What characters inspired you to grow your hair?

[aforestfae]

Sorry if this has already been done.
If any, What characters in books, film and tv inspired you to grow your hair?
My inspirations are
Elizabeth - Cate Blanchett
Anne Boleyn - Helena Bonham Carter
Juliet - Olivia Hussey
All the elves in LOTR
Erzsebet Bathory - Anna Friel in Bathory Countess of blood and Julie Delpy in The Countess
Sarah in Labyrinth
Prince Nuada in Hellboy II
And the Aunts in Practical Magic
:)

[Johannah]

Drew Barrymore from Ever After: a Cinderella Story. I can watch that movie forever just to see her hair.

[Tota]

What a great idea for a thread! Will have to take some time and look up all the characters you listed.

My number one inspiration is Eowyn! I first saw her when my hair was CL, and now she's my hair twin!

Others that have influenced me to want long hair: Claire (Lost), Dumbledore (Harry Potter), Cersei and Daenerys (GoT), most of Jane Austin female characters ... the list goes on, I just can't remember now :)

[aforestfae]

Drew Barrymore from Ever After: a Cinderella Story. I can watch that movie forever just to see her hair.
Gosh I completely forgot about her hair, I watch the film just for her hair! the colour and length are perfect

[cathair]

I've always loved Tifa's hair from Final Fantasy 7:

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110410152117/finalfantasy/images/d/dd/Tifa-d012ff-artwork.png

[aforestfae]

What a great idea for a thread! Will have to take some time and look up all the characters you listed.

My number one inspiration is Eowyn! I first saw her when my hair was CL, and now she's my hair twin!

Others that have influenced me to want long hair: Claire (Lost), Dumbledore (Harry Potter), Cersei and Daenerys (GoT), most of Jane Austin female characters ... the list goes on, I just can't remember now :)
I was watching LOTR recently and Eowyn's hair is beautiful, I love her hair :)

[Federica]

When I was a little girl I had this beautifully illustrated fairy tales book, and every princess/fairy had this magnificent long hair adorned with flowers and ribbons, and I used to spend hours watching at those images.
Since then I always wanted long hair, and never intentionally wore it shorter than waist.

[Sarahlabyrinth]

Sarah - from Labyrinth of course, though my hair is way longer than hers now!

[Duchess Fuzzy Buns]

Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones :inlove:

[clioariane]

Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones :inlove:
Dany, Melisandre, Sansa, Cersei, Catelyn, Ygritte, Margaery... Almost every female character in Game of Thrones! :)

[Symphony]

Besides all of the Game of Thrones women... Amalthea from The Last Unicorn. Also, depictions of greek goddesses, and drawings from Frazetta. I'm also a huge fan of Jane Seymour's hair.

[JustPam]

Definitely Game of Thrones! So much hair envy, even though most of them are wigs, haha!

[EmelieAnna]

I've always loved Tifa's hair from Final Fantasy 7:

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110410152117/finalfantasy/images/d/dd/Tifa-d012ff-artwork.png

Oh yes! Hers and Rikkus hair (although Rikkus is really not that long in LHC standars, haha) and while we're still in the world of gaming; Laura Croft. One day I'll have my hair in that braid, for sure!

Other than that, every picture painted of an elf, witch or medieval maiden. Rebeccas hair in the Ivanhoe movie from 1982 and every elf from LOTR, of course.

Also, not really characters of a tv show, but the women in Renoirs paintings have gorgeous hair. If I ever feel like cutting my hair, I toddle of to the next art gallery and relish in every painting of a woman with long hair ever made.

http://uploads6.wikiart.org/images/pierre-auguste-renoir/young-girl-combing-her-hair-1894.jpg

[Emanuelle]

Sleeping Beauty, Galadriel, Arwen, Eowyn :D

[cathair]

Oh yes! Hers and Rikkus hair (although Rikkus is really not that long in LHC standars, haha) and while we're still in the world of gaming; Laura Croft. One day I'll have my hair in that braid, for sure!


I nearly wrote Lara Croft too :D but then I took it back, because she had it in a bun in the early games and you couldn't see it and I'm not so keen on the hair in the newer games with TressFX. Her braid was epic though :) Some strange logic going on in my head there.

[blue_eyes]

Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn in the show The Tudors. The most gorgeous hair I'd ever seen in my life!!

[PerkyCurlz]

Also, not really characters of a tv show, but the women in Renoirs paintings have gorgeous hair. If I ever feel like cutting my hair, I toddle of to the next art gallery and relish in every painting of a woman with long hair ever made.

http://uploads6.wikiart.org/images/pierre-auguste-renoir/young-girl-combing-her-hair-1894.jpg
^^^ This! I love Renoir paintings and always wanted their hair.

[Nimia]

Cate Blanchett as both the young Elizabeth:
http://www.virtual-history.com/movie/photo/03/large/03665.jpg

and as Galadriel:
http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcl0ij2eGc1qz9qooo1_1280.jpg

Clearly, I'm going to need some long flowing garments to go along with the hair. :)

[Remi]

Well, I guess I'm showing my age a little more than some of you, but when I was young I wanted hair like Cher. When I got into high school, it was Jane Seymour from Live and Let Die.
Then, a few years later, I saw Julia Ormond as King Arthurs's Guinevere in First Knight.

[queenovnight]

Welp.. I'm a huge fan of historical films and television shows. There's no set character that's inspired me, but a combination of films and television.. But three films that come to mind: The Other Boleyn, Elizabeth and Elizabeth I. The hair in those films.. omg. Fake, but so long and beautiful.

[Ashflower89]

Weeeelllll.... it's pretty obvious from my avatar and whatnot but, I am IN LOVE with Galadriels' hair. I basically want to be able to cosplay her without a wig on my wedding <3

[Skade]

Princess Isabelle de Capet in Braveheart. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/355995545518089794/

Murron in Braveheart: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/355995545518089799/

They were my first and most important long hair inspirations. Later came all the lovely fantasy characters also, like all the LOTR elves.

[MINAKO]

I think the first time i really noticed and like long hair in a movie was when dracula was on tv and wino ryder had this awesome flowing darkbrown mane. Also Julia Ormond in legends of the fall had super lovely hair i was sort of relating too, but i was little and knew nothing about haircare back then so it wasn't like i actually tried to grow it out, or expecting any kind of improvement at all. Also there is a japanese actress called Chiaki Kuriyama, i have always admired her hair so much and would totally wear it like this all my life if it was thaaat straight.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJH2fjr2MhY

[Bellechevelure]

Kate Mcgrath as Morgana in the TV show Merlin. Even if she vas hair extension they are si long, thick and beautiful!

[Duchess Fuzzy Buns]

Dany, Melisandre, Sansa, Cersei, Catelyn, Ygritte, Margaery... Almost every female character in Game of Thrones! :)

True that. I've wanted long hair for quite some time, but it wasn't until I started watching GoT that I got motivated to seriously try and grow it out. I really really want to be able to do all the awesome braided hairstyles from the show. :o

[rach]

Amalthea from the Last Unicorn when i was a child

[Loviatar]

I had long hair as a child so I can't say any characters inspired me. However there have been various characters in books since I joined LHC whom I've noticed for their hair, especially Leslie Ford in the Anne of Green Gables series and Jo Maynard in the Chalet School series.

From film, I always go with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Maid Marian in Robin Hood. She was the first real film hair idol I ever had, even though I will never have her hair type. Also Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman was the start of my red hair obsession :)

from television: Carolyn Jones in her Morticia wig, Aline Beringar in Cadfael, and more recently the characters Joan Holloway in Mad Men (for colour) and Charlotte York in Sex and the City.

[neko_kawaii]

Clearbrook in Elfquest. I'm not sure which made me more sad, that One-Eye died or that she cut her braid off.

[Linnea]

Lara Croft definitely! Since the first Tomb raider movie came out, I've allways wanted a braid like hers. Another one would be Julia Timoshenko's crown braid, allthought she's a real person, not a character, but it would be so cool to have a braid long enough to make a fake crown braid, that's my ultimate hair growing goal, and (sigh!) also thick enough, so it wouldn't look like a rats tail, damn health issues, and hair loss issues.

[EmelieAnna]

I nearly wrote Lara Croft too :D but then I took it back, because she had it in a bun in the early games and you couldn't see it and I'm not so keen on the hair in the newer games with TressFX. Her braid was epic though :) Some strange logic going on in my head there.

Hahaha, yeah, her hair in any version except the braid really isn't anything that special. But the braid! Oh, the braid is magical! This "Laura Croft-braid"-image is what I think about when I long for gorgeous hair.

[CostaRita]

Rose's hair from Titanic!

ETA: Also the mermaids from Pirates of the Caribbean :)

[LadyStrange]

The Game of Thrones ladies. 'nough said. lol. Although they look like helmets, I sorta love the season 1 and 2 King's Landing styles that Sansa and Cersei sport. Cersei's hair... I would kill for hair like that!

[Kaelbu]

Since I was little, Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas! Lol!

Also Princess Fiona's hair on Shrek Forever After when she lets it out of the braid...

I need to find some non-animated inspiration.

[molljo]

I'm just going to name that left a huge impact on me as a little girl as opposed to outright inspiration. Definitely Sarah from Labyrinth's hair. All those jeweled hairtoys in the masquerade ball scene! And this cartoon that was on in the '80s, Lady Lovelylocks. It was about a princess with masses of hair that had magical powers. Definitely Ariel from The Little Mermaid, also.

[calmyogi]

Pretty much any women on period movies that had TBL hair or beyond.

[Becs]

Definitely Katara from Avatar the Last Airbender! Her hair is gorgeous

[Emelyn]

For me it was Galadriel and Arwen. I think I was 12 years old when I first saw the LOTR films and my jaw dropped when I saw all the gorgeous hair/wigs. It had never really occurred to me before that people could grow their hair that long! :p

[aforestfae]

Found another character:)
Lily from Snow White A tale of terror has beautiful hair, makes me consider dyeing my hair black

[LadyStrange]

Ooh, another from when I was a little kid was Rose from Titanic (I remember I was 5 when it came out and my mom had to take me to the theater when she went to see it). I actually handmade one of Rose's dresses last year for Halloween, which I might re-wear again this year to parties, especially if I henna my hair ^_^

[LunaLuvsU]

all long haired fantasy creatures :D

[Modarunner]

Jane Seymour when she played Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, and around that same time I was obsessed with Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Little House Books. There's a great description of Laura's hair being down to her knees, fine and very thick. Those would be my first inspirations, even though I didn't start growing my hair until much later.

[Loviatar]

I forgot Laura Ingalls! :inlove:

[YvetteVarie]

Mine are: Pocahontas, Princess Jasmine (Aladinn), Tiana (The Princess and the Frog) and Mulan... Too much animation in my life

[Feathered]

My inspirations for long hair would be the lady from the movie Splash-Daryl Hannah as a mermaid, Crystal Gayle-the country singer with absolutely gorgeous long hair, the actress who played on the Munsters with long black hair and a white stripe in it, Brooke Shields in Blue Lagoon, and Mary from Little House On the Prairie. (Im mid's 40s lol) Oh yeah, and every "longhair" from LOTR. Also, the women of Practical Magic.

[synchrostatic]

I've always loved Tifa's hair from Final Fantasy 7:

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110410152117/finalfantasy/images/d/dd/Tifa-d012ff-artwork.png

Ahhhh that's perfect because I totally want Aerith's hair!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/Aerith_Gainsborough_from_Final_Fantasy.jpg

[ladyfey]

I loved Julia Ormond's hair in First Knight. My hair had been very long, but wasn't anymore when I first saw the movie (on TV.) It decided me on growing it back out.

[clioariane]

Definitely Game of Thrones! So much hair envy, even though most of them are wigs, haha!
Sansa's is real! :)

[Éowyn_GreyEyes]

Maybe not all of these DID inspire me but most of them keep me motivated every time I see them :3

Murrow and Princess Isabelle from Braveheart
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uvs6_g85Qvc/T1hPUD4I-mI/AAAAAAAABls/tCZ0bPZ3xQw/s1600/braveheart-1995-11-g.jpg
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b0/6e/f5/b06ef516b4d93bd2d73a4f35384e8dc2.jpg

Danielle from Ever After
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r-BDh_XgTNM/UMed1DQuFXI/AAAAAAAAANY/2mFO7n1BPN8/s1600/Wallpaper-ever-after-32189710-1280-720.jpg

Guinevere from The First Knight
http://www.romanceeternal.org/REimages/FN4.jpg

Cora and Alice from The Last of the Mohicans
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ANCj0Jv6bWA/SwVxsw530kI/AAAAAAAACDA/jG8OK9Cstp4/s1600/LastoftheMohicansStill3%5B1%5D.jpg

Éowyn, Arwen, Galadriel, and Tauriel from The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit
http://distilleryimage0.s3.amazonaws.com/d9a7c2cc6eaf11e3ac980e54565bd984_6.jpg

Juliet from Romeo and Juliet
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01219/arts-graphics-2002_1219567a.jpg

Andromache from Troy
http://d75822.medialib.glogster.com/media/09/098dad927aedf252cc9a8f31fc26984b13000c94f47df7b976 6de727889cb152/golden-1.jpg

[Olavi]

Rapunzel (all versions, but I looooove Disney's Rapunzel), of course. And Amir/Amira from Kaoru Mori's manga "Bride's Story".

Okay, let's face it. I adore all longhairs in Kaoru Mori's works. Emma's hair is closest to mine, just longer, and it's gorgeous.

[GoddessLocks]

I cant think of a specific princess, but the movie The Princess Bride for sure, also Brian Froud's faery art work, Sailor Moon, and Chi from chobits. I had chi as my avatar for the longest time. Oh yes, and Lara Croft as some of you said. When the original game came out, I was just in awe of that hair lol.Also when I was younger a few girls I was friends with or knew were my long hair inspiration. When I was in elementary school a girl named Kathleen always had a long braid, and this other girl named Gabriella had this long shiny silky brown hair. Everyone loved her hair. In high school my best friend had BCL hair and I ended up getting mine to hip, but ended up chopping it because I hated how my school year photo looked lol. We ended up drifting apart and our Senior year she chopped her hair off into a boy-ish cut. Oh memories lol

[aforestfae]

Maybe not all of these DID inspire me but most of them keep me motivated every time I see them :3

Murrow and Princess Isabelle from Braveheart
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uvs6_g85Qvc/T1hPUD4I-mI/AAAAAAAABls/tCZ0bPZ3xQw/s1600/braveheart-1995-11-g.jpg
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b0/6e/f5/b06ef516b4d93bd2d73a4f35384e8dc2.jpg

Danielle from Ever After
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r-BDh_XgTNM/UMed1DQuFXI/AAAAAAAAANY/2mFO7n1BPN8/s1600/Wallpaper-ever-after-32189710-1280-720.jpg

Guinevere from The First Knight
http://www.romanceeternal.org/REimages/FN4.jpg

Cora and Alice from The Last of the Mohicans
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ANCj0Jv6bWA/SwVxsw530kI/AAAAAAAACDA/jG8OK9Cstp4/s1600/LastoftheMohicansStill3%5B1%5D.jpg

Éowyn, Arwen, Galadriel, and Tauriel from The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit
http://distilleryimage0.s3.amazonaws.com/d9a7c2cc6eaf11e3ac980e54565bd984_6.jpg

Juliet from Romeo and Juliet
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01219/arts-graphics-2002_1219567a.jpg

Andromache from Troy
http://d75822.medialib.glogster.com/media/09/098dad927aedf252cc9a8f31fc26984b13000c94f47df7b976 6de727889cb152/golden-1.jpg


:thud:Guinevere's hair is beautiful! I have another to add to my list now :)

[Kaelbu]

Oh!
Sarah Jessica Parker on Hocus Pocus.
And Tangled's Rapunzel for sure.

[Éowyn_GreyEyes]

:thud:Guinevere's hair is beautiful! I have another to add to my list now :)

The First Knight was one of my favourite live action movies when I was a kid. I never really understood what the movie was truly about until I got older but I just looooooved Guinevere's hair and clothes and I wanted to learn to sword fight because of Lancelot hehehe

I mean just look at those braids! I'm so doing this hairstyle tomorrow! Mines in a Dutch crown right now :P
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1NqopglsQAQ/Thsht-pWZoI/AAAAAAAAAyY/yPLA1JYPJdE/s1600/vlcsnap-991502.jpg

[Duchess Fuzzy Buns]

Oh!
Sarah Jessica Parker on Hocus Pocus.
And Tangled's Rapunzel for sure.
Oh yeah! I remember watching Hocus Pocus when I was little and thinking she was the prettiest person ever!

[deelala1925]

Crystal Gayle,that woman has the most gorgeous mane ever.Then the beautiful Sonia Braga.

[jacqueline101]

Years ago I liked Kelly from the tv show saved by the bell. I still like her hair after all these years.

[AngryVikingGirl]

Cersei's hair... I would kill for hair like that!

Hehe, I couldn't help thinking...maybe she got it that way!

My inspirations are Yvaine and Lamia(witch) from Stardust, kinda all the ladies from GoT, Amy Lee in the video of Bring Me To Life...I can't think of more at the moment.

[peachyleshy]

Pocahontas, Princess Jasmine, the Little Mermaid/Ariel
John William Waterhouse paintings
Rose from Titanic
Casey, from Life With Derek (for awhile... I think my hair is similar to hers)
More recently, Shin Min-a in My Girlfriend is A Gumiho, though I'm sure she has extensions
Also, the girls on Pretty Little Liars
I'm sure there's more, I just can't think of them right now...
eta: just thought of another: Topanga! From Boy Meets World

[aforestfae]

:doh: I remembered another, Sissy Spacek in Carrie, I love her hair

[Youngjae]

Hatsune Miku, Megurine Luka, SeeU, Aoki Lapis, Galaco, Maika (I have far too much vocaloid in my life) Emmy Altava (from professor Layton), Chii (from Chobits), Sailor Moon and I also remember liking Wednesday Addams hair when I was younger... But I don't know if it was that long...

[emilia1992]

As a child -
Mulan
Sleeping Beauty

Recently/teenager -
Cho Chang from Harry Potter (we would be hair twins if it wasn't for all the chemicals I dump on my hair)
Bella Swan from Twilight (in the first movie it's long)

Always/Now -
Any elf from LOTR
Daenerys from GoT

[Duchess Fuzzy Buns]

Speaking of Harry Potter, Luna Lovegood's hair was gorgeous :crush:

[Entangled]

For me, it's definitely Lúthien Tinúviel, from the tale of Beren and Lúthien in the Silmarillon. Not only is she beautiful, but capable. She escapes from captivity by weaving a magic cloak--from her hair! She also has amazing night-dark locks. She's awe-inspiring in many other ways, but her hair is incredible, and the length is my inspiration. I mean, how many people do you know with hair long enough to weave a magic cloak?

Then of course, she goes and performs superhuman feats to rescue her imprisoned love, defying all odds, but, you know, her HAIR...:p

[Lady Una]

For me, all the women (especially Eowyn and Galadriel) in LOTR; Rapunzel (esp. from Tangled, although of course no human hair would grow that long); Laura Ingalls Wilder in "These Happy Golden Years" (she has knee length hair); Buttercup from The Princess Bride; and Bess in the poem "The Highwayman." There are probably others, but I can't think of them right now. :)

[fiðrildi]

Tolkien characters and Guinevere (Lena Headey in Merlin) mostly. But also old classic paintings of women (Birth of Venus by Botticelli, for example), very old photographs of long haired women (Julia Margaret Cameron and the like), Little Women (1994), and many other characters that I don't remember now. But most of all, fantasy-elven and medieval manes, are my inspiration :)

[DarkWanderer]

No one in particular, I just always knew I wanted long hair. But I will admit nowadays, I am so envious of people in metal bands, with long majestic locks flowing on stage!

[DweamGoiL]

For me, as a child, it was actress Jane Seymour and more recently Amanda Seyfried.

[LongHairTalk]

Aurora
I may not have her hair texture, but I sure loved her hair!
Also, Emma Swan, Snow (short & long), Rapunzle, Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Hermione Granger (So bushy!), Fleur Delacour, Red from OUAT, Amy Pond, Dumbledora The Explorer, etc.

[kittenface]

Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films, definitely. And half the cast of Sailor Moon...

[Selkie-]

Elizabeth in 'The White Queen'. :crush:

And Jane Seymour.

And Katharine Ross (Joanna) in 'The Stepford Wives' (1974). :heartbeat

[Éowyn_GreyEyes]

No one in particular, I just always knew I wanted long hair. But I will admit nowadays, I am so envious of people in metal bands, with long majestic locks flowing on stage!

It IS quite a plus being in a metal band with good looking long haired gentlemen ;3

[katieing]

Growing up I watched a TON of animated movies and shows. I've got a lot of inspiration for long hair from it :) Aurora, Ariel, Pocahontas, Rapunzel, Elsa, Katara from Avatar: the Last Airbender, Sophie from Howl's Moving Castle, and probably more that I'm not thinking of at the moment haha

[Ennapic]

Lily Munster (Yvonne De Carlo) always wanted those stripes! ...and now I have my own.
Morticia Addams (Carolyn Jones)
(watched those two show when they first aired - boy, am I old)
Cher
Etta Place (Katherine Ross) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Solitaire (Jane Seymour) Live and Let Die
Crystal Gayle
The Aunts of Practical Magic:
Aunt Frances Owens (Stockard Channing)
Aunt Bridget "Jet" Owens (Dianne Wiest) - also loved their clothes.

[Ingrid]

Elizabeth in 'The White Queen'. :crush:

And Jane Seymour.

And Katharine Ross (Joanna) in 'The Stepford Wives' (1974). :heartbeat

Katharine Ross with a boar bristle brush (http://ilarge.listal.com/image/1912612/936full-katharine-ross.jpg)... :crush:

[Sham]

Definitely Arwen and Eowyn, as well as GoT, I loved Cersie and Dany.

[HaMalka]

I have always loved Fairytale Princess hair.

[Breanna]

I know I have a ton of hair inspirations I can't even remember right now, but I can of course remember Phoebe from the first season of Friends (my avi of course), her hair was so pretty! Then in later seasons she changed styles a lot and she always looked great but those long lovely waves are my favorite :) I'll definitely be returning to this thread when I think of my list haha

[Wolfie]

Definitely my idol Pocahontas and Rapunzel!! Also being Native American I've always strive for long hair.

[mithrandir]

Arwen, Eowyn, Elrond and Sailor Moon are top of my list. Daenerys is a recent addition too- I wish my hair was thicker so I could do some of those braids!!

I used to really want long curly hair similar to Christine's in Phantom of the Opera, specifically Sarah Brightman's.

[Éowyn_GreyEyes]

Arwen, Eowyn, Elrond and Sailor Moon are top of my list. Daenerys is a recent addition too- I wish my hair was thicker so I could do some of those braids!!

I used to really want long curly hair similar to Christine's in Phantom of the Opera, specifically Sarah Brightman's.

I also love the phantom of the opera and I got my hair permed when I was young per just so I could have curly Christine hair :P except my hair isn't chocolate brown hahaha

[Nightvale]

Gina Torres playing Zoe Washburne in Firefly and Serenity, such gorgeous curls!

[Aurelinchen]

I always loved fairytales and grew up with the Pricesses and Queens of the Grimm Brothers.

http://www.maerchenapfel.de/tl_files/images/rapunzel.jpg
http://img24.dreamies.de/img/399/b/qp1mn6nl5fx.jpg
Rapunzel is my all time favorite, but I also love the Goose girl.
I suppose almost every girl wanted to be a princess at some time in its life. ^^"

I also liked Eowyn in Lord of the Rings and a load of Manga characters, like Sailor Moon and Sara Mudo from Angel Sanctuary.
And of course a lot of renaissance paintings of Maria Magdalena and the Venus.

[Shibe]

Sailor Moon, and a few characters from a fighting game I used to play as a kid called Dead Or Alive.

[LiquoriceMint]

Princess Merida, her hair is, obviously, amazing.
While I'll never have that gorgeous red colour, it's nice to see a character with hair as wild and untamable as my own. She completely converted me to fairy-tale ends, I used to be a huge fan of blunt ends, but hers are so lovely.
As an aside, has anyone else noticed she has like three different hair types? I swear her curls are everywhere from 3a to 3c!

[Shibe]

Disney actually stated her hair is 4 ft long if you pull her curls straight!

[makeminea99]

When I was a very little girl, it was a real person who made me want long hair - singer/songwriter Kate Bush! In later years I've also come to admire Princess Fiona from Shrek, the girls in 'Little House On The Prairie', and a very old friend who used to have the most magnificent dark golden blonde tailbone length dreads! :)

[LiquoriceMint]

Disney actually stated her hair is 4 ft long if you pull her curls straight!

I'd believe it, curls are weird like that.

Though it makes me wonder if my hair can even grow that long, or if I'd hit terminal length before hip length.

Only one way to find out, I suppose!

[Shorty89]

Bumping this up to add a couple new hair inspirations from childhood. I'm rewatchjng Worst Witch and I loved Mildred's hair and the rare times when Miss Hardbroom had her hair down.

[auburntressed]

When I was a little girl, Princess Leia was the first princess I knew about. She is the reason I kept my hair long throughout childhood.

The reason I keep it long now is because it’s part of me, and I love it. But it all started with Princess Leia.

[Bat]

Sephiroth- final fantasy VII + any goth guy with hair past WL

[Iyashikei]

A former classmate of mine who had shoulder length hair back then.

[Feral_]

Not really inspired by anyone. I grew mine because with short hair I look like a boy, as I’ve a slight athletic physique. At least with long hair I can pass for a sort of female :/

[cathair]

I've always loved Tifa's hair from Final Fantasy 7:

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110410152117/finalfantasy/images/d/dd/Tifa-d012ff-artwork.png

I posted this 6 years ago. Now the remake has come out, I have the length of Tifa and the colour of Sephiroth :D I'm pleased as punch about that.

[C_Bookworm]

I posted this 6 years ago. Now the remake has come out, I have the length of Tifa and the colour of Sephiroth :D I'm pleased as punch about that.
That is so cool! I love that! :crush:

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For me, any of the JW Waterhouse paintings, Arwen from Lord of the Rings, Lana from Smallville, Princess Leia from Star Wars, Christine from Phantom of the Opera, and Katniss from Hunger Games.

[Bat]

I posted this 6 years ago. Now the remake has come out, I have the length of Tifa and the colour of Sephiroth :D I'm pleased as punch about that.

Lucky D: I've always wanted Silver hair!

[Loveletters]

I've always had reasonably long hair, like bra strap length. But when I was 12, I saw Victor Nikiforov, a character from a Japanese animation series called Yuri on Ice. I was a huge fan of that show back then, and he had such lovely long hair in the flashback scenes, I wanted that too. Later I got an internet friend (we started talking because we both watched that show) that drew lots of elf characters with super long beautiful hair. Those drawings inspired me as well. Now I just want to look like the medieval queen of my dreams haha. I feel much more confident now my hair is longer than most people's. I feel unique (not saying people with short hair aren't. They obviously are, but having a trait or feature that stands out a bit is always nice!).

[Loveletters]

Bumping this up to add a couple new hair inspirations from childhood. I'm rewatchjng Worst Witch and I loved Mildred's hair and the rare times when Miss Hardbroom had her hair down.

Oh I remember being so shocked when she cut her braids off at one point. I believe when season 5 started. Broke my 9 year old heart. ;-;

[redfrau]

No characters, although I always thought Rapunzel was the coolest thing. I also love Galadriel from Lord of the Rings. But honestly, I decided to grow it out when I was looking at some old selfies and realized that the longest my hair has ever been is about APL, and I liked the natural, relaxed way it made me feel to have hair that long. So I sort of inspired myself ... I guess. Is that weird?

[redfrau]

I've always had reasonably long hair, like bra strap length. But when I was 12, I saw Victor Nikiforov, a character from a Japanese animation series called Yuri on Ice. I was a huge fan of that show back then, and he had such lovely long hair in the flashback scenes, I wanted that too. Later I got an internet friend (we started talking because we both watched that show) that drew lots of elf characters with super long beautiful hair. Those drawings inspired me as well. Now I just want to look like the medieval queen of my dreams haha. I feel much more confident now my hair is longer than most people's. I feel unique (not saying people with short hair aren't. They obviously are, but having a trait or feature that stands out a bit is always nice!).

It's true ... and also it's kind of reflective of a character trait, in a way. Not saying that people with short hair don't have this trait, but the fact that someone has the patience and resilience to grow their hair kind of says something about their personality, I think.

[SleepyTangles]

It´s actually a LOT of characters, both from books, movies, cartoons and manga/anime.
Mostly fantasy characters ;)
Arwen Evenstar and Galadriel from LOTR movies, of course. But also Umi from Rayearth and Rei, Michiru and Queen Selene from Sailor Moon. These are just my childhood and early teens old classics. Then, when I was older, I really admired Daenerys hair as it was described in the books; I love Emilia Clarke and I think she is a wonderful Khaleesi and Dragon Queen, and I like how her Targaryen appearance was rendered... but but but, but it´s not just the same ;).
I really like how Rumiko Takahashi draws hair (expecially on Inuyasha and Ranma). It´s not particularly realistic, but it´s so cute!
As for small artists teams/western webcomics, I love Drowtales characters´ hair! Most characters in that saga sport long hair, so I can´t really choose a single one.

[Dark40]

I have a couple of characters that is an actress/artist, and a country singer.

Jane Seymour and Crystal Gayle.

I also love the girl that does, "Rehab Addict," Nicole Curtis. I just love her longgggg natural blonde hair!!

[Bri-Chan]

When I started my hair journey I had freshly dyed my hair black, and I wanted to look something between Orochimaru-sama and some kind of japanese demons. But at that time (late 2018coolguy) I simply wanted longer hair because I hate how the length I had suits me (between APL+ and WL-) but actually Orochimaru-sama has something as MBL.
Now that I have some kind of ombre with blonde lengths and waves, Galadriel is who I think about. I'm looking for a kind of elvish look in my hair at the moment.
Hilariously, usually I like characters with about BSL/MBL (I prefer male characters and longer hair isn't frequent) but some rare exceptions.
I don't know what I will think when I'll have more natural color in may hair.

[SleepyTangles]

I've always had reasonably long hair, like bra strap length. But when I was 12, I saw Victor Nikiforov, a character from a Japanese animation series called Yuri on Ice. I was a huge fan of that show back then, and he had such lovely long hair in the flashback scenes, I wanted that too. Later I got an internet friend (we started talking because we both watched that show) that drew lots of elf characters with super long beautiful hair. Those drawings inspired me as well. Now I just want to look like the medieval queen of my dreams haha. I feel much more confident now my hair is longer than most people's. I feel unique (not saying people with short hair aren't. They obviously are, but having a trait or feature that stands out a bit is always nice!).
"Yuri on Ice" is so beautiful! I didn't see all the seasons, just snippets here and there, but it felt very well made. Makes me want to get back to anime again! ;)


No characters, although I always thought Rapunzel was the coolest thing. I also love Galadriel from Lord of the Rings. But honestly, I decided to grow it out when I was looking at some old selfies and realized that the longest my hair has ever been is about APL, and I liked the natural, relaxed way it made me feel to have hair that long. So I sort of inspired myself ... I guess. Is that weird?

Not at all! Actually this is the best inspiration :D

[TatsuOni]

I read the Korean manga "Demon Diary" when I was 15 and the Demon Eclipse is actually the reason that I began to grow my hair. He had around mid thigh hair and I thought that it looked awesome :p I also liked Meruhesaes hair, but it was (and is) a bit a bit longer than I want mine + I love straight hair more :p

[Mariekeeee14]

My inspiration has always been Ariel, not incidentally because of the hair colour:D

[DropStitches]

There's a character in one of the later Anne of Green Gables books, Anne's House of Dreams, called Leslie, and this description of her hair always stayed with me:

'She had taken the opportunity of what she expected to be an afternoon alone to wash her hair, and she was standing on the veranda in the sunshine to dry it. It fell all about her to her feet in a fountain of living gold. When she saw me she hurried in, and the wind caught her hair and swirled it all around her--Danae in her cloud.'

[Shorty89]

Oh I remember being so shocked when she cut her braids off at one point. I believe when season 5 started. Broke my 9 year old heart. ;-;

I think it was in the spin-off show, if I remember correctly. So sad! She had beautiful hair.

[eringrows]

Another person here to say Game of Thrones was a major inspo! All of the girls have such gorgeous locks!

[rachdun]

Giselle from Enchanted and Megan Hunt from Body of Proof:crush:

[squirrrel]

One of my memories is of three seconds of long braided hair on the Summer Holiday musical. The length of those braids... ever since I have wanted braids long enough to wrap round my head (note to self: do not leave them vulnerable to being cut off by others!?

[Belgrade Beauty]

I was never really inspired by fictional characters. I am however, always inspired by new real life people. Britt was the last in a row, the push I needed , to grow really long. Beyond common. Everything before that was on an envy level. Like : "I wish I had her hair." But never really went for it, never had that decision moment, and research that I found here, the real life people who went through it with some real tips...Before, when I asked a girl with tbl what did she do, she would be like it's genetics, and I don't use heat tools.. I mean I've never gotten a good advice in a world beyond LHC...Girls here are always inspiring.

[barnet_fair]

Shorty89 mentioned The Worst Witch (a film or TV adaptation perhaps?), and I had a sudden flashback to this book cover, which must have inspired me unconsciously:

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=41534&d=1590853124

I just love Mildred's twin plaits, streaming behind her like the tails of her scarf and shoelaces. They're a bit fuzzy from all her adventures. One of the things it's hardest to capture in still images of hair is how it conveys movement so beautifully in real life.

[SnowSpot]

Pretty much all the long-haired characters from any fantasy or historical movie ever. :D

[ioanaxena]

Pretty much all the long-haired characters from any fantasy or historical movie ever. :D

Haha, yes, I am like that too. :)

[TinaRider]

Morgana Pendragon - BBC Merlin
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSU81Sza3O8R-eXEYDYiczU_cMho6wEd9U35XiRN0-FoPOMecg_&usqp=CAU
Kate Beckett - Castle
https://www.criminalelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Parker_Castle-Season-3-Finale-Beckett-after-Lockwood-escape.jpg

[Shorty89]

Shorty89 mentioned The Worst Witch (a film or TV adaptation perhaps?), and I had a sudden flashback to this book cover, which must have inspired me unconsciously:

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=41534&d=1590853124

I just love Mildred's twin plaits, streaming behind her like the tails of her scarf and shoelaces. They're a bit fuzzy from all her adventures. One of the things it's hardest to capture in still images of hair is how it conveys movement so beautifully in real life.

We were talking about the 90's t.v. adaptation. I sadly never read the books. My small town library didn't have them. There's a new adaptation on Netflix that is also pretty good.

[0xalis]

Aerith and Tifa from Final Fantasy 7 :o

[purple_omelette]

Basically the entire female cast of Game of Thrones :cool: also the ladies from Lord of the Rings (Eowyn, Arwen and Galadriel).

[Lucy McLucyFace]

This is going to ruin the wholesomeness of this thread but some years back when I was going through a bad phase I watched the movie 'A Serbian Film' (DON'T recommend) and the only nice thing in there was the wife of the main character's hair. I had never seen such beautiful long hair before and I guess it always stayed in the back of my mind that I wanted to grow mine out like that.

I realize it's awful to say a movie like this inspired me for anything but that hair was very impressive for someone who had never seen hair longer than waist :shrug:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2Q1NTczMDYtNjZmYy00MTEwLWEwMzYtMDg2NmFjMmQ5Zj AxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjQzNTI5NTI@._V1_.jpg

[SleepyTangles]

This is going to ruin the wholesomeness of this thread but some years back when I was going through a bad phase I watched the movie 'A Serbian Film' (DON'T recommend) and the only nice thing in there was the wife of the main character's hair. I had never seen such beautiful long hair before and I guess it always stayed in the back of my mind that I wanted to grow mine out like that.

I realize it's awful to say a movie like this inspired me for anything but that hair was very impressive for someone who had never seen hair longer than waist :shrug:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2Q1NTczMDYtNjZmYy00MTEwLWEwMzYtMDg2NmFjMmQ5Zj AxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjQzNTI5NTI@._V1_.jpg
That hair is stunning!

There are two kind of bad movies: the mediocrely awful ones, and the ones that are so bad they're almost sublime in a trashy kind of way;)! Which one would be this movie?

[Lucy McLucyFace]

That hair is stunning!

There are two kind of bad movies: the mediocrely awful ones, and the ones that are so bad they're almost sublime in a trashy kind of way;)! Which one would be this movie?

Well it's the type that's shocking for the sake of being shocking so it's really disgusting to watch shudder:

[MeganAimee]

Juliette - Olivia Hussey
Ophelia - Daisy Ridley

[MeganAimee]

Juliette - Olivia Hussey
Ophelia - Daisy Ridley

[TinaRider]

I forgot to mention Octavia Blake (The100). I love her hair in season 1.
https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/20/590x/secondary/The-100-2056448.jpg?r=1568385565247

[purple_omelette]

Oh dear, I looked up 'A Serbian Film'.... :bigeyes:

[curiouscat13]

Saoirse Ronan as Jo March in Little women.
http://https://images.app.goo.gl/6nt5PRDyeWWM7Hpj6

[Jools69]

Marcia and Jan Brady from the Brady bunch. :D

[SleepyTangles]

Well it's the type that's shocking for the sake of being shocking so it's really disgusting to watch shudder:

I'll trust you! I've read the plot and I'm sure my brain can do without the experience :brainbleach:
For a movie so bad it's sublime, I suggest Sharknado!

[Lucy McLucyFace]

I'll trust you! I've read the plot and I'm sure my brain can do without the experience :brainbleach:
For a movie so bad it's sublime, I suggest Sharknado!

I'll be sure to give it a watch some time. Already watched the room for a movie so bad it's great :D


Oh dear, I looked up 'A Serbian Film'.... :bigeyes:

Nooooo I'm sorry!

[ArtOfNoot]

Olivia Hussey (Juliet) from Romeo and Juliet
Rapunzel from Tangled (odvi)
Margaery Tyrell from Game of Thrones

[Kathie]

This is going to ruin the wholesomeness of this thread but some years back when I was going through a bad phase I watched the movie 'A Serbian Film' (DON'T recommend) and the only nice thing in there was the wife of the main character's hair. I had never seen such beautiful long hair before and I guess it always stayed in the back of my mind that I wanted to grow mine out like that.

I realize it's awful to say a movie like this inspired me for anything but that hair was very impressive for someone who had never seen hair longer than waist :shrug:



I once googled most horrific movies ever made... This was number one... so I decided to watch :agape:



Once you see it you cant un-see it. Its dark on the surface and dark with regards to its political undertones, they definitely get their point across.

Great hair though!

[Bat]

Oh dear, I looked up 'A Serbian Film'.... :bigeyes:

Do not watch that! It has something so horrible in it I can't even post here just I case someone gets triggered

[Bat]

I once googled most horrific movies ever made... This was number one... so I decided to watch :agape:



Once you see it you cant un-see it. Its dark on the surface and dark with regards to its political undertones, they definitely get their point across.

Great hair though!

You have some guts! I could never watch that z

[ynne]

Sephiroth- final fantasy VII + any goth guy with hair past WL
Ah, same! He made me wish for swooshy straight hair.


Morgana Pendragon - BBC Merlin
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSU81Sza3O8R-eXEYDYiczU_cMho6wEd9U35XiRN0-FoPOMecg_&usqp=CAU (...)
Morgana! I adored everything about her & really like Katie McGrath, the actress, too. :)

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There was this one specific person in one episode of Da Vinci's Demons that I was not able to find by name later. :/ But she had very long, silver, wavy hair worn loose.

And recently, the half-ups in The Untamed! The wigs are not great, but ohh, it made me wish for a lot more length to go along with it. Especially their gorgeous accessories (in this case the topknot "holders" which, as far as I know, are called guan and were used to hold all hair, not a half-up).
https://64.media.tumblr.com/ed2e06d38e27a7fcde98335390559db2/eba49a82f752895d-9e/s500x750/a611be2b9eb06858a140ecc1b67c683666904fbe.jpg

And the braided styles of the Nie Clan.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EcWpsGVWAAAKzyh.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EcWpoiLXQAYs-lY.jpg

Oh, and definitely Sui Zhou (from The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty), but I don't seem able to find many good photos of his hair!
https://i.imgur.com/8dXgH6J.jpg

[Philodendron]

I'm not a Tarantino fan, but I'm calling JungleJulia from Death Proof.
People with different hairtypes inspire me as well. Pretty much every elven-like character. There is something fairyesque about long hair. I absolutely love that!

[mermaid lullaby]

Um...I think it was Ariel for tbl... but, I cut it back to waist. It looks better to me.

[Kathie]

You have some guts! I could never watch that z

I didn't really know what I was getting myself into... until I had seen too much... and then I was transfixed in horror.

[Dark40]

What an excellent thread to start! I would say, Jasmine from Aladdin
Kathleen Beller from Are You In The House Alone?
Jane Seymour from Somewhere In Time
Cher with Sonny and Cher
Crystal Gayle

[sipnsun]

Daryl Hannah in Splash! I loved her hair and also as Dark40 said, Jane Seymour in Somewhere In Time and Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman (which I'm currently re-watching).

[baanoo]

There's a character in one of the later Anne of Green Gables books, Anne's House of Dreams, called Leslie, and this description of her hair always stayed with me:

'She had taken the opportunity of what she expected to be an afternoon alone to wash her hair, and she was standing on the veranda in the sunshine to dry it. It fell all about her to her feet in a fountain of living gold. When she saw me she hurried in, and the wind caught her hair and swirled it all around her--Danae in her cloud.'

I always loved that scene in the book!

Also - Practical Magic, particularly this bit (feel free to skip to 0:17):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ihb6FLSh64&ab_channel=ThatMovieTrailerGuy

edited to add: I know it's not super long but it was so inspiring when this film came out! :love:

[Kathie]

To be honest I've always loved a fairytale or fantasy aesthetic. Think medieval, dragons, Victorian gothic, magic, etc. There's a lifetime of influence there from fairytales when I was young (and old) to my current reading and tv habits.

Side note- there is a archetypal link between long hair and power / wisdom. Wizards, witches, mages, sorcerous' more often than not have long hair. Biblically there are stories of hair length being associated with power. I spent a couple of years practicing kundalini yoga, and there it's suggested to let hair grow because it's a source of energy and vitality. :magic:

[Jo Ann]

I think my first inspiration was Katherine Hepburn as Jo March (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/42/43/fb/4243fb2282dee67b58b1828f180d148b.jpg) in "Little Women." Her hair is similar in type to mine.

[Dark40]

Daryl Hannah in Splash! I loved her hair and also as Dark40 said, Jane Seymour in Somewhere In Time and Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman (which I'm currently re-watching).

Oh yes, I also love Daryl Hannah's hair in Splash too! When I first saw Jane Seymour in Somewhere In Time I often wondered what did she use on it to get that sparkling shine she had during the "Picnic Scene?" Oh, and her hair in Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman is to die for! I've always dreamed of having her hair color and length on that show! I'm also now re-watching as well. Well, I'm watching it on my DVD'a I purchased many years ago. I have every last one of the episodes. Including the 2 movies that they made after the show was canceled.

[knobbly]

My fictional inspo are all from books, so no pics or films, just words and my imagination lol.

The main characters in two urban fantasy series: Jane Yellowrock and Mercy Thompson from their books by Faith Hunter and Patricia Briggs, respectively. They are both shapeshifters, but Jane especially has these really epic descriptions of how her hair hits her hips every time she shifts back to human and the elaborate hairstyles concealing an ever-growing and ridiculous number of weapons for her vampire hunting lifestyle. So so trashy and delicious and inspiring.