Posted by Flattop Jeff
on June 2, 2012, 11:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Acknowledging Confidence In a Flattopper"
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Yes, through the years...I've been privately encouraging some longer-haired men to follow their dreams of sporting a Flattop...but these type of comments by Esquire, will only plant doubt in their minds of ever becoming a Flattopper...even though they may, unbeknownst to them now, look better with a Flattop haircut. Please don't get me wrong...I love it that Esquire named a Flattop as one of the Top Five Summer Haircuts for 2012 (a major accomplishment in itself!)...but I just wished that they kept the comments in a positive tone, to encourage more boys & men to actually follow though on having a barber flatten them out.
"Flattops are weird"? ck...who are you calling weird? LOL!
I guess the way that I look at the situation is...some longer length Flattop haircuts (like Howie Long sported) are so long on top, that there are times that it simply looked as though he brushed his hair back...as you had to actually look closely to see if he was sporting a Flattop haircut or not. Then, there is the shorter opposition...where some HnT Flattoppers are sporting such short tops (Tony Schumacher comes to mind), that they almost look like regular High & Tight haircuts. Thus, neither of those Flattoppers that I just mentioned seem to stand out from these other commonly seen haircuts. Today, there is such a variety of hair length & hair styles that boys & men are seen sporting...that very few extreme haircuts seem to really take as much notice these days. Personally, I just don't see the H.R. Haldeman Flattop haircut (that Esquire recommended) as being an extreme haircut for the confident man in the year 2012...but then again, I sport a Shaved HnT Flattop...and I don't feel that I have an extreme haircut. LOL! Please keep in mind that I formerly lived next door to a cop who sports a Shaved HnT Flattop haircut...and I was accustomed to witnessing this Flattopper on a daily basis for 15 years. Additionally, my barber sculpts approximately 4 Flattops every day...and it is not unusual for me to cross paths with other Flattopers when I visit his barber shop. I've seen my flattopped reflection in the mirror on a daily basis, for almost five years now. Thus, I became immune to viewing a Flattop as "unusual"...or maybe I just have "a lot of confidence". [:-) That's not to say that when a Flattopper crosses my path, that I don't immediately take notice...but that occurs simply because of my personal interest in Flattop haircuts, and not that they seem "severe" to me. Today, I live next door to a Shaved Head on one side, a Shaved Recon on the other side...with a HnT, a Crewcut, a long Brush Cut, a Businessman cut and a long haired man on the rest of my road. There is such a variety of different hair styles & lengths, that not one of us would seem more unusual than the others.
--Previous Message--
: When I read the commentary by Esquire...that
: a
: man needs to possess "some
: confidence" to sport a Flattop, and
: that "This cut is not for someone who
: is insecure about his hairline or his big
: nose, since the spiky front can emphasize
: both"...these remarks met my
: disapproval...
:
: Like you, Jeff, the tone of that slide
: offended me. What they said is actually
: correct, in the strictest sense, but it puts
: so negative a spin on a flattop that I can
: not imagine anyone trying one based, solely,
: on the information in that article.
:
: Imagine if the "buzz cut" was
: written in that same tone, how they would
: have pointed out how it highlights the
: widow's peak, emphasizes every imperfection
: in the shape of your skull, shows every
: scar, and encourages melanoma by exposing
: your scalp to the harmful effects of the
: sun.
:
: Oh, yeah, I can see people lined up around
: the block, waiting to get a buzz, based on
: that description.
:
: So, with all of the men with bald heads,
: High & Tights and Butch cuts in today's
: world, why would confidence be a requirement
: for a Flattop longer in length in comparison
: to the aforementioned bald & HnT lengths
: frequently seen on many other men in town?
:
: This one I can answer for you, my fellow
: flattie.
:
: It's not about the length. Baldness, the
: buzz cut, or even the basic taper are all
: fairly normal and common haircuts that are
: seen, all the time, in all levels of
: society. Just look around. They're
: everywhere, and don't garner any special
: attention.
:
: Flattops are weird. Unusual. Distinctive.
: And, on top of it all, highly visible.
: Flattops stand out. And, only confident
: people are comfortable standing out in a
: crowd.
:
: I was surprised to read the number of
: responses by the Buzzlife subscribers,
: agreeing to the commentary that you need to
: possess confidence to sport a Flattop.
:
: Most of the haircuts we like on this board,
: are not just short, but could better be
: described as severe .
:
: Short haircuts are common. Severe haircuts,
: less so.
:
: I'd wager that every single one of us that
: sports a severe haircut, has confidence as a
: personality trait.
:
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