Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2011 23:15:25 GMT -9
If so, do you believe this:
Sydney's a blonde
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If a city was a woman, Melbourne would be a brunette and Sydney a blonde, according to an international retail specialist - and he wasn't launching into a hackneyed joke.
''Sydney is quite optimistic, quite surface, quite open, but when I look closely there is nothing much that really makes me want to stay too long,'' the London-based Martin Raymond (hair colour unspecified) told a weekend newspaper. ''But in Melbourne there is depth, complexity, there is richer colour, and there are hidden gems, like Paris.''
So blondes are sunny and shallow and their dark-haired sisters intriguing and intelligent? Blondes should be cheerleading at Bondi while brunettes attend gallery openings in St Kilda? I feel a blonde joke coming on - but shouldn't we have moved on a little? Does Sydney have more fun? Haven't the two cities become more like each other anyway?
Interestingly, when I asked stylists - both hair and makeup - who worked on the Sydney and Melbourne fashion weeks what the biggest difference was between the two cities, the answer was always the same: blonde hair. Sydney is blonder, more surfie chick, while Melbourne's darker and sophisticated, I was told time and again. These were men and women who have lived and worked in both cities.
Isn't this just a cliche? I might be a (deep/complex/rich) brunette Melburnian but I cannot help but have my suspicions.
blogs.smh.com.au/lifestyle/beautybeat/archives/2007/05/sydneys_a_blonde.html
Sydney's a blonde
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If a city was a woman, Melbourne would be a brunette and Sydney a blonde, according to an international retail specialist - and he wasn't launching into a hackneyed joke.
''Sydney is quite optimistic, quite surface, quite open, but when I look closely there is nothing much that really makes me want to stay too long,'' the London-based Martin Raymond (hair colour unspecified) told a weekend newspaper. ''But in Melbourne there is depth, complexity, there is richer colour, and there are hidden gems, like Paris.''
So blondes are sunny and shallow and their dark-haired sisters intriguing and intelligent? Blondes should be cheerleading at Bondi while brunettes attend gallery openings in St Kilda? I feel a blonde joke coming on - but shouldn't we have moved on a little? Does Sydney have more fun? Haven't the two cities become more like each other anyway?
Interestingly, when I asked stylists - both hair and makeup - who worked on the Sydney and Melbourne fashion weeks what the biggest difference was between the two cities, the answer was always the same: blonde hair. Sydney is blonder, more surfie chick, while Melbourne's darker and sophisticated, I was told time and again. These were men and women who have lived and worked in both cities.
Isn't this just a cliche? I might be a (deep/complex/rich) brunette Melburnian but I cannot help but have my suspicions.
blogs.smh.com.au/lifestyle/beautybeat/archives/2007/05/sydneys_a_blonde.html