how old is too old for bangs? help.

[stuntcat]

I'm having a fight x( I've planned for like months to get bangs cut, I don't mean to wear them straight across like a kid, I just want bangs thick and long enough to partly cover my eyes. But my best friend just told me I'm too old for them and I'll look silly, like I'm trying to look like a little girl. And maybe he's right and I need to think of something new, I don't know.
So I told him I was gonna settle it by asking DU, so someone give me an opinion please.
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[Orrex]

1. IBTL!

Oh, wait. I misread the subject line of the OP.

[no name no slogan]

17. wang bang thank-you mang?

:shrug:

[Radio_Lady]

18. Never too old! See this image:

[greatauntoftriplets]

24. GAAAHHHH!!!

I'd kill myself if I looked like her.

:scared:

[Radio_Lady]

31. Well, she was an amazing actress in her day. Just Google this:

http://images.google.com

Then type in: Bette Davis

A wonderful career and she did wear bangs for a long time.

[greatauntoftriplets]

33. Oh, I know that.....

and I remember the movie. She was meant to look scary and does.

[Shakespeare]

2. Your friend is an idiot.

There's no arbitrary age limit on bangs, and some of us just look better with them. I have a widow's peak and rather intense eyes, and the no-bangs look is just way too harsh for me--bangs soften my features nicely.

If it's a look you want, go for it!

[stuntcat]

3. right on!

I won't tell him he's an idiot but I'll tell him I got at least one yes to my bangs. :headbang:

[Zavulon]

19. More than one.

Wear what you want. Christ, if I listened to my best friend for fashion advice, I'd look like a slightly heavier Gilligan.

Exactly what is on his resume that makes him such an expert on bangs and age limits, BTW?

[stuntcat]

25. hehe resume

He's a buyer/rep. for a clothing company in San Fran, all his friends are pretty fashiony types, so he thinks he can sound like an authority telling ME how to be but I think he was just talking shyt this time. I've been planning my new hairdo and he was just trying to kill my bang buzz x( I told him I was gonna check with DU to settle the fight. I can't get him on the phone right now but I'm gonna tell him how he got smacked down!

[Zavulon]

27. Keep your bang buzz alive.

No offense to your friend (actually, offense if you want, I don't care), but I honestly can't remember hearing advice more stupid than his. An age limit for bangs? Absurd. An approximate age limit for mullets in the south, maybe, but for bangs on women? That's just ridiculous. Whether bangs look good on someone is a function of hair color, size of eyebrows, eye color, shape of face, complexion, how straight / wavy the girl's har is, and dozens of other factors - not the number after the date on your birth certificate.

He's a rep for a clothing company, not a hair stylist. He has no more expertise than the guy in front of 7-11 who begs me for change every day. Your "...all his friends are pretty fashiony types, so he thinks he can sound like an authority telling ME how to be..." makes him sound like the most pompous person I've ever heard of, which is really saying something. Don't listen to a word he says.

[stuntcat]

32. pompous

that's how he gets with m, acts like he's my Big Brother. SO bossy, like I can't decide something like this.
If only it'd been his idea...

He's at work right now but wait til I get through to him :evilgrin:

[Zavulon]

34. Keep us posted

I'd like to hear how he reacts to the comments this thread has generated.

I hate to keep pouring on, but I was on the phone with my best female friend about 45 minutes ago. She's 40 (I'm 43), looks about 30, and I told her what your friend said to you.

"How old is this girl?"
"No idea, actually. Judging by her pictures, mid 20's."
"What a dick this guy is. Who named him the decider of what is in and what's out at what age? I'd love to see him try to tell me I'm too old for bangs. My mother has bangs and she's 66."

(Note her shot at Bush - she's been using the word "decider" religiously for months now, one of many reasons I love this girl like a sister :) )

[stuntcat]

36. okay so..

I'll have bangs when I'm 66 too..

So I told him while ago how wrong he got proven and he acted like he didn't care and was just "getting my goat", which he does a lot but I know he got some kinda charge this morning acting like a Hair Authority :eyes: Then tonight he acts all cute so I'll forget what a bully he was being.
He was so wrong, I totally won the fight, but I forgot to call him the Decider.. next time he gets bossy though, probably tomorrow.
He's like my brother too, we grew up together. He tries to tell me what to do but we both know he's full o' shyt, this time I proved it lol

[Zavulon]

39. As long as he was put in his place.

I actually thought about his advice shortly after waking up today and still can't get over how stupid it was.

Thanks for letting me know :)

[rubberducky]

4. 56 years old and if I want to wear bangs I will!!!

I damn well do as I please. If I want long hair I will damn well have it! What age for bangs??? Oh, please! You do what feels right. Just my 2 cents from an old hippie.

[stuntcat]

8. hippie right...

like I should care what everyone else thinks ANYWAY????
He was all like "you're almost 40, why you wanna try to look like a ten-year-old?" He was totally talking shit.

Thank yous for helping, I'm gonna call him with the result :D

[poiuytsister]

35. My God, I thought I wrote this

From one old freak to another...at 56 I always wear bangs, no matter what my hair length is.

Love peace dope, Man

[SeattleGirl]

5. Hmmmm, I think your friend must be reading an outdated fashion do's and

don't's book or something.

IMHO, whether you should wear bangs or not depends on how they look on you, not on your age. I'm 51, and have bangs; sometimes I brush them back, sometimes I don't, and so far, I've not been ticketed by the Fashion Police.

:hi:

[stuntcat]

10. that's what I'm going for,

ones I can wear down if I want or push back if I'm working in the yard or whatever.
:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

14. Go for it!

:hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

6. There's an age limit on bangs? I would just think it depends

on how you look in them. :shrug:

Screw the world. Dress and groom as you wish.

[stuntcat]

12. "it depends"

this is what I told him.. like how can he say how everyone should follow these dumb rules, he's listening to too much hip-fashion-BS.
I'm gonna call him with my DU survey result :headbang:

[Fleshdancer]

15. the only hair rule I follow is this:

No pigtails on adult women. I'm not talking about the kind that are tied behind the ears, but the childish pigtails that are tied an inch or two above the ears...there's just no excuse for that. :D

[bertha katzenengel]

16. Good! Give it right back.

:bounce:

[jobycom]

7. Bang away.

Nothing good ever comes from listening to people tell you not to do something. Assuming you are sober and unarmed.

[1gobluedem]

9. I have bangs

And I'm 47. My mother has bangs too and she's 71. If we can, you can.

[stuntcat]

11. 71

I might have them then too.
He's just full of shit trying to tell me what I can do with my hair x(

[Fleshdancer]

13. The style you're describing is for adults

The kind of bangs you're talking about aren't childish at all. In fact, the long sweeping bangs would look odd on kids actually. I say go for it and ignore your friend who is putting waaay too many rules into a hairstyle that's fun and pretty popular at the moment for adults of all ages.

[Deep13]

20. Bangs are fine, but...

...do you really want them obstructing your vision?

[stuntcat]

26. that's why the bangs are okay..

because my left eye doesn't work anyway really, I'm always seeing double and I have to close that eye to focus a lot, so it'll work out everyway. I'm gonna do it, I have to make an appointment and wait but soon I'm gonna do it.

[Dervill Crow]

21. Never! eom

[Breeze54]

22. Bangs are perfect for the 'more mature woman' !

IMHO!

I'm about to cut my long hair to shoulder length and also get bangs!

Go for it!! You only live once! ;)

[freesqueeze]

23. According to my five-year-old daughter

Bangs are for four-year-olds.

Your bangs look fine but I do want to see that forehead (don't we always want to see what we can't?)

[caty]

28. Bangs are great at any age if

you look good with them.











Bangs looked good on Natalie Wood

and Audrey Hepburn

[azmouse]

29. I'm 45 and have always worn bangs.

I wear my hair fairly short, just above shoulder length, and I definitely look better with bangs because I have a flat forehead. The bangs are light and wispy and blend in with the rest of my 'do.

[Karenca]

30. That is stupid - Look at this:

JANE FONDA - 70 YEARS OLD.

[idgiehkt]

37. she looks gorgeous, wow.

I didn't know there was an age for bangs to be expired, so this is all new to me.

:shrug:

:hi:

[Karenca]

38. Doesn't she though?

And - I saw her some months ago at a bookstore
and she's even pretiier IRL!

:hi: :pals: