Long Hair and High Style

Hairstyle trends are never static. They can't be, by definition alone. Trends are always on the move, evolving and reviving, over and over again. Trends in hair and fashion are an inevitable response to the varied and often very subtle shifts occurring in arenas as diverse as popular culture, fringe subculture, world politics, even the economy.

The stunning long blonde mane of supermodel Daphne Groeneveld

But what does remain (comparatively) static is genuine style. The embracing of one's individual preferences, regardless of what's so hot right now, is a mark of true refinement. It's what separates the everyday from the extraordinary.

Daphne Groeneveld, Karen Elson, Kristen McMenamy and Naomi Campbell

Ever noticed how supermodels nearly always have long hair? The designers who hire them don't want to merely be associated with fashion. Fashion is, after all, for the masses; it's genuine style that is for the elite. And it's the elite for whom top-end designers wish to cater their brands.

Naomi Campbell

My point? Short hair may be on trend, but long hair is timeless. Long hair is classic. When properly cared for, long hair is truly a thing of beauty and will place its owner a cut above the rest.

Naomi Campbell, Kristen McMenamy, Karen Elson and Daphne Groeneveld

Fashion has its place, to be sure. Fashion is a lot of fun. It may be looked upon as frivolous, yet it represents so much about the world at large, so much about the time in which we live.

But style? Style represents the individual. So which would you rather be?

Karen Elson