Stevie Wonder and The Cure’s Robert Smith are among many stars who looked 1000x better in the past. But it was shorter hair, not youth, that was on their side.
Here’s Stevie in 2009 (don’t worry he looks the same in 2010):
And micro-fro Stevie from Soul Train 1975. Who looks more current and hip?
Here’s poor Robert Smith (who at least still sounds great)
And in the mid-80s with a less mopey mop of hair
Not only would his cut fit in today’s world but so would the skinny jeans and high tops
Someone get them an image consultant stat! It’s time to let the long crazy locks go.
I thought artists liked to reinvent themselves and change styles. Robert and Stevie certainly did when they were young. But at some point in the 80s they just stopped trying. Maybe they picked uniforms to remind us of their glory days and to cement their caricatures.
