Submitted by LaylaBeth on Fri, 2005-12-30 16:25.
Tell me it ISN’T so. I’ve heard it from SEVERAL very reliable sources, now: one, a well-known fashion magazine, and the another, a very fashionable nineteen-year-old girl. BOTH have confirmed to me, much to my chagrin, that the popular fabric and elastic hair tie is no longer "in." I, for one, do not concur.
Okay. It’s true that SOME people—not me—have worn scrunchies on nearly every occasion, which, I am sure, has contributed to their fashion demise. Scrunchies are NOT to be worn for formal or semi-formal occasions, even if they are made out of satin, lace, or some other non-knit material. (When they were first introduced to us, about two decades ago, this practice may have been acceptable. In recent years, though, wearing a scrunchie in your hair for dress-up events, has become a big no-no, unless you want to look like a fashion victim.) Scrunchies belong in your hair when: you are at the gym; when you are hanging out near water, i.e. a lake, beach, pool, on a boat, etc.; when your are scrubbing the bathroom, doing laundry, vacuuming the rug, and doing various other chores, like gardening, washing the dog—or car—or even when using the computer. (There is a scrunchie in my hair as I type this! I admit it, and I feel no shame!) Scrunchies MAY belong in your hair if you want to tie your hair back when running out quickly, for coffee. They MAY belong in your hair if you are doing other errands, in which wearing a cute ponytail is the remedy for hair that you haven’t washed for the day. The can also be utilized if you are cooking dinner and simply want to whisk your hair away from the food. The beauty of the scrunchie is that you can quickly put it in, then take it out, having left no "lines" or, as I like to call them "boops," in your otherwise straight hair. A regular hair elastic always leaves a "boop" in my hair. This is why the scrunchie will never die, with me. It is also the inspiration for my personal "Bring Back The Scrunchie" campaign. I have initiated my battle by, not just WEARING my scrunchies to work out, or on an errand, or while I’m on the computer—but by BUYING new scrunchies to display in my pony-tail at work, or while grabbing a bite to eat, or wearing to an assembly at my son’s school. I still wear a scrunchie to bed, at night also. (When you’re at war, you’re at war, 24 hours a day!)