| Love Monkey - Men's Hot Hair & Headwear Trends! |
| Karen Marie Shelton |
| Date: 03/01/1997 - Revised 03/03/06 |
Introduction
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Tom Cavanaugh
- 2006 |
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Tom Cavanagh is beloved by TV fans for his
now-defunct role on Ed which also featured the ever
popular actress Julie Bowen.
I was delighted to recently discover the CBS dramedy
Love Monkey
starring the quirky Cavanagh as (Tom Farrell)
an indie record exec.
The show was a male version of Sex And The City with
Cavanagh playing the Carrie Bradshaw character.
Surrounded by three diverse thirtysomething male
buddies, Tom's character had to deal with losing his
high pressure job and his lady, all in the first
episode.
Call me crazy but I loved the low rated show. It had
lots of great potential in so many areas. Granted the
Indie world was appalled by inconsistencies in featured
artist presentations, backdrops and story line
accuracies. Whatever! I'm sure that ER and Grey's
Anatomy take creative license to help entertain the
audiences. Which after all what the whole TV deal is
about - entertainment. Well DUH!.
Not only is Tom Cavanagh a witty and engaging actor
surrounded by a great cast with many of my favorites
(Judy Greer, Jason Priestley, Larenz Tate,
Christopher Wiehl, Ivana Milicevic, Katherine La Nasa
and Erik Jensen) he is one hot babe that definitely made
my heart beat just a little bit faster.
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Tom Cavanaugh
- 2006 |
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No he isn't drop dead handsome like Eric Bana but he
has that brainy with a touch of brattiness that could
entice you to skip work and go hang out and down a few
margaritas. The man oozes sexy self-confidence.
I was overjoyed to discover that the show's
stylists threw caution to the winds and stepped up Tom's
Love Monkey character to serve as a poster boy for the
current emerging male accessory markets.
Did I say emerging male accessory markets? Yes,
I said that and no, you didn't read that wrong.
There is a definite trend for males to embrace new
fashion accessories and trends.
More and more men, especially in New York, LA,
Chicago and Dallas, are surfing a hot new fashion
accessory wave that includes donning a diverse mix of
headwear that ranges from du-rags, fedoras, and newsboy
caps to reverse style baseball caps and berets.
It definitely takes a very confident man who is never
banal to embrace the latest men's headwear trends. They
are no longer limited to male rockers, movie stars or
sports figures.
Du-rags Rock
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Tom Cavanaugh
- 2006 |
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In classic New York street style, Cavanagh appeared
in episodes covering his trendy short hairstyle with
rocked up newsboys while displaying his iPod ear buds
snuggly in place.
During the male basketball bonding rituals he appeared
with carefully color co-ordinated du-rags. For a
moment I figured that the male version of SATC's Carrie
would blow open the trend and soon males everywhere
would be was resplendent in edgy headwear.
With his character's edgy personal dress and style I
figured that series would debunk all sorts of male
grooming myths blowing open the salon and spa doors with
TV cameras filming future Love Monkey episodes centered
around male facial parties and group highlighting. Maybe
even an episode centered around the four men showing off
their buff, trendy waxed backs in the steam room
discussing their ladies. After all, isn't that
what men do in the real world? But then what do I
know about male bonding rituals?
I say this with tongue in cheek because I love the
new trend for men to get with the personal care and
fashion accessory program. If that means closing the spa
for a men's night out for manicures, pedicures and salt
rubs, I am on board.
All Good Things Come To An End
Imagine my angst when I discovered that my adoration
for the show was in the minority viewpoint amongst TV
fans. Geez, how could everyone have missed the
great cast with even better hairstyles? Not a bad
hairstyle amongst the bunch.
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Tom Cavanaugh
& Jason Priestley
- 2006 |
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CBS - All rights
reserved. |
Regardless of my heart throbbing appreciation for Cavanagh or his fabulous hair,
accessories and related fashions, CBS got antsy and
pushed the cancellation trigger after just three
episodes.
Can that really be true?
Yes, it appears that Love is now
gone and there will be no more monkeying around on CBS.
Many people believe that CBS didn't get the show enough
chance to grab an audience or that the time slot wasn't
workable to help the show grow. There has been
rumors of other networks picking it up and I certainly
hope that happens. I for one am a serious fan of
the show.
Summary
Whether you saw the Love Monkey show or not, love or
hate Tom Cavanagh or have donned and/or admired the
latest male headgear, note that men's hair and head
related accessories are on the popularity upswing.
Along with other forms of emerging male accessories such
as ear and lapel jewels. The Oscars, which always
underscore emerging fashion trends highlighted Ludacris
with tightly woven braids and blinding bling on stars
such as Will Smith, Jamie Foxx and Terrence Howard. |