EXPRESSIONS OF CONFIDENCE AND OPTIMISM
We're used to young women experimenting with their hair...
At a festival, 2025
Now some young men do the same...
Grocery cashier, 2000
Café waiter, 2021 In the métro, 2022
Security guard and bakery vendor, 2025
Barman, 2025 Notions' vendor, 2025
Festival and trade show participants, 2025
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White — middle or upper class — styles are much less individual. The careers of these Americans are unique, but their coiffures, moustaches and beards are conventional.
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The New York Times (cropped) |
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J.D. Vance, Vice-President of the United States and Zohan Mandani, Mayor, New York City (both photos, 2025)
At least in Paris, modish men often wear black.
Rue de Babylone, 7e
"Unique like you?"
Nuances of black and slightly longer hair
contrast with immigrants' looks
of real uniqueness.
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In this movie the man with short hair and no facial hair is unsure of himself and does not want to be noticed, in contrast to the self-confident figure he admires.
"Friendship," 2024 by Andrew DeYoung with Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd. Image cut to emphasize figures / zoom
Black styles show confidence and individuality:
For young men who rarely work in offices?
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