The Cool and Uncool in Sports Fashion
First the uncool new hairstyle of Marat Safin:
I dread what the Anti Foolish Haircut Association would say on this. And I have not shown pictures of the Safin hair with the hair band yet from his recent Davis Cup match.
Okay here it is:
Now that I have completely spoiled your mood, here is Sergio Garcia and his cool orange pants from Day 1 at Augusta:
Images courtesy Eurosport, Davis Cup and Golf365 respectively.
April 8th, 2006 at 4:00 pm
The Anti Foolish Hair Cut Association advises bloggers not to publish such photos without a health warning advising viewer discretion.
On the hair it self, it seems Marat has been in touch with Hamish Marshal, the Kiwi opening batsman, off late. And Marshal’s hair stylist has never been a TAFHCA favorite.
This would come in the “badly done perm” category otherwise also known as the electrocuted look, other trespassers include Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga, Hamish’ twin brother James, another Kiwi in Kyle Mills and his Scottish lookalike Andrew Murray.
April 8th, 2006 at 10:04 pm
The Official Statement from the AFHCA is much appreciated. The gyan on the subject is priceless.
April 10th, 2006 at 6:18 pm
Actually it is “The” Anti Foolish Hair Cut Association: TAFHCA (pronounced with H silent)……reminds of the famous novelist, doesn’t it? Wonder what his hair looked like, though.
April 11th, 2006 at 7:05 am
Thanks for pointing it out Angshu. I hope I do not have to deal with a legal battle with the TAFHCA. *shudders*
April 12th, 2006 at 11:48 pm
No dear. You seem to care for TAFHCA, and that should get you a long way in getting our appreciation.
April 13th, 2006 at 9:46 am
*breathes a sigh of relief*
April 15th, 2006 at 10:39 pm
The “hair-brained” (no puns intended) have all the hair-dos in the world to adorn their persona. The hairy and the hirsuit, including Andrew Symonds (remember, also Rudd Gullitt?), would have none of TAFHCA-logic to shed their second skin. John McEnroe and Ilie Nastase - the original “bad boys” of Tennis - were often seen to appear on Tennis courts in the 70s with hair-styles to go with their temperamental personalities. Not what one would call “cool”, and wouldn’t perhaps be approved by TAFHCA today, but spectators the world-over would go ga-ga over McEnroe and Nastase on their court-appearance.
The funny logic, if not fuzzy logic, is that if people like Marat Safin, Rafael Nadal, Kylie Mills, Andrew Symonds and Malinga have hairs that are uncut and unkempt, without the benefit of the Barber, what why and how The Anti Foolish Haircut Cut Association has got anything to do with it?
Rastafarians - including Reggae King Bob Marley - wouldn’t have taken kindly to TAFHCA.