wendy house

Deborah: I know who you remind me of,  Chrissie Hynde

Wendy:  Thanks!  that’s good,  other people have mentioned the similarity

Chrissie Hynde leads a PETA protest in Central Park (Jan 2008)

My favourite 6 ft blonde bar staff in the ’sack of potatoes’ used to call me his favourite Cher.  Cher after Sonny and before her substantial body resculpture.  I suspect the nose, attitude and hairstyle were the main points of similarity.

Meatloaf and Cher sing Dead ringer for love

Wendy:  Do you remember Rod Stewarts haircut in his early years? When he was in The Faces?  about the time of Maggie May?  No.  Silly question. You are clearly way too young.  It’s an early ’70’s cut, short on top and longer at the back,  it was called a feather cut

Alan: like a mullet

Wendy: Yes! That’s what I want,  a 70’s kitch mullet

Alan:  you’ll need a lot of product

Wendy: Oh <mindful not to argue with the hairdresser before he starts cutting>

I got exactly what I asked for.  Hoorah,  it certainly turned heads on the street

Rod Stewart sang the first cut

The first in this series of celebrity comparisions drew a similarity with an extremely talented blonde actress,  unlike this comparision:

VSTH*: come and look at this

HDA**:  ooOOOOOoooo  it looks like…. …..um….. …you know…. ……that English girl….

Wendy & VSTH in harmonious silence:   ???????

HDA: the one who recently came to America

Wendy:   Posh Spice?  Married to the soccer player David Beckham?

HDA: yes that’s it,  your cut reminds me of hers

VSTH:  she wasn’t primed to say that

Wendy:   ……..

* Vidal Sassoon Trained Hairdresser

** Hairdressers Assistant

The Daily Mail published this set of pictures of Posh Spice’s recent haircut:

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Lookey Likey is an English colloquial phrase that means look like or resemble.  I believe it gained popular use through appearing in a French and Saunders sketch (I couldn’t find online) subsequently used as the title of a TV show.  This post is the first in an unpredictable, excitingly sporadic, series of posts describing where and how people have compared me to famous characters or celebritries

colleague:  I’m watching the Prime Suspect series.  It’s excellent.  Jane Tennison REALLY reminds me of you (describes how Jane’s people management skills style aligns with mine)

wendy: yes.  I…

colleague: …has anyone else ever pointed out the similarity?

wendy: yes.

My Jane Tennison-esque lack of conformity to the patriarchially prescribed presentation of the feminine didn’t quite make it into this charicature produced by another colleague.   Using this picture as evidence you might suspect that I’m a twinset and pearls sort of a gal.  

You, I, and my colleague know this is not the case…  …unlike the charicature artiste….