Why did she cut her hair and the previous tenant?
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pona — 10 years ago(October 21, 2015 04:00 PM)
In the book she does the same thing: after running around shopping and doing errands she then goes to Vidal Sassoon to get a chic haircut. Remember, as the wife of an up-and-coming-actor, one who put a lot of stock on appearances, living in a plush apartment and having all the right connections, getting an expensive haircut at a stylish salon was not unexpected of his wife. Also, the short hair cut, stylish thought it might have been, added immensely to her sick, emaciated look during her first months of pregnancy.
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caligirlbr323 — 10 years ago(January 02, 2016 08:33 PM)
I agree!!! The haircut looked cute, she's a little pixie type girl and can wear that style!!! When she was healthy that is! It really did emphasize how sickly looking she was at first in her pregnancy!
IDK how true this is or not, maybe just celebrity gossip at the time. But I remember my My Mother telling me this when I was a little girl. That Mia and Frank Sinatra were dating, and apparently he loved her long blonde hair, and they got In a fight and she went and got a very short haircut to spite him!!!! Mia was on the soap Peyton Place, and my Mom said she had long hair and one day it was just cut really shockingly short, and the gossip at the time was what I just posted as to why she cut it! -
MystMoonstruck — 9 years ago(November 25, 2016 01:05 AM)
Actually, they aren't the same haircut.
About Mia
From Wikipedia:
Director Roman Polanski brought Vidal Sassoon to Hollywood from London in 1968, at a cost of $5,000 to create a unique pixie cut for Mia Farrow, who was to star in "Rosemary's Baby".
As for Twiggy
From Wikipedia:
In January 1966, young Lesley Hornby (later Twiggy) had her hair colored and cut short in London at Leonard of Mayfair, owned by celebrity hairdresser Leonard. The hair stylist was looking for models on whom to try out his new crop haircut, and he styled her hair in preparation for a few test head shots.
It is true that short, geometric cuts were exceptionally popular in that time period. Actually, we had so much fun with styles. My own was so long it was past my waist several inches. (I had an unpopular look anyway, being a redhead with very wavy hair. sigh) My sister had more of the Marlo Thomas/"That Girl" look. Twins in my sister's class in high school definitely were trying to capture the Twiggy/Carnaby Street look. FUN!
EDIT: I had to add my memory of how Mia went from very long hair to very short: Reportedly, she had a fight with Frank Sinatra. In anger, she chopped off her tresses! I still find that a mindboggling matchup: Sinatra 51 and Farrow 21! Well, they did last about two years.
Here's an interesting clip (no pun intended):
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