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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Kate Lloyd, Rich Pelley, Jeffrey Ingold, Carys Afoko, Joel Snape, Viv Groskop, Paula Cocozza, Polly Hudson, Daniel Lavelle and Alexi Duggins

‘It looked stunning on Joanna Lumley!’ 10 writers on their biggest hair disaster

Young girl with red hair cut in a page boy style
A professional hairdresser did this … Viv Groskop. Composite: Guardian Design; James Kirkwood

‘It reminds me of the botched Jesus fresco’

It’s the late 1990s. Big, round, feathered fringes are a huge deal at my primary school. Most of my friends have one, influenced by Britney Spears or Emma Bunton. I, too, have a fringe. Mine, as you can see, appears more inspired by Kevin Keegan circa 1993.

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