A friend of mine has become slightly obsessed with the BBC sitcom Coupling. However, there's one thing that he and I are not sure of.

The character Sally is a neurotic hairstylist who's something of a loser. What we can't figure out is whether her hairstyle -- namely stringy, flat, parted too far on the wrong side, and generally inappropriate for her face (at least in USian style) -- would be considered stylish in England, or if the fact that it's so bad (combined with the fact that she's a hairstylist herself) is just a running joke about her being a loser.

So, those of you more in touch with British sensibilities, please enlighten.