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Hairdressers wait for Beckham copycats |
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England football captain David
Beckham kept his new look hidden under a dark blue woolly hat when
he turned up for training on Monday. |
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But the twisted ends of the series of
small parallel plaits pulled tightly to his head still showed
beneath the England team's three lions badge.The golden braids -
known as cornrows - will be seen in their full glory later on
Monday, when Beckham models the England squad's off-the-field
Giorgio Armani outfits for the first time.
Hairdressers across the country are
expecting an influx of young men demanding cornrows. |
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Beckham is the celebrity most men want
to look like according to a survey of 300 by the makers of
weight-loss drink Slim Fast. |
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His skinhead and Mohican styles both
prompted a spree of copy-cat cuts from fans. But the Alice hairband
the 28-year-old had been using to control Beckham's formerly flowing
locks proved considerably less popular. |
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Any imitators may have to suffer for
their new style. |
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Hairdresser Kim Johnson, whose salon
specialises in Afro-Caribbean styling, said cornrows "can be a bit
painful". |
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"It has to be quite tight for it to
hold," he told BBC News Online. Manchester hairdresser Catherine
Morris said her customers ask for Beckham haircuts soon after he
unveils a new look. "When he had the Mohican all five year-olds
wanted one," he said. |
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Although cornrows might not be quite
as popular. "Not all blokes have the length," he said. |
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