some kind of statement lobe candy.
For W-day I actually grew my locks. Yes that’s right – my long long hair just got even um….longer. Can’t for the life of me tell you why either -isn’t that just something brides do?
Apparently it is – RMW’s Vix is even growing hers “for the big day”…and no, when I asked her why she didn’t really know the reason either.
This got me thinking, together with the more traditional aspects of planning the biggest celebration of your life….choosing your bouquet, selecting bridesmaids, compiling a playlist…..is having longer hair just another thing that automatically appears on the great “I am getting married” must list?
Now obviously I realise not everyone has the desire to have their hair cascading down their back a la Cinderella/Sleeping Beauty/Ariel off of the little Mermaid to grace the aisle – hell we’ve had our fair share of shorter styled lovelies grace these very pages, but…..well, it’s more common than not isn’t it.
This post came about because of two main reasons, one I am really really contemplating going for the “Naomi Watts circa summer 2010″ (my hairdresser Esther told me she needs at least a week to prepare herself – and copious amounts of valium), and two because Debbie Carlisle sent me some stunning images of a selection of her bridal headpieces looking all gorgeous and whatnot on the heads of some pretty models – one sporting my favourite elfin do and the other a full on shaved-except-for-small-mohican (yes really – it looks immense)
Photography – Lance Burkitt
Make-Up – Zoe Leanne Peplow
Dresses – White Room Bridal
Accessories – DC Bouquets
Hello? I want that Clara head band and cuff like I want to spend the summer in Ibiza…ie a lot.
So then, what I want to know is – how many of you are growing your hair for W-day?
Any marrieds who went long and then as soon as you returned from ‘Moon lopped your locks off again?
Have you always had a shorter do and like it that way thank you very much? And if so how are you wearing it/what with for when you say “I Do”?
Um….any advice for a blonde Blog Queen who needs to become less afraid of the scissors?
Big Shorter Is Just As Sexy Love
Charlotte xxx
P.S I realise Naomi Watts hair above is styled within an inch of its life, possibly with extensions, about a zillion products and some kind of wind machine but….it doesn’t stop me wanting it real bad.
P.P.S Where can one purchase a wind machine?
I *love* cutting my hair short. It’s so therapeutic, particularly as I have lovingly named “Harry Potter hair” that sprouts back within seconds. It’s great to watch it all fall away. I definitely recommend going for the short hair!
However… I, too, am growing my hair for W-day. No I’m not sure why either.
@Charl – am going to add to this later, but, I HAVE A WIND MACHINE. Technically, it is the Big C’s but I am sure we would let you borrow it. We also have a smoke machine.
Sorry, I missed the ‘otte’ off your name – too excited!
I grew my hair for W-Day simply because I knew I wanted it up to avoid the fear of it going frizzy! Come W-Day and my hairdresser actually said my hair was a little long for my beehive style but by then I was hooked – I’ve been growing it ever since, until my latest trip to the hairdresser where it needed a good cut. A couple of inches lopped off but it’s still pretty long.
That said, I’ve had my hair every length – my shortest was just before we got engaged and I had a bit of a Frankie from The Saturdays ‘do’. I loved it. Pretty low maintenance and it looked so healthy.
Charlotte just do it. It will look fabulous, promise.
The styles you like aren’t really that short and by chopping off some of the length I always think it makes hair look thicker anyway. It you get a bit scared why not go for something a little longer than the Naomi Watts pics? A long bob if you will
xoxo
I have bobbed brown hair (below chin length, but above shoulder length). For the past year I’ve been focusing on getting my hair colour back to au natural (for the first time since I was 15 my hair won’t have a single drop of dye on it!). This has meant growing out my roots (sometimes a bit painful – boyf: “So, what’s with your roots exactly?!”. However I am now back to brown, with not a single dyed root in sight!
I have therefore not been growing my hair for the wedding, and, colour decisions aside, I don’t think I would have because I love my hair short.
However I really am struggling to find any inspiration for bridal hair styles of this length. Any pictures I find seem to be 1990s American throw backs inspired by Jennifer Anniston’s oh-so-popular crop! Not really what I’m looking for!
I’ll most likely be wearing a veil, but still wanted my hair to be a little different to my every day look. Do any other brides-to-be have inspired ideas for bobs?
Charlotte you’d totally rock that hair cut. And it’s not really short at all – more like mid length. It’d grow super quickly if you decided you wanted to be long again.
DO IT.
Controversial – You are one of my hair crushes!!! But saying that, I’m sure it’ll look stunning. Even if it means you can never have a messy side bun ever again.
In true scouse fashion I will not only be growing my hair, but also buying extra hair to clip in for the big day. My main concern is what to do with my mega-fringe, it’s ‘me’ but not bridal.
I also love the idea of @Pamela’s Tyra Banks style wind machine!!!
I CANNOT pull off short hair. Really. Firstly because my hair is super frizzy (GHDs transformed my life, I am not kidding) and short hair would be a mare because it would just turn into frizzy floss. And also because it makes me look like a boy. I had a pixie crop briefly when I was about nine and got mistaken for a boy so many times it’s not even funny.
My happy length is down to my collarbone or thereabouts, so long enough to give it a bit of weight and to be able to put it up on a bad frizz day.
If your hair isn’t prone to frizzing up, I say go for it. I think shorter hair rocks, I love Emma Watson’s for example.
I am growing my hair for my wedding too. It ended just below my ears when we got engaged, it’s now chin length and my hairdresser reckons it’ll be past my shoulders by next April.
I’m growing it in part because I only had short hair for a year and had long hair the rest of my life, so it felt weird to think of having short hair for the wedding. Also so I’ll have more choice of what to do with it!
There is still a decent chance I’ll have it all chopped off again before the big day rolls round though!
I grew and grew and grew my hair for our wedding and had no plans to get it cut until one day, 6 months after the event, I took a pea in the head and told my hairdresser to lop it off.
I went from long, blonde, down-my-back locks to a chin length choppy bob. And do you know what? I felt liberated…..for about 6 months at which point I decided to grow it all back!
For me, having long hair is like having a protective shield, think Batfink, “My hair is like a shield of steel!”. I don’t regret getting it chopped but I do feel more comfortable with it longer.
I say you should go for it Charlotte, you won’t know until you’ve tried it and perhaps rather than just getting it all lopped off you can do it gradually and see how you feel.
xx
P.S. Those headpieces are absolutely beautiful.
I’m growing mine for the wedding too – I want mermaid / Pocahontas hair! Oh dear – I clearly watched too many disney films as a child… x
I am growing my hair for my December wedding… but this post has made me ask why that is exactly?
My mum is terrible with hair, and so I spent most of my childhood with a bob as my mum couldn’t barely put my hair in a pony had it been long. As a result, I am somewhat useless with hair also, and get hair envy of practically every girl (and boys for that matter) I walk past!
I think the main reason I am growing it is because I want to have a chic up do (loving the braid plait thing a la Jessica Alba – gosh you really can tell i’m crap with hair, I don’t even know what to describe it as!)
Short hair does suit me better though? Oh damn…
Oooh hair! I get bored of mine really quickly, and currently think my hair is decidedly meh.
In the past I have overcome this by having the chop (quite short!) but due to our upcoming nuptials I have kept my hair at roughly the same length for the best part of 3 years!
I’m not growing it as such, but want to make sure there is enough of it to put up in whatever style I decide, and to also cope with regular trims to keep split ends at bay and generally keep the locks in tip top condition!
I think maybe a lot of people grow their hair for wedding day because it’s easier to have it cut off for a style, but if it’s too short for what you want then you’re kind of stuck!
Controversially, I am going to say think VERY carefully before going for the chop…because as you say…Ms Wattage over there will have been styled to buggery…and I actually think that shorter hair is harder to manage on a day to day basis….I mean, if you’re having a bad hair day…you can’t exactly tie back short hair…
I fairly recently (well just before we got engaged, so practically 18 months ago!) went for the chop and dyed it black…and with the fringe, it was somewhat Jesse J…and we all remember the convo about boys and their love of black hair!!!!!! And whilst I did love it…I do like being able to do stuff with my hair…
But then, there was always the extensions…seriously, I don’t know a girl alive anymore who doesn’t have a carrier bag of clip in extensions stuffed under the bed…
and, @Karen – keep your fringe dearie! If it’s you, it’s you. I am not getting rid of mine on the wedding day…although that may be something to do with the fact that without it I look like Matt Lucas when he was dressed up as that blinking baby on Shooting Stars…
xo
Loving all of the short hair fan base…. Every time I look at Naomi Watts I am seriously tempted.
And Pamela….you have a wind machine?!
It belongs to the Big C…we have allsorts of mental stuff in our attic…oops, that made it sound like our attic is a sex den…it’s not, the Big C just collects odd stuff. And he used to have a club night in Manchester, so yes, we have a wind and smoke machine. And yes, I have been known to put them on and pretend I am Debbie Harry.
I go through definite phases with my hair: long, bored, short, bored, frustrated whilst growing it out, long, bored, short… I have been growing it this time for a couple of years and have been loving having long hair, but I am starting to lose patience with it. It takes so long to wash, dry and straighten, and my boyfriend keeps lying on it at night. But I am trying to resist cutting it because the wedding is so close and all the hairstyles I have been thinking about/practising need long hair. Also, I know that as soon as it is cut I will want it long again. Am clearly just too fickle for my own good.
I love having a change. I had all my hair lopped off last week into a pixie cut and bleached to the brightest shade of white/blonde I have ever had.
I do feel a bit manly but nothing a pair of high heels and a slap of lippy won’t fix.
T x
I used to have my hair roughly the same length and Miss Watts in those photos and I can tell you, it never looked like that despite my very best efforts! It usually just sort of hung there, all limp and uninteresting.
Anyway, I’m now growing it and am living in no man’s land at the moment, it’s neither short nor long! I can often be found in the ladies loos at work, bent right over with my head down, desperately trying to get some volume into and then flicking it back up like I’m in some kind of L’oreal advert, tis fun but necessary too! Xxx
I did the whole short hair thing for my wedding day – I have had really short hair for years and love it. When I got engaged the first thing people asked was are you growing your hair (like it’s something you just have to do!!) which made me a little mad, as the reaction was usually something like ‘oh, really…’!! In fact, I think I even had a little trim on the big day itself!
Anyways, my hairdresser made me the most amazing hair piece out of lace and beads, which she stitched into the side of my hair – and I think it looked ace (if I do say so myself) This has also been proudly displayed on these very pages!
I do love long hair, but I just don’t really suit it…so my view was why look like someone different just for my wedding day, when my lovely man met and fell in love with me with short hair! xx
@Charlotte, that is *not* that short a hair do!!!
Go for it, it’ll look great! Get some layers to make sure it has enough volume/ thickness to it, I’m sure you won’t regret it.
My happy length is the Naomi Watts length. I let my hair grow until I was 11 and then I begged my mum to let me have it cut. It took me a whole year to convince her but one day she finally took me to the hairdresser’s, who put it up in a pony tail and then just chopped it. It was AMAZING!!!
Since then, I’ve had bobs (mainly in my teenage years – i even went for a year with a bob where both sides were different length, I was experimenting…) and now prefer it just above shoulder length with layers.
I have been growing it long for hte wedding too!!! I knew I would want my hair up so there was no choice. The toughest bit has been letting the layers grow out – I have a lot of hair but it’s very fine so no layers = no volume = very flat hair. *Sigh*. I also don’t like how much greasier my hair gets when it’s this long, so much more maintenance in my opinion!!!
I think i’ll probably have a good chop after the wedding – who knows, maybe i’ll try a new hairstyle?!?
I famously got all my hair lopped off into the shortest of short pixie crops just before my graduation from uni, and a few of my friends failed to recognise me immediately… but all agreed how amazingly it suited me, and my fiancé found it incredibly sexy. I made it part of my signature look for a few years, but got cross about the maintenance issue, and the fact that it only looked any good if you paid a fortune at the hair dressers, and, having hair that tends towards frizzy, the moment it got a bit longer it just looked a mess – frumpy and middle-aged. So, a couple of years ago I started letting it grow, with a small voice in the back of my head saying ‘you’re in your mid-twenties, in a seeeriously long-term relationship, and what if he proposes and you suddenly decide you want long hair on your wedding day? huh?’ Of course there have been moments where I’ve been tempted to just take the scissors to it, and awkward length phases where it just won’t do anything, and it is currently in need of a fairly serious trim (which I tend to do myself these days), but I’ve managed to resist the more drastic urges. I think that if I let it grow, then basically I still have the choice, come the wedding of having long hair, or getting it all cut off again, but if it was short then I wouldn’t.
In a side note, it’s the dye I’m currently trying to resist, because the summer seems to bring out my desire for brightly coloured locks, or the beachy surfer chick type blonde streaks, or hair that glows like the sunset. Or just, you know, a change.
I am a total hair chameleon, particularly with colour, but also with length.. at its longest it was past nipple length, but I have always found that with long hair, I’m never happy with the top half when the bottom half looks good. With shorter hair you get that sticking out in strange directions going on. And of course never underestimate the usefulness of long hair to cover a jawline breakout. I have however just lopped mine to collarbone length, and its spot on (for now). Keep it long!
I also grew my hair for my wedding – although I was already sick of my (very) short graduated bob which I’d had for a year. I actually had the chop in the first place because I’d been growing it for aaages and had got bored of long hair at exactly the moment it had reached the length I had been aiming for. Soooo fickle. Anyhow, two and half years after getting married I’m still growing my hair and have no plans to cut it yet, in fact I’m toying with the idea of clip-on extensions for even more length, although I’m put off by the fear that I’ll be as rubbish at using them as I am with applying false lashes. Which is very rubbish.
I’ve had all kinds of hair lengths and since my wedding have had hair extensions in for volume (they are the same length as my own hair). To me this has always been more if an issue than length as I have superfine hair and so too short and it looks childlike but when it’s long, a ponytail or a plait looks ridiculous as its so thin and pathetic! I now have shoulder length hair as my extensions are due to be replaced so had my hairdresser cut them for a change before the new ones go in and I like it! Will prob still go back long again though when the new ones go in..
Am considering a bit of a colour overhaul though but that’s a whole other post
Ive never had loooong hair, i get bored growing it. Its currently a graduated bob so long at the front shorter at the back!
Google Amanda Holden Britains Got Talent (ive got a 14yr old step daughter i HAVE to watch it ;o)) and shes in a red dress with hair not too disimilar to Naomi’s above.
Thats my wedding hair. Blonde, mid length, a little bit messy, a little big ‘wiggly’, and just very me!!
So in answer, not Im not really growing my hair, it’ll just be shoulder length at the very longest!!
I have to admit I used to get very bored with my hair ALL the time. I have had so many different hairstyles I have lost count. I’ve had everything from midlength layers, asymetrical bob (yup @Celine I tried that too) to a sort of bowl cut! yup, in a crazy attempt to be cool, I got my hairdresser to do some futuristic bowl cut style, it looked amazing in the magazine, but crucially looked pretty awful on me (apart from in 1 photo where I think it looks pretty cool!)
I have very thin fine hair, so never used to think long hair was an option for me – I’d always get to mid-length and then get annoyed with how limp and rubbish it would look at so would cut it all off again. However in the last year or so I have managed to grow my hair, it is by no means cascading down my back but it is past my shoulders & most of the time I actually like it this length (plus I think it will be helpful to keep it long so I have plenty of options for my wedding day hair)
BUT then you showed me these pictures and made me long for mid-length hair again!!! oh no!
I’ll just have to keep reminding myself that when my hair was that length I could never get it looking that good
Anyhoo, I say go with your gut. And at least if you try a mid length style like this, then you can easily grow it back.
@Pamela – a wind machine AND smoke machine, am very jealous! hee hee
@Karen – I’m all about the fringe, you should definitely keep it for the wedding (I know I will probably have my full fringe back for the wedding)
xx
@Pamela Please say you are using the wind machine for wedding pictures?!?! This would be all kinds of awesome!!
My little bother (26-not that little) is our photographer (that’s his job, i’m not just cutting costs, although he is doing it for free) and I may have to send him an email telling him I think I need a wind machine for the pictures.
The other thing I am mostly emailing about is: can you do anything about my arms in the pictures or do I have to keep going to the gym?
He is probably wishing he never agreed to the job now. Especially as I am still debating if he should eat at a different time to make sure we don’t miss anything in the pictures (this is a big no no in my mums books) xxx
One thing I did NOT do for my wedding was grow my hair
I have a short short crop with my sides shaved in to an under cut, granted I let that grow a tiny bit so that my hair didn’t “date” but that’s about it…
Plus, having short hair is my “thing” and quite frankly, it rocked with my bird cage veil!
x
Evening all!
So I am loving Naomi’s locks… And would ordinarily say go for it but…. In January I had long long hair so long i could ahem be topless and you could cover your assets…. Anyway I went to the hairdresser thought I’ll get 4/5 inches off to freshen it up cut out the dead wood….. Never regretted more my hair will mow NOT grow back to that length it seems stuck at this long length but not long long….
So in short yes I’m trying to grow my hair for le wedding but also for general I want my long hair backness. In my teens till early twenties I had short cropped stylee hair, looked great just when cut looked awful after 4 weeks!
Unfort my lover wants my hair all wavy curly surfer blonde on w/day but this would cover up a serious amount of lush dress detail so I’m thinking side messy bun effort with some plaiting and then take it down later in the day then back up in the evening for the dance-a-thon. (luckily hairdresser is a guest!!!)
I’ve had short hair for almost my entire life, with the exception of an awkward shoulder length do which made me look EXACTLY like the Weasley twins in Harry Potter Goblet Of Fire (no one believes me until they see the photographs..) I am however trying to grow it out for W-day next year, just because I’d like to have more style options on the day! This has led to me tying it up nearly every day though now, for fear of turning into a (male) wizard lookalike!
@Charlotte – your style envy for short hair matches my envy for long luscious locks of glory! What about purchasing a fancy wig for nights out? Just think of a theme to go with it and voila, instant fashion moment without the terror of cutting it all off!
I have short hair, hated having long hair with a passion – I even had a perm in my ‘teens! Eugh!
Best thing I (well my friend and hairdresser) ever did was cut it off, suits me to a T and easy to maintain. No annoying hair flicks, or hair stuck onto my lipgloss covered lips.
And no, I didn’t grow my hair for my wedding day – I cut it shorter!
Hillarious isn’t it. Grow it long and then put it up anyway!
Mine is long and very natural 11 days away from W-Day. As soon as I come back I am getting me to a hairdressers for some bleach and a fringe. AM SO BORED OF IT! xxx
I grew my hair for w-day simply so I could have the up do I wanted without worrying about it falling out or having to have extensions. I wore my hair up constantly as blow drying and styling it used to take an age. One of the things I looked forward to most post wedding (except being married of course!) was getting my locks chopped. I now sport a long bob and LOVE it, in all I had about 6 inches or so chopped off. At first it felt very peculiar but I’ve had tonnes of compliments not only about the style but how much healthier and fuller my hair looks. So….in summary…do it! If you don’t like it, it’ll grow back!
My hair has been a variety of lengths over the years – varying from bob length, shoulder length, half-way down the back and everywhere in between. I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with hair though. I’ve always had really thick hair, which to some would be a god-send but to me is a bloomin’ nightmare! It has a tendency to go frizzy in an instant, meaning that when it was shorter I would end up with an afro the minute it dried. The other problem I have is that I can’t really be bothered to faff around with it – yes, yes, I know I’m lazy! I only recently started to blowdry my hair again after many years of leaving it to dry naturally. I also chucked my straighteners out 2 years ago, as they rarely get used…!
BUT despite of all of this, I am in fact growing my already long hair longer… I don’t necessarily need to, but I feel like that hairstyle I’m after requires it – half pinned back, but still loose and the rest slightly back-combed for extra oomph (inspiration courtesy of Gossip Girl’s resident blondie, Serena van der Woodsen – my hair crush!)
I really wish I had the guts to cut my hair off – but I just don’t know if my face would suit it. I look at photos of me as a teenager with bobbed hair and cringe. My mum is a big supporter of short hair – her’s is beyond cropped, it’s practically shaved lol. She used to have long hair when she was my age and then got to about 30 and went for the chop – I wonder if I’ll ever do the same…!
(PS: I am head over heels in love with this site! I am on this every morning before work and every lunch time and every journey home – addicted much…?!)
I suspect the whole long affair many of us brides have with long hair has its roots (sorry) in the idea of it being somehow representative of super-femininity – Rapunzel meets Bardot. Personally I’m stuck in a conundrum as much as I love the whole long, ‘undone’ and unfussy hair paired with a wedding gown to make it more your own if, like me, you’re a long haired ‘un, I’m also sorely tempted by the whole swept-up elegance of a messy chignon or similar…I think the only solution is to be a little bit of a priss-pot and ask my maid of honour to help me unleash the locks come the evening celebrations, with some of those little cordless straighteners to iron out the kinks. I do however have a little tip for all of those growing their locks – get yourself a BIG bottle of 3 more inches (sounds way more rude than it is) from Space NK. It seriously works wonders, and restores even what my mum used to so kindly call my ‘rats tails’.
Oh, and @Charlotte – please do it! Hair always grows back so there’s no loss. And it’ll look very Parisian, Celine/Chloe-ish too (always a good thing in my book). Try Kevin Murphy Motion Lotion for the whole not-labouring-for-hours-every-morning product thing, and you’d look gorgeous no matter what anyhow (jealous face).
XX
Well there’s a future Real Bride post for me… massive fringe obsessing!
Oh Rebecca, keep it long!!! xxx
I love long hair – but not if it’s fine and wussy like mine. Having said that, I had long hair (to my shoulder blades) until almost a year ago when, inspired by some pics of a bride with a bob on this site (which I can’t find damnit), I lopped the lot off. Not myself with the kitchen scissors you understand, I did see an actual hairdresser. People were SCANDALISED! I was engaged, of COURSE I would be growing my hair. Don’t care – it suits me much better and a bob with a hair decoration looks immense.
@Charlotte – wind machine? Can’t you just get Adam to follow you around with a large ostrich feather fan?
Evening lovelies..so sorry for my majorly late reply, I have been out since 9am this morning and only just got back (earlier was desperately trying to comment from my iPhone somewhere I shouldn’t have had my iPhone on – naughty me!)
@Rachel – you have caught the “must have long hair for W-day bug” – nowt wrong with it pet.
@Pamela – rang my dad earlier, turns out HE ALSO HAS A WIND MACHINE, he too was a DJ way back in the day (not a cool mixing deck one – a “Ray’s Disco” affair with flashing lights and a slow dance at the end…) He doesn’t seem to think it will work now though
@Katie – Frankie from the Saturday’s? LOVE her do. And no-one can rock a beehive like you miss Katie, I can totally appreciate why you grew it – to have such volume!
@Charlotte – Along with my penchant for a lilac tinge I also like my hair with a bit of root…..not sure why, kind of makes it look a little bit more dirty/grungy which I prefer. My sister went back to her “natural” colour a few years back and it has never looked better – really suits her skin tone.
@Laura – As you know from Twitter I am VERY tempted!!!
@Karen – Thanks pet, ironically having already started to write this post art week, on a Sunday picnic outing quite a few people were like “Wow I love your hair it’s so unusual” (feather extensions helped of course) which was weird considering I am sick to death of it. And for the record I heart your mega fringe. Oh and I also had extensions for W-day – long, long, long and THICK – like Barbie hair (by the end of the evening it did look kind of nylon…)
@Anne – Also love Emma Watson, although she does have the shaped head for it – I am afraid mine would just look like the whole of the moon should I go for a full on elfin crop.
@Rachel – Yes I do see that point, I think RMW Vix is planning to have it up – more hair = more possibilities, especially with an up do that requires fancy plaits and whatnot.
@Apollo – That’s what I keep telling myself – it will always grow back!!!! (or I could just get a wig….)
Charlotte xxx
@Charlotte – yes, i like your twiddly bits and feathers. where would they go? I love the mega-fringe too, i look freakish without it so I think youre all right, it has to stay for W-day. Along with the second hand russian tramp hair! x
OMG I can not wait to cut my hair as soon as the wedding is over. I have about 12 hours between my W day and jetting off on honeymoon and am seriously thinking of doing it in between. I also have no idea why I’m growing it – I don’t think long hair even suits me(!?) although it’s always been longish. I think there is a chance that I get my hair cut to a long choppy bob and everyone’s like ‘wow you look so much better,’ and I’ll be like ‘darn…. should have done it for th wedding pics!!!’ Oh well
I guess it’s a rite of passage as you say!
Over the last few years I’ve had short hair then grown it, then got bored with it, so chopped it all off again! I didn’t grow my hair for the wedding as I wanted to look like myself & my hubby likes my short hair. Most people didn’t seem too shocked by this, but then they also expected me to wear a black wedding dress! (I have no idea why, but it was a Benjamin Roberts number in Oyster for the record).
The most frustrating thing I found when researching wedding hair is that there are so few suggested styles for short cropped hair. Mostly because brides are expected to grow their hair, I suppose. I luckily have a sister who’d a hairdresser so could discuss styling option with her. I went for curls/waves to add a bit of interest, which went really well with my headpiece. I would love it if RMW would do a feature on short hairstyles for brides (I mean shorter than bob). If it’s all having your day your way then you should be able to have fabulous short hair! Plus my best friend is getting married & is struggling to find hair inspiration for her crop
@Charlotte – go for it. Hair grows back & life is too short to be bored with your hair.
I look terrible with short hair. I love the hair pieces though. If I could pull it off, I would cut off all my hair and enjoy the savings from not purchasing so many hair products. Ha!
Gorgeous! I love how short hair is making a come back.
It’s so weird, the first thing my hairdresser (who has been giving my Twiggy-esque crop its regular trim for a couple of years) asked me when I got engaged was “you’ll be growing your hair then”…. Um, no – Mr H met and proposed to me and my short hair, so short it shall stay.
@Stephanie I totally agree – there are no magazines/blogs/anything with ideas for short hair. I think it all comes from the ‘princess for a day’ thing – there should be more princesses rocking a crop. Having said that it’s hopefully going to save me time and money on the day – no need for a hair stylist, just a bit of a ruffle and straight out the door – hopefully!
I have also been growing my hair for my wedding in August as I was going for a half-up, half-down do. But I’ve been for a few hair trials now and it just feels too princessy, and not really me. Everyone, including my hubby-to-be, likes my hair in a curly bob, but I’m worried that if I go for the chop now, there’ll be no way back. Also – I have the most gorgeous veil and I’m worried about how it will stay in with short hair. Any suggestions?