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i'm 17, and my hair is considered long by my family, it's just below my chin. They are saying that i have to get it 'smartened up' for the wedding, meaning by their terms totally cut! i don't want to, i've grown very fond of my new hair over the last year.
question : is long hair acceptable at weddings? does it just depend on the individuals that will be there? do i have a right to keep my hair?
any feedback would be appreciated
chris xx
It's not that long hair is not appropriate at weddings (I've been to one where the groom, in his fine tux, had ponytail as long as mine). The problem is that weddings are considered (mostly by the women running them) to be affairs of grand style. Longhair is not fully in style on men. Between now and the wedding, you need to demonstrate to your family how sharply you can dress, and dress up with very neat-appearing hair. Or, you could offer not to go to the wedding.
Robert
You're 100% right! I do my best to avoid weddings because I hate getting dressed up in uncomfortable clothes that make me look like someone who I'm not (never mind the hair issue). Maybe if we could wear jeans I'd feel better about attending.
Yes, especially when the Groom happens to BE a longhair!
Is it possible to make some kind of a Tail? Slick it back
and tie it and/or use some well-hidden pins.
Good Luck
I think a legolas style would go really well at special occasions. With your current length though probably a slicked back pony tail would work, looks very neat too. I did that at the last wedding I attended and got compliments from a lot of people.
..That your family is saying, to put it bluntly, that longahair doesn't look "neat". Absurd. Longhair can look JUST as neat as short hair. You can either slick in back into a pony or wear it down behind your ears with a lot of brushing and no frizz. If you are actually willing to cut YOUR hair (it is yours, not theirs) for a one-time occasion I would consider you to rethink that. It sounds like you dont want to do it to me, but still. Just dont go to the wedding if you cant get it neat. Then again, thats just my twisted point of view..
- Brice
I'm telling you, if you give in and have it cut shorter, you'll be kicking yourself for months. Just don't have it cut. At all.
It's 100% acceptable. Just maybe try to pull it into a tail or something, or comb it behind the ears.
-J
Well, I certainly had long hair at my very own wedding 3 years ago (and it was certainly longer than just to the chin)! Of course it is fine for a wedding. In fact, I would have been dismayed to find out that one of the guests at my wedding had to do something they hated just to attend! This is preposterous. At 17, you (should) have the right to make many decisions for yourself, and cutting your hair and attending or not attending a family wedding is one of them.
Long hair is always in as long as it is clean and brushed , then any style is acceptable. I think hair unkept,dirty stringy or in your face constantly is the reason most parents force haircuts. Just my opinion.
Dawn
i'm 17, and my hair is considered long by my family, it's just below my chin. They are saying that i have to get it 'smartened up' for the wedding, meaning by their terms totally cut! i don't want to, i've grown very fond of my new hair over the last year.