Dido flip
TheDido flipwas ahairstyleof the early 21st century in imitation of the singer and songwriterDido Armstrong.It was a "chopped" style with hair flipped to one or both sides and often strands not cut evenly. Dido noted in a number of interviews that she was surprised and interested by the attention she received over her hairstyle.[citation needed]
Etymology[edit]
The first notable use of the term "Dido flip", was byThe Sunday Timesin a profile of the artist after she won twoBRIT Awardsin 2002. "Having a distinctive chopped hairstyle that has been widely copied as 'the Dido flip' attracts the paparazzi like hungry mosquitoes".[1]Stylist Steven Ward, of New York'sGarrenSalon, described the flip as a "short choppyshag".[2]
Reactions[edit]
The Dido flip started to be perceived as a distinguishing feature of the artist. Dido herself was quoted as saying that she "love[d] it when [she] turn[ed] up at gigs and the first few rows all [had her] haircut".[2]In 2006, in response to a question about fans focused on her looks, she elaborated, "I just make music and don't pay much attention to all that".[3]Interviewed in 2013, shortly before the release of her fourth album,Girl Who Got Away,she referenced the excess attention her hair had received over the years.[4]
A journalist who interviewed her shortly before the release of her second album,Life for Rent(2003), noted that "for aplatinum-selling star she radiates normality.... She looks like any quietly stylish 31-year-old ".[5]Similarly, in 2004,The Observerdescribed Dido's style of dress on stage as "high-street chic".[6]However, in September 2007, theDaily Telegraphspeculated as to whether "music's ownBridget Jones... has, like her trademark boot-cut jeans and eponymous Dido-flip hair, fallen out of fashion ".[7]
The flip was sported for a time byChelsea Clinton,daughter of the former US PresidentBill Clinton,[2]at the time of Dido's rise to fame.
CD covers and materials[edit]
The Dido flip was not discernible on the cover of the artist's first album,No Angel(1999), on which her hair was combed back, and by the time ofLife for Rent,her hair was longer. It could, however, be seen clearly on the cover of theCD single,"All You Want"(2001), and to a lesser extent on that of"Thank You"(2001). Photographs of Dido published in November 2008 with her third album,Safe Trip Home,showed a version of the flip that was slightly longer and shaggier than before.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Sunday Times,24 February 2002
- ^abcSunday Times magazine,2002
- ^Metro,5 September 2006
- ^Interview with Tim Jonze,The Guardian,15 February 2013; LondonEvening Standard,1 February 2013
- ^Dorian Lynskey inThe Big Issue,21–27 July 2003
- ^Observer,1 August 2004
- ^The golden season: November – Telegraph[dead link]
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