You may see the Arhuac in Pueblo Bello, with their white serapes (a long blanket-like shawl), tall coned hats, long black hair and beautifully stitched handbags slung across lean shoulders -- but they will rarely meet your gaze, looking down or off to the side, avoiding attention and gliding past with a cool effortlessness.

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Hair stylist Ted Gibson, who just cut model Elettra Wiedemann's hair into a Kloss-like style, suggests a long bob, also called a "lob, " for those with curly hair.

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But there was always something a bit fey about Mr Knievel, even in the 1970s, when long hair and tight crotches made every young man look like a member of a corps de ballet.

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Not long ago hair buzz centered on the claims of fuzz-growing products like Rogaine.

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Her hair had been cut like a boy's, but it had not been cut for a long time and was now not even parted.

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