a female friend of mine had them and they looked really good on her, on other people though, it’s just horrible, can’t you try a wig or something first ?
Keep in mind the reversal process and whether or not you are willing to do that should you grow tired of them or change your mind. Other than that, it’s personal choice and what your future plans are regarding employment, etc. If you are applying for a job that requires a more conservative look, you may be passed over, even if qualified.
I’ve seen bad and good. In my opinion, it depends on what one’s hair is like to begin with. If it’s short and generally straight, no way. If the hair is curly or kinky, especially on the thicker side, I think it can work.
If you have the time, pay a visit to Haight Street in San Francisco, paying particular attention to all the trustafarians on the street. That should give you some idea of what it would look like.
Iwamoto. I’m going to guess white. The first part of the question asks our opinion if white people look good in dreads, and the second part says I’m thinking about it.
The look can work for some, but overall I tend to associate them with unwashed hair and the myths of spiders living in them…..so even though they can look good on some (like peedub said, if you already have thick/full hair – also, you’d need to have the face for it, like strong features), I wouldn’t want to get close to them.
If Rasta, or ‘Wasta’ is your thing, just go for it. Who cares what others think. It’s the Neurosis -loving variety of dread heads I tend to dislike, but that’s my own personal bias.
@playthebanjo. The McDonald’s on the corner of Haight and Stanyan is one place to start, or perhaps, the hill directly across the street. You could panhandle outside the Escape from New York Pizza on Haight as well. Last but not least, you could try your luck near the drum circle inside Golden Gate Park. Good luck.
i think you should post pictures of your hair so that we can see. regardless of whether or not it looks good (& sometimes it does), it’s also fairly important to consider that it’s an affect that rubs some people the wrong way.
It’s sort of against the spirit of having dreadlocks to worry about whether or not anybody else thinks they look good. There’s more going on there then just a hairstyle.
I love dreads on white people! Blondes, brunettes, never seen a redhead with them but I’m open to the idea. I have dreads myself (I’m black by the way) that I just started almost a year ago and I love mine too. There are so many people don’t like them because they don’t have the right information. Yes, I care about how my dreads look, I wash and retwist them every two weeks. I definitely love dreads on white guys, its kinda hot.
Generally not so much. Frequently I think of regurgitated animal hair when happening across them in the wild, generally on white kids coming out of Starbucks. I have seen some beautiful dreads, but only on people of color. My samples have been pretty limited, though, I will admit.
Very agree with blueberry. Whitefolks’ dreads look exactly
like hairballs. Not glossy, not bouncy, not alluring, dead. Don’t do it. Don’t do cornrows either. They always
look stupid on white people because white hair isn’t curly and springy. Think of something white people do with their hair that’s very cool. Like get rid of it.
I have never seen a white person in my life that look good in dreads. Not one. I am not predudice but, that is something they just should not do. Their hair looks waxy, dirty, unkempt, I just don’t like it. That is just my opinion.