2011年7月24日星期日

Hair from 20s to Present

Short boyish haircuts were popular throughout the 1920s to the late 1930s. In the 1940s, hair was often still hid under hats, but usually was longer and tied in a bun or other up-do. During the Second World War, scarves and turbines were also popular.

Hats and turbines (sometimes even worn together) remained popular until the 1960s. After this time women began to perm and/or dye their hair. Wigs were more popular after this time as well, and the wearing of hats declined dramatically.

Men’s hair (just like the short women’s cuts) of the 1920s and 1930s was usually neatly combed and groomed, and usually parted to the side. Hair for men was “greased” back. In the 1950s hair was still greased back, but hairstyles usually consisted of more hair on the top of the head (especially biker styles).

For women in the 1950s, hair was waved and fit to frame the face, or to be pulled back. Some actresses had wore their hair extremely short-way above the ears, as if it had been cut with a hair trimmer.

In the 1960s, beehive and flip-style hairdos were more popular for women. For the men, bowl cuts, such as the ones that are similar to what the Beatles wore are very popular as well. These looks continued on to the late 1960s.

From the 1970s on, long-straight hair was popular for women, as well as for some men. Hairstyles were usually parted down the middle. Large puffy hair worn by Motown singers were also considered very in from 1969 on to the 1970s, and short wavy hairstyles like Jodie Foster wore in 1976 were in.

Layered haircuts were also popular during this time. This trend in fact continued on during the 1980s, and then big hairstyles with bangs were very popular. In the early 1990s when straight hair or spiral perms became the norm at least in some areas.


From the 1970s to the current time punk hairstyles such as shaved heads, Mohawks, and painted hair were worn. These were usually the hairdos of those who wanted to make a statement, or just simply to be different from mainstream society. Many mainstream and independent artists had punk hairdos.

Heavy metal hairstyles for men were quite popular, especially after the 1980s. Male heavy metal rock groups would tease and/or color their hair, which usually was let to grow long.
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/fashions.html
There are still standards for hairstyles in the year 2007. For the workplace hairdos are very conservative, usually in a straight style, or sometimes waved or slightly permed. Outside of the normal office or retail arena standards for hairdressing are usually more relaxed, such as that for musicians, artists, and writers.

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