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 ...

Over the past two decades, the Argentinian photographer Irina Werning has traveled around Latin America with a specific directive in mind: find women — and eventually, men — with the longest hair.

This post was updated May 18 at 10:32 p.m. I didn’t realize how socially valuable long hair was until I had none to hide behind. Now, years after that initial cut, I can feel my long hair running past ...