Bad Hair

by James Innes-Smith, Henrietta Webb, James Innes Smith

Book Overview

A hair-raising journey through the era when big was king. In the beginning, there was the hair. And some of the hair was bad, but it was small. As men and women everywhere worked to improve and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582343292
• ISBN13: 9781582343297
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Oh My!

I first saw this book at the hair salon. The red-headed cover model was daring me to pick it and and give it a browse. Oh My! I'm so glad I did! "Bad Hair" is full of some of the most hysterical and, uh, creative hairstyles. This is from the time of the perm and feathering, after all. In addition to wondering of the hair, the fashions represented are a hoot.This little book is just so much fun!

Gimme a head with hair...

Bad Hair...what possessed me to buy this book? What possesses me to do anything I do? Who knows? But I am glad I dropped some coin and took a chance.You know those pictures they have in salons and barbershops that display different hairstyles? Have you ever seen any that looked like they've been up for quite awhile in that the style has gone out of fashion maybe two or three times since it was posted? Well, James Innes-Smith and Henrietta Webb went scavenging in hair chop shops to collect the worst of the worst of these pictures and compiled them here. What was their inspiration? Maybe the same thing that got me to buy the book. Within the pages of this book, you will see some of the most awful hairstyles, mullets, mutton chops, bobs, beehives, sideburns gone wide, more mullets, perms that defy description, and so much more...the horror...the horror....It's a smallish, hardbound book, just a bit larger than a Reader's Digest, and the one thing I noticed right away was there is absolutely no text (I'm quick like that). Just pages and pages of really atrocious hairstyles. Once you start looking through this book, you will understand why there is no text...it's not needed. Each picture speaks volumes. About two thirds of the pictures are black and white, with the other third in color.A fun little book, this would go nicely on your coffee table, if you're weird like me. Also, if you were ever interested in being a member of the Doobie Brothers, at least now you know where to find an appropriate hairstyle. I hope the authors come out with another book entitled Bad Combovers...

Really Funny....

Bad Hair is a small coffee table book filled with .... You guessed it, photos of people with really, really bad haircuts! I've kept this book at the office on my desk and its really an ice breaker. Plus, its great for boosting the ego, by perusing the photos of dated 'do's.' Some of the photos aren't even all that bad! LOL. While part of me wishes this book was a bit larger (its just under 7 inches high), perhaps its a good thing NOT to look too close at some of these cheesy photoes .

Laughed until I cried

I picked this up at the store wondering what kind of book is this? And I stood there and kept turning the pages until I went through the entire book. The next day, I went back and bought it. I can't say what is funnier, the styles or the expressions on those faces. These models were meant to look GOOD, that's what is so funny. Oh, my gosh, those shags.....This isn't a book I'll keep sitting idle on my shelf, I'm sending it to my sister and she'll pass it on, too. The laughs are worth the price!! It's a perfect little book.

The funniest book you'll ever SEE (not read)

This is the funniest book you'll ever SEE. You can't really say READ since there is no text. This book lives up to its name: it's just, soley, only comprised of screechingly funny photos of people with reaaaaaaaally BAD HAIR. Most of these unexplained pix clearly come from old hairdresser photos or product books put out by hair products. Most of the photo subjects are supremely self-absorbed -- thinking they look handsome, beautiful, cool but actually are, to use a modern word, "dorky."The humor is not only in the truly rotten hairdos, or rather, the hair-don'ts. What's funny is how these folks think they look so good, proving that some peoples' taste lies exclusively in their mouths. You will be convinced that these model photos are really stills from Saturday Night Live or Mad Magazine -- but, no, these models enjoying Nirvana (how "great" they look) and the horrors on their scalps are for real.SO THE QUESTION IS: What use is a book that has no text and that only shows vile and putrid hair? Well, it makes a good and unusual gift. It's hard to see anyone selling their copy since it is the perfect "bathroom book" (right next to the mirror). Some of these follical creations are unfortunately not out of style. Looking at it will boost anyone's self-esteem (unless they are in the book). And if you have enemies give them a copy, paperclip a page and say, "Hey, I saw this and it reminds me of YOU!" So remember, this is a book you won't have to read -- just look at...and you'll laugh (unless you see an old photo of yourself or see a hairstyle that looks like what you have today).Bad Hair is just that -- a book of photos showing bad hair, proof of the eternal triumph of bad taste and a convincing argument that, in some cases, Bald is indeed Beautiful...