Article: These `dos were don'ts: Old salon photos show that for some, every day could be a bad hair day.(The Seattle Times)

Byline: Mark Rahner

How will the sexy, confident man-of-the-world be wearing his hair this season?

Perhaps longish, heavily sprayed and feathered into something like a Darth Vader helmet. Or a thick, aerodynamic swirl reminiscent of a Play-Doh Fun Factory creation.

Well, maybe not this season, but about 30 seasons ago, the approximate time of the images in "Bad Hair" (Bloomsbury, $9.95). It is possibly the funniest book of its kind. The little hardcover edition by James Innes-Smith and Henrietta Webb is filled with photos of hairdressing models whose absurd styles have aged about as well as the mullet. (You remember: short on top and the sides, ...

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