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Attention turned to another passage in Alcuin’s same letter to Aethelred of Northumbria: Consider the dress, the hairstyle, and the luxurious habits of the princes and people. Look at the hairstyle, how you have wished to imitate the pagans in their beards and hair. Does not the terror threaten of those whose hairstyle you wished to have?
Neil Price • The Children of Ash and Elm
Although he remained clean-shaven, Mommsen’s hair was always shoulder-length and untidy, turning grey and finally white, resembling a witch or a wizard, as his critics observed. Possibly through the fame of Mommsen, wild hair in old age became a recognizable badge of an eccentric professor or genius, cultivated later by Einstein and generations of
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History also tells us that the Spartan warriors paid a great deal of attention to physical appearance. According to Plutarch, Spartans kept their hair long, as they believed that long hair made a strong man look handsome. A shaved head was a sign of defeat and failure. A “skinhead” was a loser.
Ori Hofmekler • The Warrior Diet: Switch on Your Biological Powerhouse For High Energy, Explosive Strength, and a Leaner, Harder Body
“Manson girl” hair look: overgrown, brunette, middle-parted.