Monday, November 2, 2009
Sports / Fashion Witness to History: Andre Agassi's Collapsing Mullet Wig
Posted by David Schmader on Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:12 AM
Last week tennis legend Andre Agassi made headlines by revealing that he did some speed in the '90s. Today brings another revelation from Agassi's just-published memoir Open. As BBC News reports:
Former tennis star Andre Agassi wore a wig held together with pins in his first Grand Slam final, excerpts from his autobiography have revealed. The hairpiece—in his famous mullet style—had fallen apart the night before the 1990 French Open final, which Agassi lost to Andres Gomez. Before the match he prayed "not for victory, but that my hairpiece would not fall off", he writes in Open.
Up right: a still of the wig in action at the French Open finals. Now I ask you:
(Thanks for the heads-up, Towleroad.)
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It's a hot fucking wig, I'm sorry. I can think of 20 different hipsters who would look amazing in it.
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he wasn't about tennis, he was about image. can't be the sexy face of nike or wheaties or whatever if your hairline is receding.
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Agassi had such a cute face. Why in the fucking world did he feel he needed a rug?
Oh wait, I forgot. Las Vegas.
Oh wait, I forgot. Las Vegas.
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OMFG - that is hilarious! I'm cracking up right now. The picture is fucking awesome too.
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I think it's because he had a sense he'd be going bald before too long. Boy, was he right.
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I think it's because he had a sense he'd be going bald before too long. Boy, was he right.
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Common, too easy! Is there anyone who DIDN'T do speed in 90's?!?
(For the kiddies that can't understand: not the meth you've got now -- it was actually good back then and we were all dancing in the gay clubs anyway...)
(For the kiddies that can't understand: not the meth you've got now -- it was actually good back then and we were all dancing in the gay clubs anyway...)
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Maybe my vantage was skewed, being a huge raver living in the center of London at the time, but it seemed to me that everyone did speed in the 90s.
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he also said that he secretly hated the game of tennis, and never wanted to play.
oh and i made it out of the 90s without ever doing it.
oh and i made it out of the 90s without ever doing it.
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