Day 54 #100DaysOfOldDays
Today, Lucy drew the picture and it’s my job to relate it to the old days.
I see a 60’s hairstyle. A flip Bob with little tapered curls and a touch of the bouffant in there too.
The 60’s was a fantastic time for diverse hairstyles.
They had the beehive, created by Margaret Vinci Heldt. Brigitte Bardot wore hers messy, Audrey Hepburn’s was a tidy one, and Barbara Streisand had a particularly chic beehive.
Some wore their beehives very high and voluminous. I can imagine how much hairspray they must have used back then.
Vidal Sassoon refashioned women’s hairdressing with his geometric bobs, pixie crops and Greek Goddess styles.
Hairdresser Louis Alexandre Raimon created the artichoke hairstyle—also known as the pinwheel.
Electric tongs and heated rollers allowed women to create their big curls at home, without having to go to the hairdressers. Hair was getting longer and fuller.
Those influenced by the flower power movement in the late 60’s tended to wear their hair more naturally. Parted in the centre, long or medium length, with or without a fringe. Then they wore flowers in their hair!
Remember the headbands? And the headscarf? Hilda Ogden wasn’t the only one who wore a scarf. I’m not sure if Hilda’s was a fashion statement though.
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I remember Twiggie’s pixie by Vidal Sassoon. Then came a crop (pardon the pun) of TV inspired styles. The Avengers and the Purdy cut Joanna Lumley’s signiture every girl wanted to become Purdy, Then the Farrah Fawcett flick from another TV show the cult Charlie’s angels. Hair was fashion long before the hairdresser even further back Elizabeth Taylor playing Cleopatra had girls wearing eyeliner and swooning after those braids. You would never know I once was a hairdresser, but now you know I am very old. I just a few weeks ago went to the hairdresser and asked for a Claudia Winkleman. 😉🥰
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Did you get the Claudia? 😃
Oh. ..I wanted to be Purdy too. I had her hair when I was about 9 or 10! And Farrah Fawcett was my favourite angel.
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I am sporting a Claudia as we speak. My favourite Angel was Kate Jackson who played Sabrina, she had dark glossy hair and was not as girly as the others. 😊
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Great drawings by Little miss Lucy ❤️ Very informative Gloria 😄👍🏽 I think the late fifties and early 60s had fabulous clothes and hair. Some dramatic changes in 40 yeasts since wartimes.
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Thanks Roza…yes she’s so good. I’d love to go mad and get the purple rinse 🤣
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The 60s dos were great. But the hairspray and wearing curlers to bed. Ouch!
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