cute short haircuts

Haircuts can change your image

and your personality

Haircuts can change your image and your personality tremendously. They are indeed a good change. If you are looking for a haircut, short curly haircut styles can give you a change from your usual hairstyle. But curly haircut doesn’t suit anyone. To have a perfect short curly haircut, here are something that you may need to consider: Make sure that your face cut suits the hair cut that you plan to take. If you are confused, take the opinion of a hair stylist. For example, you have a long face; refrain from a long straight style. If your jaw line is quite defined and large, it’s best to stay away from a bulky curly hairstyle. Hair texture is another dimension that one needs to consider while planning a haircut. If your hair is thin and weak, avoid a short curly hair style. The haircut that you have should not become a burden on you in a way that you shouldn’t spend time in trying to maintain your hair all the time. Try and get a haircut which is easy to maintain and you can just get out in the mornings without wasting much time. If you have curly hair, make sure that your stylist is trained in cutting curly hair. Try and get a consultation from other stylist if required. You could choose a haircut that allows you to wear a trendy look when at the same time neat for daytime office wear. So go ahead, experiment and have fun with your hair.

Renato Palmi from The ReDress Consultancy-South Africa asks if following trends is a good practice for young South African fashion designers.

Seasonal change cues

Seasonal change cues fashion media editors to present the public with “must-have” and “no-no” listings, which, no matter how individualistic or judicious we might think we are, subtly compel us to reconsider the stock in our private wardrobes.
budget adjustments
In these times of economic strain and budget adjustments, does “fitting in” with rapidly changing fashion cycles not pose challenges to designers and consumers alike? Are we prisoners of fashion dictates, or could we consider co-creating new looks with minimal expense? How can local fashion designers sustain themselves by working around and within global and local market forces?

Through aggressive marketing, our individual identity can become effaced by homogenised clothing, a veneer that suggests we are part of a recognisable whole. Trend forecasters, retailers and brand conglomerates launching new styles, fabrics, cuts and colours stoke the coals of peer pressure that conditions us to be seen in the latest ranges. As social beings, we are construed as a collective commodity travelling in a continuum of design renovation that is dictated by a few but embraced by the masses, often with little thought to suitability or personal imagination.

Being seen in the right brand wearing the “in” label of a particular designer neutralises our individuality and leads to a contradiction of the purpose of fashion: individual style portraying human uniqueness; instead, we become fashion clones.