With so many ways to mark the years gone by, I thought it would be fun to do it with hairstyles. Of course, many of the older haircuts are still here with us today, but I thought it might be interesting to read how old they are and where their roots are from
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**Bob/Finger Wave **1920s
A look very popular with the ladies during the Roaring 20s. It was part of an overall look known as “The Flapper”, where the girl would crop their hair between their chin to their ear level and work in uniform waves. This became immensely popular due to celebrity such as Zelda Fitzgerald and Colleen Moore.
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Pompadour
1950s
The more respectable of the two hairstyles famous in the ‘50s, the pompadour was created by combing the hair against the sides, but pulling the hair up and over on itself on top. This look was more popular with celebrities in the era, like Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash.
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Ducktail
1950s
Take one “wrong side of the tracks” gentleman. Leave some hair long around the neck and apply generous helpings of hair grease. Give the gentleman a comb and watch as he obsessively combs the sides flat and back and leaves the top piled high. The top was either left in disarray, symbolizing the “greasers” role in society, or combed into a tube that was called “the elephant’s nose”. Why settle for looking like one ridiculous animal when you can have two!
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will share more later :)
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The Pixie
1950s
Popularized by actress Audrey Hepburn, it is a very short hairstyle with even shorter bangs (fringe). It resembled what pixies were drawn to have as a hairstyle.
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Beehive
1950s / 1960s
Nothing says “big hair” like a beehive. Women sported this “hair-don’t” by teasing their hair up with plenty of hairspray, usually in a tall, dome shape that mimicked a beehive. Also known in the southern United States as “the B-52”, it inspired a band from Georgia to name themselves after it and create some zany music.
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The Shag
1960s
Made famous by the Beatles in a time when men still kept their hair short. It’s pretty much any cut that’s grown out and messy. If you were a pop idol in the ‘60’s, women would love whatever you did to your hair.
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Bouffant
1960s
Generally, any haircut that’s piled high on top of the head. The aforementioned beehive hairstyle is a bouffant style. Actual types of bouffants can range from Tracey Turnblad from Hairspray to Kramer from Seinfeld.
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None is pretty :(
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I will share more
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I like beehives, but not the one in that pic!
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ok ,here are few more:
Afro
1960s / 1970s
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A hairstyle sported largely by African-Americans, but also by other ethnic groups and people with very curly hair. The style maintains that curly hair is grown and brushed out to create a perfect halo of hair surrounding the head. It was popularized by the “Black is Beautiful” movement and by icons such as Jimi Hendrix. The Isro is the Jewish-American version of this hairstyle.
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Corn Rows
1960s / 1970s
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Another style of hair popularized during the “Black is Beautiful” movement, corn rows allowed the wearer an alternative to the afro. The hair would be braided tightly to the scalp, usually in rows from front to back, and secured with elastic bands.
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Dreadlocks
1970s
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Associated with the Rastafarian movement, the dreadlock hairstyle involves sectioning the hair into locks and growing it as long as it can go. It began in the 1950s in Jamaica and reached America around the time reggae music became popular. This style was sported by celebrities like Bob Marley.
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Feathered Flip (aka the Farah-do)
1970s
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Made popular by actress Farah Fawcett, thousands of women copied this hairstyle in the 1970s. The hair would be parted and teased back, but still soft and flowing.
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Jheri Curl
1970s
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A style worn by African-American men that involved a laborious and expensive regiment of products. The hair was first relaxed, then permed to create a softer, oilier looking curl.
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Devilock
1970s / 1980s
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Made popular by the punk band the Misfits, it’s hair that has been teased forward and pointed.
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Mullet
1970s / 1990s
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The ultimate redneck haircut. It’s very simply long in the back and short in the front, or “party in the back, all business up front”. This haircut is associated, not just in America, but all over the world with lower classes. There are many different styles, some combining others found on this list, including the mullhawk (mullet-mohawk), the tropical mullet (with dreadlocks in the back), the skullet (shaved head with long locks in the back), and the cullet (long hair in back, receding hairline in front, usually swept over).
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Liberty Spikes
1980s
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Like its brother the Mohawk, the Liberty Spikes are a challenging hairstyle, both to wear and to society. Associated with the underground punk movement of the 1980s, it’s a marvel to look at. It brings up questions such as “How does he keep them that way?” or “How many people’s eyes has she poked out?”. The great thing about the Liberty Spikes is, so long as you have a few inches of hair, a hatred for the Establishment, and Elmer’s glue, you, too, can have this hairstyle.
