Beauty

Vogue Editors on Their Childhood Hair

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    Christiane Mack, Head of Content Strategy and Operations at Condé Nast:"After a decade of Laura Ingalls Wilder-esque braids, this was my first real hair style, and thanks in part to the wonders of adolescent hair texture, I worked it for a full year. My mother s inspiration was part Vidal Sassoon pixie and part Dorothy Hamill wedge, but it was all grown up to my 12-year-old self. It didn t hurt that I had a crush on the suave and groovy Steve, my first real stylist, who looked like he walked straight off the set of Shampoo."

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    Alessandra Codinha, Vogue.com Culture Editor:"Most of my young life, it was a real mushroom cut, banged and brief. It was fluffier than Charlee Fraser s bob, but I think that was the intended look. When I needed it cut, my mother would take me to a very nice barber in Beacon Hill, where we lived. I haven t cut it north of my collarbone since. Maybe no time like the present?"

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    Alexandra Macon, Vogue.com Contributing Editor:“I wouldn’t let my mom brush my hair, so this is what happened.”

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    Alexis Tiganila, Vogue.com Designer"My mom is from Eastern Europe, and I remember she used to send me to school in fashions that weren’t yet hot on the American children s market. I often had to explain myself to the kids in school."

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    Anny Choi, Vogue.com Associate Market Editor:"Here I am, 3 years old with the perfect Wang bowl cut. No idea why my parents gave me this haircut, but I guess this is what was trending back then (even in Korea!) and what is trending again now!"