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Maybe it's because I live in the sticks (Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England) but I have never seen a man with plaited (braided) hair either here or anywhere else in the UK. Long haired men in the UK seem to either have it in a ponytail or loose - one or the other. Am I alone with this observation ? Perhaps it's different in London or other big cities. Is it common in the US ?
About three years ago when my hair was at its longest last time, I went into a hairdressers in Harrogate and asked a stylist to plait my hair (no cutting, just a plait). You'd think I'd asked to sh*g her over the washbasins such was the look of astonishment ! They did it for me but they did their best to make me feel like a freak of nature (which I am of course but they didn't know that - ha ha !).
I've not plaited it since, not because of the reactions, but because I've not learned to do it myself (I can plait my daughter's hair but can't seem to get the hang of doing my own hair).
Any comments would be welcomed on this topic. Thanks.
There used to be a man living quite near to me in Pocklington (East Yorks, about 30 miles east of Harrogate) who wore a plait quite a lot of the time. His hair was almost waist length, but he cut it a year or so ago.
I wear mine in a plait at night, as it helps to prevent tangling, and always do the plait myself. It took a bit or practice, but it isn't that difficult. The hard part is to divide the hair into three equal sections, then to hold two of them in one hand but still keep the sections separate.
The next hard bitis to kane the first fold across and then take hold of the spare setion with the other hand beofre it gets mixed up wi5th the rest of the hair.
The final alternation of the sections you already know from doing your daughter's hair, and that's quite easy, so long as the sections are all the same length.
Good luck!
PS hairdressers and barbers always think
a) people want to have their hair shorter than they ant
b) tat they know best about styles etc
I did work experience at DHL just over a year ago, and there was a guy in the IT department who had his hair plaited. The guy was really cool. He was French, a real unix-geek, looked both geeky but also slightly rugged... Well, he basically personified a whole image that i really like. Now my own hair is probably longer than his was then, i've thought about wearing it in the same kind of plait as he had, but never got around to it. He had a French-plait, but not really tight, and sort of had the long part tucked under his top...
The stumbling block for me, is that i can't do French plaits on myself. I can plait normally(not brilliantly, but well enough), but i just can't add hair to the strands, without losing them. I certainly would wear my hair plaited like that, if i could get someone to plait it for me, of if i manage to improve my behind-head coordination :)
This was in the EastMidlands btw. Plenty of longhaired guys here in Nottingham, when you go into the city.
Can you plait your hair infront of your face? IE, get a small amount of hair from the front of your head, and practise on that, so you can see what you're doing a little bit? I find that's the best way to get the hang of the technique without fully being able to see what you're doing.
I'M IN THE SOUTHERN USA AND HAVE HAIR TO LOWER BACK, ALMOST TO MY WAIST. I GET MY GIRLFRIEND TO BRAID MY HAIR WHEN WE GO OUT OR RIDE THE MOTORCYCLE. I LIKE HER TO TRY NEW STUFF BUT FEAR THE COMMENTS FROM FRIENDS OR THE PUBLIC. SOMETIMES SHE DOES 2 BRAIDS ON ME LIKE WILLIE NELSON, WHICH SEEMS TO BE ACCEPTED OK. I WOULD LOVE TO GET CORNROWS OR MINI BRAIDS / BEADS ALL OVER. HER HAIR IS SO FINE & SILKY IT IS VERY HARD TO BRAID UNLESS IT IS DIRTY/GREASY.BRAIDS AND TWISTS AND SUCH LOOK GOOD ON WOMEN AND MEN I THINK.
Long haired men in the UK seem to either have it in a ponytail or loose - one or the other. Am I alone with this observation ? Perhaps it's different in London or other big cities. Is it common in the US ?
I'm down in South-East London and I have to say I've never seen any men with braided hair. In fact, I'm pretty sure any bloke who did such a thing would be bundled by about thirty of your average, trendy teenagers.
I think it's pretty cool. For last New Year's Eve I asked my Sister to give me a couple of french plaits along either side of my head - Legolas style. Everyone at the party seemed to recognise what I was going for, it was a good laugh.
You'd think I'd asked to sh*g her over the washbasins such was the look of astonishment !
heh heh ;)
Long haired men in the UK seem to either have it in a ponytail or loose - one or the other. Am I alone with this observation ? Perhaps it's different in London or other big cities. Is it common in the US ?
You'd think I'd asked to sh*g her over the washbasins such was the look of astonishment !
I live in Hertfordshire, and I often have braids in amongst my hair or totally braided. I never get any comments, just stares.
I live in Hertfordshire, and I often have braids in amongst my hair or totally braided. I never get any comments, just stares.
My Grandparents live in Hemel Hempstead, so I visit four of five times a year. While I do love to visit the area, I've observed that it's a very, very trendy place - especially the town centre.
If you're anyway near that place, I commend you for sporting braids! Ever since seeing DiCaprio with those plaits in his hair in 'Gangs of New York' I've thought it's a great way to quickly 'decorate' your locks.
I live in Hertfordshire, and I often have braids in amongst my hair or totally braided. I never get any comments, just stares.
Kinda coincidential. Maybe I'll see you around one day as I'd probably recognise you.
Kinda coincidential. Maybe I'll see you around one day as I'd probably recognise you.
You should drop me a quick e-mail so I have your address - it'd be great to have a fellow Londoner to send the occasional message to.
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I'm in Worcester and I have worn my hair in a plait for about five years. Fortunately my wife is good at plaiting and so no problem and takes just a few minutes. As i work in an office I have alwys kept the same style and its great because slowly it has grown (just below waist) but no one has commented.
Sometimes you need to go with your gut feeling - enjoy your hair and wear it for you not for anyone else. By paliting you get the best of both worlds - slicks, professional for work but you still have the hair down when playing around!
Of course you got looks, because why the hell would you ever braid your hair? That just looks ridiculous.
it's a practical style.
There's a popular British radio / TV gardening expert called Bob Flowerdew who wore his hair in a very long plait for years - probably still does. There must be a photo of him somewhere on the web.
Cheers, barry