At liberty to let rip

"When Lara moved away from home at the age of sixteen she was immediately at liberty to do whatever she wanted to her hair:

I moved to (area of Sheffield) and just went mental. I just let rip.  I grew my hair, I dyed my hair, I backcombed it, I left my crimpers on twenty-four hours a day...I stuck my hair up and it was like (indicates a foot above her head)....All the colours of the rainbow, one after the other and sometimes more than one at once."

Holland, S. Alternative Femininities: Body, Age and Identity. Berg, 2004

Photography by Billy Kidd on Behance.net