Dido flip
Dido flip is a female hairstyle c2001-2 in imitation of the singer and songwriter Dido Armstrong (b. 1971).
The style
The term, "Dido flip", was noted by the Sunday Times in a profile of Dido following her winning two "BRIT" Awards in 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's Garren Salon, described the flip as a "short choppy shag" [2].
The effect
Dido herself was quoted as saying, with reference to the flip's "wannabe" effect, that she "love[d] it when you turn up at gigs and the first few rows all have your haircut" [3]. However, in some ways, this was an unlikely trend because, although she occasionally posed for fashion magazines, Dido did not obviously promote that side of her persona. In 2006 she remarked, of suggestions that she was a "sex symbol", that "I just make music and don't pay much attention to all that" [4]. Indeed, Dido had previously appeared to deprecate artists who relied too much on their appearance: "I've always tried to keep people focused on my music, not on me. So I don't parade around with a bra top and hot pants" [5].
Paradoxically it was perhaps the ease with which "ordinary" young women felt able to identify with Dido that led to the flip's catching on. A journalist who interviewed her shortly before the release of her second album, Life for Rent (2003), noted that "for a platinum-selling star she radiates normality ... She looks like any quietly stylish 31-year-old" [6]. In similar vein, the Observer once described Dido's style of dress on stage as "high-street chic" [7].
The flip was sported for a time by Chelsea Clinton, daughter of the former US President Bill Clinton [8].
CD covers
The flip was not discernible on the cover of Dido's first album, No Angel (2001), on which her hair was combed back, and, by the time of Life for Rent, her hair was longer. It could, however, be seen clearly on the cover of the CD single, All You Want (2001), and to a lesser extent on that of her almost seminal song, Thank You (2001).
Other eponymous styles
Other eponymous styles of the late 20th and early 21st centuries included the "Bo Derek" and the "Rachel" (after Jennifer Aniston's character in the TV series Friends).
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