Ziggy Stardust was Schwartzkopf red
It’s normal for women to go red from a bottle. There is a multitude of shades to choose from – Ruby Fusion, Crushed Garnet, Copper Shimmer, Cherry Bomb, Red Hot Cinnamon. Reddish Blond, Light Auburn, Sweet Pepper, Ginger Spice, Summer Berry, Sangria and more. My question is, how come men don’t dye their hair red?
A modern man is comfortable with grooming. Shaving is a rite of passage, trimming a moustache is common and moisturising is even acceptable but how come men don’t dye their hair. This decade it’s all about the beard and the discovery that many men carry the MC1R gene, enabling them to have a ginger beard even though they are blond or brunette. However, none of them are rushing to the salon to match their hair to their beards.
There are men’s hair dyes on the market – light brown, medium brown, dark brown, black and of course good old Grecian 2000. They are branded as ‘colour restoring’ and don’t appear to be products for changing up the way you look ‘just because you feel like a change’.
The legendary David Bowie may have been the only man to ever inspire men to dye their hair red.
He was experimental in developing his androgynous personality and like a cultural chameleon he changed his clothes, his hair and wore makeup to bring theatrics to his music. He dyed his spiky mullet Schwartzkopf red and wore slinky tight fitting multi coloured jumpsuits. He validated a whole generation to be strange, to be unusual, to be unique. And, there isn’t another man on the planet who could inspire such a change in the way men identify with their sexuality.
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