Have you come across this phrase? It's been overused on websites like Into the Gloss for a while now. Implying that cool girl messy but healthy hair stereotype a la Jeanne Dumas, Charlotte Gainbourg or Jane Birkin. 2012 example:
https://intothegloss.com/2012/10/french-girl-model-off-duty-hair/
More recently articles:
The famed Aussie stylist discusses his most unassuming hair trick, his secret to “effortless” French girl hair, and why you should only wash your hair – gasp – once a week.
www.wmagazine.com
French girl hair might look effortless – but "artfully rumpled" sometimes takes a bit of work
www.vogue.co.uk
We interviewed two experts to help us better understand French hair care. Read on for all the details.
www.byrdie.com
Want to achieve effortless French-girl hair? Here are five French haircuts to ask your stylist about.
www.whowhatwear.com.au
Paris' top hairstylist, David Mallett, dishes on what's behind their "effortlessly chic" look—and how they get it. (Hint: Can you go 10 days without washing?)
www.wellandgood.com
It's basically more of the same shit from those how to be french books we discussed in the last thread. The weird idolisation of a sterotype of a French woman.
Ohhhh great. More delusional old Francophile shite that makes me want to (censored for the sensitive) Paris.
The grand old 'off duty model' look!' Haha, that old bullshit beloved of fashion writers fresh out of any originality or sense of reality for the last four decades. You know why rubbish things look good on off duty models? Because they're super young, genetically blessed, fucking MODELS that's why. A brown paper bag, a man's t-shirt three sizes too large, zero make up, a plaster cast and three week unwashed hair pulled back with a blue rubber band the postman threw on the driveway looks good on them. Doesn't mean the rest of us look good doing it. Jesus. Tell your average 43 old old Jane with difficult textured hair that blows up with humidity to follow this 'do nothing' advice and she'll get written up at work for looking 'unprofessional'.
As for trying to get us to believer all these glamorous French actresses look uhmazing making zero effort to even wash their hair. Illustrated with pics of them on red carpets after doubtless hours of very expensive and elite professional hair and make-up and wearing bloody couture. Unbelievable. We all know how much effort goes into the no make up 'look' (as opposed to no actual make-up). Same going on with this French shit. It's the art of looking like you don't really care, not actually acting like you don't care. I once had a boyfriend back in the day who favoured an artful beach bum look. He would spend an hour deciding which artfully holey shirt to wear, the vain twat. Same thing.
As for 'every woman in France' follows the rule never to dye your hair any colour than your natural colour. REALLY. Nobody in France bleaches, highlights or goes red, black, whatever? What old nonsense. I can think of multiple peroxdided French stars to begin with. I can also think of many with heavy PS and early nose jobs (Isabelle Adjani, come on in). It is such a weird mythology that gets passed around in the face of the evidence.
Sorry, had to get that all off my chest. Proceed as normal.
