Can a comb-over ever be sexy?

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What next for the balding man with a sense of style? Shaved heads are starting to look rather style. Bring on the ironic comb-over, I say!

Twig the Wonderkid, Thursday, 27 November 2003 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

not before a Hitler moustache surely

stevem (blueski), Thursday, 27 November 2003 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)

umm, "rather style" = rather stale

Twig the Wonderkid, Thursday, 27 November 2003 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread is U+K.

Barry L (Mark C), Thursday, 27 November 2003 15:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the comb-under is the next big thing. We're already seeing it in places like Paris and Milan, so the Mapplethorpe, Idaho can't be far off.

Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 27 November 2003 15:05 (twenty-one years ago)

A comb-forward is better than a comb-over.

Citizen Kate (kate), Thursday, 27 November 2003 15:07 (twenty-one years ago)

even with a receding hairline like mine?

stevem (blueski), Thursday, 27 November 2003 15:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Your hair is beautiful, Stevem, I cannot stress the beauty of your hair enough. Whatever you are doing with it, this should be a paragon of style everywhere.

(My god I think I'm having a secret affair with Stevem's hair!)

Citizen Kate (kate), Thursday, 27 November 2003 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

"secret"

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 27 November 2003 15:16 (twenty-one years ago)

(Well, HSA doesn't know about it. And neither does Stevem, so don't tell him sssssshhhhh!!! His hair and I are eloping next week!)

Citizen Kate (kate), Thursday, 27 November 2003 15:18 (twenty-one years ago)

i think it's the comb-forward with it cut like bangs... i think i've noticed this on a few older stars...

possible m (mandinina), Thursday, 27 November 2003 15:30 (twenty-one years ago)

four years pass...

Hilario is when they walk into a facing wind/under a tree and the whole thing comes off. Some make a half-arsed effort to pile it back on their heads, others don't notice and look punk for a few hours.

Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:13 (seventeen years ago)

What is pretty hot is when a guy who's balding in front (not on top or monk diming) does the comb-forward.

Abbott, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:17 (seventeen years ago)

really? why?

combovers seem dishonest somehow

electricsound, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:19 (seventeen years ago)

What like they're covering something up?

Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:19 (seventeen years ago)

in a way

electricsound, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:22 (seventeen years ago)

MOST combovers look like a guy has half a spider trying to envelop his head.

Abbott, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:24 (seventeen years ago)

MOST ALL combovers look like a guy has half a spider trying to envelop his head.

-- Abbott, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 12:24 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

Some of them are married, too. I don't know how that happens.

Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:27 (seventeen years ago)

My hair is getting to combover proportions

Ronan, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:31 (seventeen years ago)

It is getting to comb-FORWARD proportions = sexy!

Abbott, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:33 (seventeen years ago)

i have know this one guy with an incredible combover - the extent of it was unknown til i once saw it caught up in a windy blast. this guy had receded almost to the crown of his head - this was one massive, pasted together combover. try and imagine mick fleetwood's 80s hairline, combed over to the front. that's what we're dealing with here.

electricsound, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:34 (seventeen years ago)

have known

electricsound, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:34 (seventeen years ago)

yeah there was this one old guy my family would end up sitting behind at church who had one of the most amazing comb-overs ever. dude was bald from the ears up and I would just marvel at the ingenuity. it was more of a comb-up-around-and-over.

will, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:38 (seventeen years ago)

I mean, he must have had hair that was 14 inches long in places.

will, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:39 (seventeen years ago)

I had a roommate who was balding in front and pulled the back-hair over the top and he was all pimply and gangly and basically looked and sounded exactly like McLovin but because he was a good skateboarder he had massive amounts of sex constantly, with many strange and beautiful women who drank all the orange juice

iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:44 (seventeen years ago)

lol

dell, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:45 (seventeen years ago)

Oh wait, is "drank all the orange juice" a euphemism for something? 'Cause if not, I reaffirm, lol

dell, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:46 (seventeen years ago)

I had a roommate who was balding in front and pulled the back-hair over the top and he was all pimply and gangly and basically looked and sounded exactly like McLovin but because he was a good skateboarder he had massive amounts of sex constantly

-- iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 12:44 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

He'd have to be on top.

Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:48 (seventeen years ago)

I think if my head was fatter I could navigate the classic Irish-German male balding patter much better. While millions of privileged people fret over their waistlines, I fret over the contours of my forehead.

dell, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:49 (seventeen years ago)


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