Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
A Mullet and a Fashion Magazine
I will admit that I’m always the first to make fun of a bad mullet hairstyle. It was almost like a game in Eastern Europe last summer as we tried to point out how many mullets we could find in a crowd. Well, a few weeks ago I went to a fashion show showcasing a Vietnamese hair “artist.” He was trained in London and his style is more cutting edge and funky. So, after the show, I was inspired and decided to get my hair cut.
Now, I have a spiky mullet do. Sometimes I feel that I need to break out into “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” as I look a bit like Pat Benetar. Though at first a bit strange to get used to, it is different and fun, and a good change for me.
In addition to the new haircut, I was asked to be a model for a fashion magazine attempting to sell their clothes to Eastern European countries (so I guess the mullet was fitting). It was budget photography and they traipsed me around different parts of Hanoi, while Vietnamese students gathered around to take their own pictures of the event and foreigners crowded around to see what was going on. I think they all just wanted to get a glimpse of the girl with the freakish makeup and poorly-made clothing. I tried on about 50 different outfits in three different venues and had to change my clothes in a sheet that was draping down from a triangle of three metal poles wired together. Clothes that didn’t fit me were just pinned with a clothes hanger in the back...classy. The photographer didn’t speak English, except for the occasional, “Look cold!” or “Sexy like Brittany Spears!”
Sorry to keep you in suspense…but the pictures will be posted later.
Now, I have a spiky mullet do. Sometimes I feel that I need to break out into “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” as I look a bit like Pat Benetar. Though at first a bit strange to get used to, it is different and fun, and a good change for me.
In addition to the new haircut, I was asked to be a model for a fashion magazine attempting to sell their clothes to Eastern European countries (so I guess the mullet was fitting). It was budget photography and they traipsed me around different parts of Hanoi, while Vietnamese students gathered around to take their own pictures of the event and foreigners crowded around to see what was going on. I think they all just wanted to get a glimpse of the girl with the freakish makeup and poorly-made clothing. I tried on about 50 different outfits in three different venues and had to change my clothes in a sheet that was draping down from a triangle of three metal poles wired together. Clothes that didn’t fit me were just pinned with a clothes hanger in the back...classy. The photographer didn’t speak English, except for the occasional, “Look cold!” or “Sexy like Brittany Spears!”
Sorry to keep you in suspense…but the pictures will be posted later.
Sunday, October 08, 2006
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