Why have we reached 2017 without someone inventing a helmet that does your hair for you? I’ve watched every single episode of Lizard’s Lair, I’ve seen every single stupid invention those people have made, and a few good ones, and absolutely no one has thought of anything like this. Nor have they made a helmet that DRIES your hair in seconds. Maybe that’s a bit dangerous…
But I stand by my original question. I guess hairdressing is just one of the many things that requires a human touch, much like novel-writing, financial consultation and knitting ugly jumpers.
Still, I sometimes saunter down to my local hairdresser, located in the heart of St James Place, and I look at people with their heads in the big…helmet things. You know, the ones that give you the killer curls. If there WAS a hairdressing machine, that’s more or less what it would look like. You’d slip it onto your head, it would introduce itself in your ear as being the Hairpro 7000 (“but you can call me Kylie!”) and then you’d just dictate the style you’d like, up to and including beehives.
Okay, maybe not beehives. They’d be slightly beyond the helmet’s ability to produce, given that it’s a helmet. And you know what would happen then. Beehive hair would be the ultimate in retro, since it’d be one of the few styles people can’t just get in seconds. Hairdressers, instead of being treated as standard members of the community- a crime, considering their artistic contributions- would be elevated to the level of style geniuses, doing with their nimble fingers what those fancy new helmets could not do.
It’ll happen, probably. But like vinyl and libraries, hairdressing won’t be going out of style. You’d just walk through the Melbourne CBD, find the best hairdressers in town and enjoy a new style. Just like you currently do with museums, or…souvenir shops, maybe?
-Kanjula