«I am jealous», a friend said to me on the phone this week. I had just explained to her that on the 27th April, there would be a slight easing of the lockdown measures in Switzerland; and from that date, hairdressers could re-open again. My friend lives in the UK and wailed, “I desperately need a haircut. I look like a shaggy sheep dog”. Of course she’s not the only one who has to put up with long locks during the lock down, even Federal Councillors are not immune.
In an interview with Guy Parmelin, a reporter from a Sunday paper questioned him about his longer-than-usual hair, «vous n’aimer pas ce look de crise?» Monsieur Parmelin replied, «Ma femme m’a dit que ce n’est plus supportable». This «look de crise» is with us all, and we just have to put up with it for a little bit longer. Whether it’s...