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taylor's avatar

alice i adore your instagram and am so happy to have found you here! this reminded me of the choppy rachel green friends cut i *had* to have in 6th grade. it was wildly inappropriate and impossible for me to style! of course what i really was hoping for was to transform into jennifer aniston with her effortless style, something that you 100% cannot achieve at the ripe adolescent age of 12. lesson learned, i guess! love your writing! 💗

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Alice Gao's avatar

thank you so much! ahh yes i remember all the rachel inspiration i brought up in haircuts back in the day!

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Muriel Vega's avatar

Grass is always greener! I have curly wavy hair but it’s not consistent throughout. I wear my hair straight and wish I could just wake up and have it straight. It’s always a struggle!!!

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Mai T's avatar

You are gorgeous with curly hair and with straight hair!! 🥰

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Julia Norberg's avatar

This is me! Whenever I have a bob I obsess over the girls with looong hair á la Dakota Johnson, and then when I try to save it I find myself drooling over the cool girl-bob. I'm currently saving it out and I'm determined to get past my collarbones before I even consider touching it. But that doesn't stop me from searching "cool girl bob" on Pinterest...

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Pomegranate Bud's avatar

I loved your long bob (this was maybe 8-9 years ago when I lived in NYC) and found your stylist and went to him (Q) to this date I miss him! (Also was obsessed with your navy velvet couch and still have it to this day <3) now, if you will let me again, may I copycat this last brown leather jacket in the bottom right corner , if so who is it by :)

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Alice Gao's avatar

Aw I have fond memories of Q!

The brown leather jacket will probably get mentioned in a whole post, but it is by Cawley. It seems to be sold out in most US places but maybe it will get restocked at some point!

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Xue's avatar

This resonated so much! I’ve been thinking about a chop to a long bob and a perm for ages but my stylist (who I’ve been seeing for 25 years!) keeps refusing to do it. This reminds me that she’s probably right 🙈

If it matters, I think you look amazing across all those hair styles!

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Alice Gao's avatar

Your stylist is a good woman! Sometimes I do want a stylist who is a little more assertive in telling me I'm delusional or if something won't look right on me hahah.

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Xue's avatar

Haha, she told me if I wanted to do it, I’d need to see a different stylist! 🙈😂

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Wendy's avatar

Funny because you made me want a perm so bad when you got one when you had a bob! Though I never have the courage to because I have thick coarse hair!

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Jovanka Zrnic's avatar

Love all the looks!

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Taylor Hang's avatar

🎢🎢🎢

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