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Aniston hairstyle is all the rage
By Rachel Thompson
Special to the Kansan
The Rachel hairdo is to the '90s what Farrah Fawcett's feathered locks were to the '80s, or what the Mary Tyler Moore flip was to the '70s.
Across the United States and in Lawrence, women are asking hairstylists for the Rachel hairdo, named for a character of the television show Friends.
The correct term for the Rachel hairstyle is a shag, said Cheryl Carr-Johnson, manager of Command Performance, 1806 W. 23rd St.
The hairstyle has become so popular that Command Performance corporate headquarters sent a video to stores nationwide instructing stylists on the shag, said Carr-Johnson.
"I do approximately three to four Rachel cuts a day," said Laurie Dunlap, a Headmasters stylist.
Stylists at Headmasters Salon, 809 Vermont St., call the past year a Friends frenzy. Stylists say that people began asking for the hairstyle a year ago, before some of the stylists had seen the show. Now they say the Rachel hairstyle is something that they are asked for a dozen times a day.
"One day, all my female clients wanted the Friends hairstyle," said another stylist Dana Teague.
Maybe it's a combination of actress Jennifer Aniston's character, Rachel's quirky personality and the allure she brings to her waitress-coffee peddling job that makes the hairstyle so popular. Stylists at Headmasters speculate that it's the way the hairstyle bounces and flips.
"Who knows why it's so popular? But it sure is fun to cut, and looks great on most everyone," says Dunlap.
Stylists say that the Rachel most often is requested by students and women in their twenties, but women in their forties are trying it as well.
"I've been in the business 13 years, and I've never seen a style more in demand," said Dunlap.
"I liked the hairstyle so much that I brought a picture of Jennifer Aniston with me to the salon so they would know exactly how to do the cut," said Shelley Stewart, Overland Park senior.
Stylists at Headmasters say it's not likely the hairstyle will go out soon, and with the continuing popularity of the television show Friends and Aniston's recent Rolling Stone cover, the Rachel do will likely hang around for a while.
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