Dudes with up-dos
Why should women have all the bobby-pinned fun?


For far too long, long-haired men the world over have been suffering the injustice of going without fancy hair styling. Egregiously, these long-suffering men have been forced to merely tuck a lock behind an ear, or worse, pull their tresses back into a unkempt ponytail.
Not anymore.
Jessica Saia, the visual producer of The Bold Italic, took eight willing men to a local San Francisco salon to give them the personalized up-dos their luscious locks deserved. As Saia notes: "The results were baby's breath-taking."
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Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.
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