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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Barbara Ellen

Princess hair – the mid-life power mane which shows the follicular is political

The Princess of Wales during the trophy presentation at the men’s singles final at Wimbledon this year.
The Princess of Wales during the trophy presentation at the men’s singles final at Wimbledon this year. Photograph: Steven Paston/PA

What’s the deal with ultra-long hair? Why is there suddenly so much of it about – and why is it being smugly swished about in our faces like coiffured, over-fragranced horse tails?

I don’t mean young women and girls, for whom long hair occurs almost as a byproduct of youth, and who wear it as insouciantly as a daisy-chain necklace. Nor is this longish hair (gliding down the neck or tickling between the shoulder blades).

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