More and more women seem to be sporting long, luscious manes. Our critic offers some possible explanations along with a brief history of hair. By Vanessa Friedman It is true that we are in a Rapunzel ...

Call it a mane attraction. Scholars in South Korea have uncovered a surprising connection between a woman’s hair length and her sex life. Scholars in South Korea have uncovered a surprising connection ...

For decades, a somewhat arbitrary "rule" has lingered in the beauty world, suggesting that women of a certain age should inevitably chop their long locks in favor of shorter styles. However, this ...

There’s an idea floating around that long hair on women is appealing to men—that mass of flowiness and texture supposedly trumpets femininity, adding to women’s appeal as the gentler sex. But the ...