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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Laura Antonia Jordan

Are you a haute mess? Unbrushed, unbuttoned and unfazed is the mood of 2023

Of all the skills one might have expected to possess a competent grasp of by adulthood, ‘brushing your hair’ seems like a pretty low bar to clear, hovering somewhere between wiping your own botty and tying your shoelaces.

And yet, some of us functioning (honest!) grown-ups have made it this far without the presence of a hairbrush as a faithful steed. We refuse to tame our tresses. We don’t own straightening irons and use hairdryers only to speed up our DIY manis. We are the Great Unbrushed.

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