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1984 saw a lot of growth for Madonna's hair. 1983 went from medium pixie to short bob, and what it quite interesting to me is he hair in the Borderline video when shooting began January 30, 1984, according to wikipedia. (again, if I have wrong dates, Madonna aficionados, please let me know, I want this hair timeline to be the most accurate. I wasn't a full blown fan until 1990, but I did follower her from 1985 on loosely observing) Okay, so the Borderline video I find very interesting regarding her length. In the beginning of the video, it looks much shorter than the end of the video. I know a few tricks, and it appears here, she wanted her bob to be shorter, and now was using her bow to hike it up to appear shorter, but when it is worn down, it is shoulder length.  There is also an evolution going on, as well.  I remember back in the early interent days, a few websites documenting her looks saying that she tended to "whisper" her future looks.  Borderline is a good e...
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    1983 is where Madonna goes even more blonde.  For her official first album photo shoot, her hair is longer, and it has that interesting texture that's curly, yet wavy, wet, but dry. I chose these pictures to show the length and color contrast to her previous hair at the end of 1982.  When I first saw her first album cover, it was in 1988. I wasn't yet a fan.  All I knew at that point was her Desperately Seeking Susan look, Dress You Up, Live To Tell, The short white blonde hair of True Blue to Who's That Girl, and her "new" brown hair for Speed The Plow.  1988 did not play much Madonna videos until the end of the year when they had a show called rock blocks, and that is where I discovered "Burning Up"...so I figured her first album cover will have looked like that with the frosted bob she was sporting. So, when I saw her album cover, especially the back cover....it confused me.  It looked very similar to True Blue to me. The front had the part to t...
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