Dude has the Look

When I was a kid, I had an Uncle who had a haircut like this (yeh, and he was a right fanny with ears too, I can tell you! Psst, Alison &Tracy, I'm talking about Uncle George*) This moment in time (circa 1973) was a kind of mania - a collective delusion. I look at this guy and wonder - genuinely wonder - what he was thinking at the time he walked into the barbers (no poncy hairdressers for blokes then of course!) and asked for this 'look'. I wonder too, if he was pleased as he strode down the street, strutting his stuff.

My mate rosiemosy, wrote a cracking little piece about her dalliance with 'Big Hair' (My Stuff). Although it looks a bit kooky now, it is a billion miles more credible than this monstrosity of a haircut. The universality of cackness that this represents, surely transcends time, place and culture - apart, that is, from hip and happening Britain in the early '70's. For a fateful blink of time, this was 'the Look'

* Alison's my lil sister; Tracy's my cousin.