Kristin took this photo a few months ago when we were playing around with different ways to braid/flip/render asymmetry. Probably impossible to execute without enlisting another human's help but most definitely a fun style to wear. The main reason I'm posting a photo of the back of my head though - I've gotten some questions about the way I've been braiding my hair lately, which I've been doing solely to get my bangs out of the equation because they're at that infamous in-between stage. All it is is a small French braid that I extend halfway down and pin in place, either to one side or both. Seriously the easiest thing ever, I wouldn't do it if it took longer than 30 seconds.
Related: fishtails, ropes, and creative seduction
9.02.2009
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woaw what a strange thing!!!
haha so impresing its vry cool to wear not easy but i want to prove it
girl im new in blogs thing so can u comment?
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looks really cool! I love french braiding my hair. I should try it this way.
greeeat hair!
So pretty! Now I just need to learn how to French braid...
i love doing this too!!
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I looks great, love it!
My hair is too short for braids of any kind :-)
i just love braids. this is really a great one. cant believe however how this could take just 30 second. id def. love a tutorial
Oh thats beautiful!
This is sweet! Cool way of reinventing xx
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BRAIDS ARE FUN
X
i would love to do this to my hair, however, i lack the skill and on top of that my hair is way too thick to accomplish the rumpled-just-got-out-of-bed look
what does it look like from the front?
i love the asymmetry.
cheers
madeleinelouise
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So pretty!!
for sure I'll try that!
Hook The Look
hate those inbetween phases...
I still dont know how to do a french braid although I LOVE the way they look
especially for the summer time
xo
looks great! I love this effortless, calm and breezy hair do
looks nice ^^
xoxo
im too unco to ever do braids but it looks pretty from the back!
Sp pretty and funny at the same time!
Love,
Lucy =)
This is amazing! I dont know why but i cant do this is with my hair, it never looks good :-(
-A.
aw very cute, unfortunatly I cant do it with my hair lol
kiss
I love your hair! I think its time I learnt how to braid...
thats really cool!
It's cute and cool at the same time :)
I agree, you do need another person's help... The are nasty little things to do... It takes me about a bloody hour to get it done.... the uncoordinated and braiding don't go hand in hand. haha.
Love French braids, but I can't do them by myself... Anyway, I love your hair style!!!!
looove it! I had a similar hairdoo yesterday :)
so, creative, so pretty
i dont think i could ever pull it off, but it looks great with your hair...
bisous!
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really pretty, I wish I could do this to my hair.
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That's awesome.. I can't french braid my own hair.
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So pretty! Love it!
this is so gorgeous, i was obsessed with braids for a period
My bangs are in that awful in-between stage too, I may have to take your advice. Thanks for the tip.
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looks really good with your hair texture! my hair is too short for trying it out, but I do love it :)
I'm like Lauren...I can't even french braid my own hair. I would love that braid to go all the way around the back of my head. So cute.
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i can always manage one side but never the other! boo!
This look is so rad! I wish I had long enough hair to try this!
I know, it looks like it would be easy... but I can't seem to do it! I'm growing out bangs, too, and have been trying to master the little braid in front, but to no avail. Frustrating!
So cute and pretty. I like it!
I like it! I've also been braiding my hair, for the same reason as you. Ugh...awkward bangs...
love it. adorable.
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Thats a good idea actually my bangs are also at the stage where they arent short enough to sit right but not long enough to get cut.Blaaaa it is annoying,i should try this out.
Take Care
ooh waiting for my fringe to grow just a bit longer, then bring the braids on baby....looks great with your colouring
Braids are always a lovely way to take your hair off your face and add texture and interest to the rest of your strands. Unfortunately, I'm soo soo lazy.
AMAZING hair style!
xxxxx
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so pretty!!
xoxo
-l
for th millionth time i love your hair
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sooooo pretty. i will enlist a human to help me do this, this weekend. :)
I take it you were 1. too busy to stage a shoot 2. ran out of fresh, blog-worthy ideas and/or 3. Colin is out of town to post something worthwhile so you give us a throw back cutting room floor about how you half french braid your hair???
* blank stare at computer screen *
I take it you were 1. too busy to stage a shoot 2. ran out of fresh, blog-worthy ideas and/or 3. Colin is out of town to post something worthwhile so you give us a throw back cutting room floor about how you half french braid your hair???
* blank stare at computer screen *
I love it!
beautiful! :D
Wow strange, but it really looks good!
lol- I loved our little forest home ;)
i can definitely relate to the weird in between stages with bangs. my friend rachael always seems to find the best ways to get them out of my way, i dont know what id do without her sometimes!
Stunning. Effortless and chic.
You are perfect!!I love your blog!!!
Love this hairstyle!x
it looks nice!
i should really stop procastinating and actually start to learn how to french braid.
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Cool! M eand my friend went out once with frenchie on the same sides haha!
Wow beautiful but looks difficult to realize !
I love french braids, really pretty!
Love how this is effertless yet sexy. Bonita!!
Love this!!!
Nice hair. What does everybody think of the new Emma Cook for Topshop boots that are out today?
I'v tried braiding my hair myself and it just never works out
I'm going to try this with my hair even though it's not as long as yours
I could never french braid other people's hair and then I tried my own and figured it out and now I can do both! I love french braids. So pretty
this hair is such an inspiration! love itt
I always envy the girls that can endure the dreaded 'growing out phase' since I always opt out and chop it all off ala "Pixie" ... the french braiding technique you've shown today is just beautiful ... and if I didn't adore shorter coifs as much as I do, I may find myself trying this style one day (or at least on longer-locked friends and family alike!)
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i think if they were to check for it on youtube they would find some tutorials ..
i think it makes my head look weird though :(
Haha awesome!
And I love the colour of your hair, fits you g r e a t!
xoxo
such an easy and cool idea! perfect if I want my hair to lay on just one side.. maybe I should try this out. braids are cute
lovely!I tried! But my hair isn't long enough!
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Heeeey! I saw you in the spanish glamour! Have you already seen it??
Love, Kim.
That is a strange place to have a braid, but I kind of like it. Fishtails braids are insanely easy and look amazing.
xoxo
J
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i love the french braid,rumi!
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nice hair colour, love your braids!!
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ooh v. impressive! i wish i could do something like that but my arms get sooo tired! haha.
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God, I love that half french plait. Very A/W 09.
Your blog is a HUGE inspiration.
XO
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I'm in that awful bang stage as well, what a great idea though! I'm totally going to try and steal it.
I'm in that awful bang stage as well, what a great idea though! I'm totally going to try and steal it.
Brilliant and hippiey! LOVE IT.
Wouldn't work on my hair, though.
"How to Braid a Woman's Hair on a Date"
Hahahahahahahahahahaahhahahahahaha
Your hair looks lovely though, might try this
You've got some nice tresses, which obv means an amazing hair dresser. Thank him/her next time you visit him/her for the good job he/she is doing.
Very cool and pretty. I have those in between bangs right now too. The braid trend is a perfect fix. :)
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Hair design makes a look. I just posted about it too...
http://sergriva.blogspot.com/
--serg
lovely hair :)
XOXO
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So beautiful. Braids are my favorite.
It's very pretty. I wonder if it would be possible to do a braid like that all the way around with out it looking like a disaster.
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Cool Idea! I do the same with my bangs when they're between transition too. :)
What a great way to add some newness to any hairstyle.
sometimes i wish i had long hair to be able to do styles like this!
I totally love the braid. If I knew how to french braid, life would be lovelier.
dye your hair dark so you can let the natural colour grow out - i can see it at the roots haha and it's NICE!
looks great on your hair
ive tried braiding mine before, they stick out horizontally haha so im waiting for it to get longer
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That's really funny because my bangs are also at the in-between stage, and I've been braiding my bangs to the side--I've probably been subconsciously doing after looking at your pictures. I didn't realize it, or have even consciously acknowledged the braids until this post. Talk about good marketing!
if you have any hammy downs hahaha.. u dress so cute take a look at my blog
Rumi you have to checkout this fairytale braid sooo pertyyy. God id looove to be able to do this without help but im still getting a handle on a standard frenchy on my own hah...anyway, here you go - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hglR75gYM84 :)
i dont doubt that you can pull it off but any of us mere fashion mortals may have a harder time... looks lovely, dont get me wrong!
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I love your braided hair. I haven't managed to do it right yet though!
x
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Oh, some people are too cute! I totally know what you mean by 10 (if that) second job to braid your fringe back.I can see why your friend wanted to braid your hair, you have that full/thick hair that holds french braids well and your colour tones really enhance the braid. A tip for you blog followers: If your hair is highlighted the braids will stand out more so you have a slight advantage, braids always look great in highlighted hair! If your hair is one tone make sure it's rih in colour and shiny (not oily). This will make you braids look so much better!!!
P.S Rumi, Great blog. You truly, really do do a great job. You're not just a pretty face with great eccentric style, you actually know how to write as well. Props to your man for the photos too :)
that's so pretty. you have nice hair to do that with, too. classic and modern at the same time.
that's really pretty. i'd like to see what it looked like from the front too.
I need to learn how to do this, it looks amazing on you an dwould be great for my bangs.
XOXOX
Libby
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my bangs can either be my best companion or an annoying barnacle... both are completely inevitable!
i wish i had someone to braid my hair on a day to day basis, i would really do it everyday.
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Lovely!
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thank you : I' m parisian but I've never heard of this french technique.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
L-A-M-E !!!
Hello, you have the most fabulously wonderful site here and I had to leave this comment for you ! Your posts are beautifully written, creative and original too, and you have interesting pictures.
It's all perfect !
Thank you for sharing your site and best wishes.... 'Happy September'....
Yea, Rumi, I too, was wondering what you thought of the new Emma Cook for Topshop boots?
Your blog is a microcosm for America and please, let me explain. You've got your standard megalomaniac at the top (that being you) leading the masses of simple minded, sycophants, who essentially operate as megaphones for everything you say and do. You talk about your indecisiveness over, say, your inadequacies as a person and the sea of the blind, amplify their personal inadequacies so they can "totally relate." You'll just grow larger and larger, will the individual minds of the collective grow smaller and smaller. It is quite depressing really.
God Bless America, wherever you may be.
And long live the one eyed man.
I loove it
well done!
Ignore the mean Anon, Rumi- that is, if you aren't doing so already.
I like the fact that you've let your flyaway hairs remain as they are in the pic- sometimes it's way too much effort to make it all sleek and perfect, and even though I don't think I'll ever grow out my fringe, braids are a great way to add some texture to a hairstyle.
PS: Also, I hope you and your friends/family aren't anywhere near the wildfire areas...take care!
120 comments on a picture of the back of your head.
ONE HUNDRED AND FUCKING TWENTY COMMENTS ON A PICTURE OF THE BACK OF YOUR FUCKING HEAD!!!!!
All mostly saying the same thing over and over and over again.
Does no one else see something seriously wrong with this?
Hmm.. Great, I´ll try this!
love braids
xx
nice that it took you so short time ha ha
nice that it took you so short time ha ha
hope to see hair tutorials!your hair look lovely!!!I love your fashion sense!
very pretty indeed!
Amber
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I love it!
Anon7:09- what the fuck are you talking about? I feel all that person did was look up a couple of big words in the dictionary and put a sentence together to make themselves sound smart...
Anon8:51- you think there is something weird about people commenting on a blog post about hair, and you find it wrong, but yet you decided to contribute to the amount of comments on this post....yeah ok, smart move. >_>
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Rumi, one of the many things I love about you is that you don't care about what others think, you dust your shoulders off and keep on doing your thing. Wish more people were like you. ;)
@ Champagne:
I don't think it's weird or wrong to leave comments on a post about hair. Posts are made to be commented on.
I just think it's stupid and redundant to leave the same comments repeatedly. But lambs will be lambs. They follow along. Even someone as vain and conceited as Rumi must get tired of reading the same mindless dribble that is left on her blog, post after post.
Personally, I think Anon's are the saving grace of the comment section. Heh.
Wow, this is gorgeous. I can never seem to master any sort of braid on my own hair :( Such a shame because I love the look of it so much!
Big swing of a Bull's tit!!!!!!
A french braid whoopideedodah. Losers!!!
Anon Coward---
I would have a reply, but its too early in the morning to say something mean or important, so I'll leave it at this....that'll do Anon Coward, that'll do.
I love this look. Especially the way it "falls apart"...very languid and un-done.
I like your hair it's different.
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wow, just seeing your post. I wore my hair like this last week.
fine braid *-*
look my blog
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Absolutely lovely :D
I've just made a guide on my blog, showing how to make two braids (french) on each side of the head and put them together in the back of the head. The guide is now in danish, but write a comment, if you want it in English:
http://presenting.dk/archives/3296
/Trine
very cool. I love the earthy look!
I'm kind of jealous of your braiding skills...
i tried to do it the other day and was pretty impressed, but looking at yours i am pretty embarrassed!
oh well, practice makes perfect
Really trustworthy blog thanks.
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