Ah, the hairburners of Belgium are all in black this weekend, for the world has lost one of the last remaining original devotees of the Big Hair Lifestyle. I've put a little black crepe around the door to the break room to mark the passing of Fabiola, Queen of the Belgians, a woman whose benign but unfocused air of general graciousness I've long attributed to the miasma of AquaNet in which she spent her days.
Fabiola's death leaves Princess Beatrix (ex-Queen) of the Netherlands as possessor of the largest royal hairdo, and in her wake the pickings are few indeed. On a good day the Duchess of Cornwall puts up a good show, but her trademark look is more about feathered volume than true Helmet Hair; Sofia of Spain has had her moments, but the current precariousness of the Spanish throne is leading that family to a regrettable level of quiet good taste. The UK's Queen is a trademark helmet, true, but of disappointingly modest proportions (and, truth to tell, starting as she heads toward 90 to show just a little of the thinning that that so beset her late lamented mother).
No, I fear that unless Dame Fashion reverses course on us, we're up for more boring looks like those of the current Belgian and Spanish queens, or even worse the yawn-inducing longer hair favored by the Duchess of Cambridge and the various Scandinavian crown princesses.
All the more reason to celebrate the life and example of Fabiola, a genuine Royal Hair Hopper. In her honor, I'm offering half-off on any 'do with a final circumference of more than three feet, this week only.
In her honor, I shall name my next cat, if it's a Persian, Fabiola. BTW, extra points for using miasma
ReplyDeleteAdmittedly not actually a Royal, but at times like these thank heavens for Chantal Bye! Jx
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But those angels in heaven had better step up their hair game.
Fabiola...gone to Fabulon.
ReplyDeleteare tiaras with attached wiglets back in again?
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