No one does that anymore…

I once had a woman tell me about her wedding hair experience.  It was long before she started coming to me.  It seems the client had a vision of what she wanted.  She brought photos to help with a visual as well as the hair crystals she wanted in her updo.  Some of these photos from magazines had similar gems in them.  Upon seeing the gems the stylist told her, “no one does that anymore”.  Who’s wedding was it?  If a bride tells me they want their great-grandmother’s brooch incorporated into their style I would never say, “No one does that” or “that’s not in style anymore”.  If  someone brings me a photo, bridal or every day, and I think their hair is not going to be able to support that style (if you have super thin short hair and you want to look like Jennifer Aniston circa the ‘Friends’ years) I will try to impress upon my client the differences in hair type, length, etc.  But for something that a bride has been thinking about for a long time, something as simple as hair jewelry, is it up to me?  Never.  Sometimes we as stylists face a difference in opinion from the vision of our client but at no point does that give us the right to make a negative of it.  My job is to make sure my client is happy – even if no one does that anymore.