Male long hair cosplay?

[Lady Ava]

I actually prefer my male steampunks with long hair 

Seconded! <3

[Captain Braid]

There's at least one engraving of Beau Brummel (the original Victorian dandy) showing shoulder-length curly hair...

Ahem! Sorry to have to point this out.

 Beau Brummel was a Regency Dandy, which put him at the other end of the 19th century to The Empress of India.

[Lachlan_MacAuslander]

There's at least one engraving of Beau Brummel (the original Victorian dandy) showing shoulder-length curly hair...

Ahem! Sorry to have to point this out.

 Beau Brummel was a Regency Dandy, which put him at the other end of the 19th century to The Empress of India.

Oh, dear - how mortifying. Bad Google Image tags strike again, and I neglected to verify my source... (hangs head in shame)

[Argus Fairbrass]

An excellent picture of a fifteen year old American Indian boy circa 1890. This seemed like an appropriate place to share it.  

[Professor Ross]

Aside from Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill and Pawnee Bill (It seems like anyone named Bill back in those days had long hair), there's Albert Pike.

[inigo jameson-gatling]

Long haired male steampunks? When does one ever have the opportunity to visit a barber, with all the tinkering, chasing about the aether and whatnot that requires one's attention.

I would have said "one's barber", but the irregularity of visits to such an establishment precludes such an epithet in this case.

[bicyclebuilder]

There are so many things you could do with long hair as others have pointed out. It looks great under any kind of headwear, you can tie it in many forms, let it hang naturally. But what about the follicle challanged? If I would let my hear grow, I'd look like a monk. A couple of years ago, I gave up the battle and shaved it all off. Characters I could be are mad scientist or villain. That's all I can think of.
You long haired hippies gentlemen have all the fun. 

[Argus Fairbrass]

I recall at least a couple of chaps I rather admired who let their hair grow despite being follicly challenged. Still possibly not the best look for a baldy guy, but each to their own of course.

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Devin Townsend from Strapping Young Lad



Reggie Bannister from Phantasm.

I didn't know American (or possibly Canadian) Indians ever had dreadlocks, but apparently so occasionally.



There is still prejudice about long hair on guys, the history of which is intriguing, so it's not always fun. Personally I've just always hated going to the barbers, back from when I was a kid. I've been lucky (in that respect) with my bosses. But after thirty years of being pretty consistently long haired I do kind of fancy a change. Trouble is I know I won't get into the habit of regular cuts and then I'd have to go through all those irritating growing out phases again.

Still never say never. 

[BlackIris]

Ahhem...a lady would never comment upon a gentleman's tonsorial choices, but should the occasion ever arise, I would admire long locks far more than short.

[Sir Henry]

An excellent picture of a fifteen year old American Indian boy circa 1890. This seemed like an appropriate place to share it.  

I hadn't realised that Geddy Lee was that old...

[Anastacia]

Not to threadjack, but this makes me wonder what your opinions on women with short hair would be? I know typically, victorian ladies had long wavy locks, but most styles I've seen are in some form of updo anyway. I'm preparing to donate most of my hair, and I've been thinking I haven't seen many pixie cuts on lady steampunks. Perhaps I just haven't been researching enough? I'd think it would add to the -punk element of it all, but I don't know if that would be too literal or not.

[BlackIris]

Not to threadjack, but this makes me wonder what your opinions on women with short hair would be? I know typically, victorian ladies had long wavy locks, but most styles I've seen are in some form of updo anyway. I'm preparing to donate most of my hair, and I've been thinking I haven't seen many pixie cuts on lady steampunks. Perhaps I just haven't been researching enough? I'd think it would add to the -punk element of it all, but I don't know if that would be too literal or not.

Good for you for making such a personal donation. 
I would agree with you, that short hair would add an element of punk, and short hair, with the right cut, can be so elegant.
Plus, there's always hairpieces, and you could have such fun with color... 

[von Corax]

I can see short hair working, particularly on an Operating Engineer (keeps it out of the gears) or a Medical Scientist (keeps it out of the gore.)

It's also a matter of personal taste and personal style — I think a brush-cut can look just as feminine and attractive as a floor-sweeper if worn by the right woman.

[Cubinoid]

I have only paid for one haircut in my life. The rest of the money I would have spent on haircuts I have spent on hats. The result is that I have long hair and a wardrobe full of hats, which I wear on a day to day basis.

The thing is, I don't cosplay, I don't Larp. This is just what I wear, full time.

I'm not sure if that helps at all, but the moral is, 'Be what you are, and learn to accept it, even where others don't'.   

[Anastacia]

I've rocked short hair before, but that was a few years ago, before I started to get enthusiastic about costuming. I'm doing this more for me than for steampunk, so the cut is going to happen regardless. My hair is long enough that I'm constantly worried about dipping it in my food, I've inhaled it a couple of times, I've shut it in a car door twice, rolling over in bed is becoming hazardous... My texture is fine and straight, it tends to look better when it's short anyway, otherwise it tends to look flat and stringy. Once it's cut, I'd like to play with color. I've been refraining due to donation restrictions, but as soon as it's gone, I'm playing with reds for certain, possibly blues.

[Argus Fairbrass]

Ahhem...a lady would never comment upon a gentleman's tonsorial choices, but should the occasion ever arise, I would admire long locks far more than short.

I wish there were more like you round my way. 

[BlackIris]

Ahhem...a lady would never comment upon a gentleman's tonsorial choices, but should the occasion ever arise, I would admire long locks far more than short.

I wish there were more like you round my way. 

Likewise, I'm sure.

[Lachlan_MacAuslander]

There is still prejudice about long hair on guys, the history of which is intriguing, so it's not always fun.

Indeed - in many times and places, hairstyles have overt political implications. This is one of the things I love about Steampunk - it's a chance to flex my training as an historian and find out more about the paradigms I'm subverting... At the risk of crossing over from the lighter side, the portrait of the Native youngster is particularly meaningful, as having hair that long was anathema to the BIA and other agencies that were bent on "civilizing" the surviving Native population.

[Birdnest]

There is still prejudice about long hair on guys, the history of which is intriguing, so it's not always fun.

Indeed - in many times and places, hairstyles have overt political implications. This is one of the things I love about Steampunk - it's a chance to flex my training as an historian and find out more about the paradigms I'm subverting... At the risk of crossing over from the lighter side, the portrait of the Native youngster is particularly meaningful, as having hair that long was anathema to the BIA and other agencies that were bent on "civilizing" the surviving Native population.