a fashionelle: red rover

hullo, red hairsss. i missed you so.

i heard about this edgy "inexpensive" salon down in noho at astor place and decided i just HAD to go. midterms are over. (well... i have ONE textile exam left, but everyone knows i won't care until the night before....) my homework this weekend?? inspiration board, style board, press release, collect images of plaids/stripes, and create a pattern for the halter design i just draped. pretty light weekend, considering the past 10 weeks of my life.

so naturally.... i whipped out all the easy homework (image collecting/press release) and headed to midtown for some hot yoga. (they aren't KIDDING with that title!! seriously!! i probably dropped 3 lbs in sweat alone!!). afterwards, feeling all gross about my sweaty hair and frumpy yoga outfit, i made the confidence-boosting, procrastinator's decision to get mah huuuurrrr did. my friend amanda got a killer cut at this salon a couple days ago, and seeing online that color started at a mere $30, i found myself on the N train heading toward NYU.

i didn't really know what i was looking for, but i finally saw this huge sign for a downstairs hair salon at the corner of astor place and 8th ave. i timidly stepped down from the sidewalk into what could only be described as a time capsule from 1981. bold colored walls (green? purple?? something ludicrous). laminate flooring. orange counters. about 75 hairstyling stations. i walked up to the counter, said i wanted color, and i was promptly led to jose's chair. jose is from bolivia, but has lived in new york since '84, and has worked at this salon for TWENTY YEARS (and he's STRAIGHT!)!! i asked for strawberry blonde and he just said no. it would be too expensive. so i said red? he started mixing colors and said, "just so you know, just this color will cost you $80." eek! dang long hair. that's where the "starting at" price became obsolete. But i mustn't complain because senor jose did a marvelous job. and whether you like it on me or not, i think i'm in pretty good company (this is how i'm tying this post into fashion, hehe--clever, right?):