Hair styles come and go, Can you remember a hair style you wore your hair? Pigtails, crew cuts, long, short, mullet,

[debm55]

Afro, Perms, -male and female, dutch boy. ponytails, spiked, are some suggestions.

[Glorfindel]

1. GI haircut while in the US Army

About half an inch of hair all over the head.

[debm55]

2. Thank you Glorfindel and thank you for your service.

[niyad]

3. Braid, ultra short, permed, bobbed, and about everything in between.

[debm55]

7. Thank you niyad. I had the same. Mostly I liked perms . Now it is short ---don;t have time to play with hair.

[niyad]

10. Mine is short as well.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. My parents had me in braids and bangs.

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Now I know I looked like Patty McCormick in The Bad Seed.

Call me Rhoda

[debm55]

15. HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHHA I remember that movie. Were you blond?

[no_hypocrisy]

25. No, copper-red.

Which added to me being suspect.

[debm55]

60. HAHAHAHAHHA That's funny. Thank you no_hyprocrisy.

[MOMFUDSKI]

5. In my earlier 20s went to Chicago with a

friend to Vidal Sassoon’s Salon. They gave me the classic short Sassoon cut and it was fabulous. Across from me a “temperamental“ male stylist was putting blonde streaks on a woman with long hair. Halfway done and he storms out of the room! I couldn’t believe it and nor could she. We laughed all the way back to Milwaukee. Fun

[debm55]

17. That's funny, but that woman. Did they have someone to step in and finish the job?

[MOMFUDSKI]

33. Yes.

Poor lady

[debm55]

61. Good. I would have been PO.

[Enter stage left]

6. I remember when I had enough hair to brush!

[debm55]

18. You are funny. Ty Enter stage left.

[CrispyQ]

8. The shag. I looked great with it!

That was after some other stylist gave me a Dorothy Hamill.

[debm55]

19. TY I had both the shag and the Hamill. Even though the Hamill looked easy it took alot of work to keep it that way. The

shag was easier to keep in style.

[3catwoman3]

44. I loved Dorothy Hamill's wedge cut, and had that style...

...for many years. It required a very skilled stylist to do it properly. When we lived in Maryland, I went thru about 10 stylists until I found someone who could do it consistently. A lot of stylists claimed they could do it, but they were wrong. My hair was very thick at that time, and it took at least 20 minutes with the my hairdryer and 3 different sizes of round hair brushes to get it right. And, it didn't typically hold up well overnight, so styling it was a daily task.

I still like the look, and always notice someone who has a well done wedge.

[debm55]

62. Oh yes, I loved the look, but I could never get get it to look like it did when I walked out of the salon.

[Diamond_Dog]

54. I still have a shag!

[debm55]

63. As I have gotten older, I have wanted something very easy to take care of. Now it is short.

[surrealAmerican]

109. I had both of those too.

Neither worked well with my frizzy hair.

[MOMFUDSKI]

34. I had a shag

also! It was cute

[debm55]

64. Agree and much easier to take of then the Hamill. Also you need a very good cut for the Hamill and know how to

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style it everyday. Mine, with me styling looked nothing like a Hamill.

[TexasBushwhacker]

117. I had a shag in high school

For a while I had a Dorothy Hamill even though my hair really wasn't straight enough for it. I had an 80s perm in the 80s, not crazy big though.

[debm55]

121. Sounds like my styles' Ty Texas Bushwhacker

[LakeArenal]

9. Early on my mom kept me a short bowl haircut. Later to be called a Beatle cut.

My hair is very fine and wispy. I have to admit in 70’s very long in back mullet short in the front. Back then everyone liked mullets.

[debm55]

21. We called it the Moe cut after the Three Stoogies. But the Bowl cut when I was little, they actually used a bowl. I had

a mullet with out the area around ears not being cut. It was the female mullet. PS They are still popular in Pittsburgh.

[LakeArenal]

23. Bless them in Pittsburgh 😇

[debm55]

22. We called it the Moe cut after the Three Stoogies. But the Bowl cut when I was little, they actually used a bowl. I had

a mullet with out the area around ears not being cut. It was the female mullet. PS They are still popular in Pittsburgh.

[brer cat]

11. My friends and I got Elvis ducktails when we were in 7th grade.

Awful...I still can't believe I did that.

[debm55]

24. That's funny, brer cat.

[MOMFUDSKI]

38. My older brother did the ducktail thing until

my dad made him go to the barber. I asked my brother what was a DA? He said duck’s ass with a snarl. I said OH. Happy days

[brer cat]

40. We were all girls and we looked bizarre with our hair slicked

back and that silly duck tail in the back. "Duck's ass with a snarl" is very close to the truth.

[debm55]

73. I remember relatives talking about the DA.

[claudette]

93. One girl in our

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grade school class came to school with the ducktail (sometimes called a DA - duck's a$$) haircut and the nun put her head under the spigot and made her comb it out. We were shocked.

[LoisB]

12. The Farrah Fawcett

[debm55]

26. LoisB was that like the shag. I would cut my own hair into a shag and and use the frosting kit on it.

[LoisB]

46. Hopefully, I did this right.

[debm55]

67. Thank you LoisB

[Mister Ed]

13. I remember when I wore hair.

Alas, I've had none to wear for years now.

[debm55]

27. Mister Ed , shaving one's hair off is a style now. Be proud you are in style TY

[Easterncedar]

14. Used to call it a pixie cut

When I was a tyke.

When I was a teen and decided to cut off all my long hair, my mom asked the night before my salon appointment if she could experiment with a quick shag cut technique she’d seen in a magazine. It was a terrible awful mess, but I went out on a date that night, rather enjoying my boyfriend’s sweet and tactfully unspoken dismay.

[debm55]

29. We called it the Twiggy.after the model

[nocoincidences]

20. I had lots of permed hair

in the 80's and it actually looked good!!

Some of the perms from that era were kind of trashy looking.

[debm55]

31. We called it Big Hair. And I had my hair like that for a while.

[MOMFUDSKI]

39. Used to "rat" our hair to make it

BIGGER

[debm55]

41. I remember that. We called it teasing your hair.

[Diamond_Dog]

55. I always liked my Big Hair from the 80s!

My mother had my and my sister’s hair cut in a Pixie when we were small.

In high school I had long straight hair way down my back.

Had Big Hair in the 80s.

Was bald as a cue ball from chemo about 17 years ago. That I do not recommend!

Now I have a shag.

[debm55]

75. Thank you Diamond_Dog. Sorry about the chemo. I hope you are better.

[Diamond_Dog]

95. That was a long time ago and I'm still kicking.

Thank you, Deb.

[virgdem]

128. I call the 80's The Decade of Big Hair

I had a perm for about 7 years until I grew it out. Got tired of maintaining the perm.

[debm55]

130. Yes, my top hair would faster. So i would get these partial perms.

[Silent Type]

30. 1950s flat top haircut. Loved the Butch Wax.

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[debm55]

35. I have pictures of relatives wearing that on their flat top hair.

[dameatball]

37. Same here. little black comb in my back pocket.

[debm55]

74. HAHAHAHAHA That is funny. TY dameatball.

[homegirl]

32. Number 1

Asymmetric hair cut at Sassoon's London shop. Worn with Mondrian dress and white GoGo boots!
Number 2- Poodle cut to remove bleached ends. Perfect -looked like my hair had been dusted with gold, cut and permed by a neighbor in her basement salon!
Number 3-Current hairdresser who does wonders with my silver baby fine hair.

PS: Great haircuts grow out well!

[debm55]

76. TY homegirl. I like the stages you went through.

[dameatball]

36. Had a flat top late 50's. Butch waxed it up in the front. Complete with rolled up jeans and striped t-shirt.

I thought it was cool. What wasn't cool was when I went to the playground and got sand mixed in with that butch wax. I guess I was about 7 or 8 at the time.

[debm55]

77. HAHAHHAHAHAHAH. That's funny. TY.

[snpsmom]

106. I have a picture of my dad

as a teen with that hair, rolled 501s, a white T, and flip-flops, standing in front of his Chevy convertible. Such a classic American moment. I sure miss him!

[debm55]

110. Sorry snpsmom. I lost my dad in September. Know the feeling.

[snpsmom]

120. I'm sorry for your loss

It’s been 9 years now, and some days it’s still so fresh.

[debm55]

124. Thank you snpmom

[SaveOurDemocracy]

42. "Page boy" cut when I was little (pre-elementary)

Then a “flip” in later elementary. After that long hair parted in the middle like every flower-child. 🌸🥰🌸

[debm55]

78. TY SaveOurDemocracy. How do you wear it now?

[LastDemocratInSC]

43. Yeah, in the early 1970s

It was officially called "Just don't get it cut for 2 years."

[debm55]

80. Yes, thank you LastDemocratin SC

[I_UndergroundPanther]

135. Lol

I have been growing out the back of my mullet hawk since the pandemic began its friggin long now. It is undyed because the white color its turning into is a gorgeous shimmery white. Its coming in as skunk stripes and it looks hellova cool.

[pandr32]

45. My mom used to roll my hair up in rags.

It was easy to sleep on them unless she had pulled a few hairs tighter than the rest and they would scream out for me to release them. In my grogginess I would untie that rag, ease the tension and then re-roll and tie. She would unroll all the rags at breakfast, hovering over me while I ate and then let the curls rest a while before brushing them out. My hair was mid-back length. I got a few matching barrettes carefully placed and the good old hair spray to help seal the waves and curls.
As I grew older I let my hair grow really long and sometimes ironed it, so it was the opposite of before.

[debm55]

86. My mom used bobby pins, it was called Pin Curls. Ty for your post.

[3catwoman3]

47. Assorted lengths over the years. When I was little...

...my mom would cut my bangs really short, at least half-way up my forehead, and I hated it. I have a 3 inches of forehead, and 1 inch of bangs is simply not enough. Once I was old enough to have a say in it, I've never had short bangs again. If they not brushing my eyebrows, I'm not happy.

One of the stylists my mom took me to always seemed to cut them particularly short, and every time we'd come home from an appointment with Frank, my dad would say, "Well, hi there, shorty." Every damn time. He thought he was being funny. I did not

[debm55]

88. I hated short bangs too They must be touching my eyebrows. Now i have my hairlength and bangs the same length. and I

like it.

[TlalocW]

48. I've had 4 hairstyles in my 51 years of life

Combed straight down
Parted on the left (how it's normally styled)
Grown long during COVID to eventually donate
Shaved head after donation

[debm55]

89. TY Tialoc for donating your hair. That is a great act of kindness for you to do. Bless you.

[TlalocW]

112. It was actually quite fun

My barber was laughing, enjoying himself cutting off a swatch, having me hold it while putting a rubber band around it. And because it was longer everywhere because I didn't style it in any way, we were able to get five or six sections.

[sinkingfeeling]

49. I had a "Flip" all through high school.

[debm55]

72. Like "That Girl"

[RainCaster]

50. In 1980 I had an afro

My hair was naturally curly, so having long hair didn't really work for me. But I could just let it go wild, and I did. I actually had that style for several years before, but I remember 1980 because that's the year Mrs RC & I got married. That photo hangs in our bedroom, reminding me of our optimism and my (once upon a time) hair line.

[debm55]

91. sort of like Bill Clinton's? Ty you for your post. I was married in 1979

[PJMcK]

51. I had a ponytail in the 1990s

Back then, I worked in a music office and the boss insisted that I wear suits and ties. I had a girlfriend who wanted me to grow out my hair so I had a stylist make the front look business-like and the ponytail grew down to my shoulder blades. I kept it neat so my boss wouldn’t get on me for it.

After several years, a new opportunity presented itself so I cut it off. I got the job and was surprised to discover that the new company didn’t have any formal appearance rules! Oh, well. It’s easier to wash shorter hair!

[debm55]

90. It is easier to take care of . TY for your post.

[mike_c]

52. I had a mullet in the '80s while in college.

[debm55]

114. Business in the front, party in the back----wasn;t that the saying at the time of the mullet.Hell some goobers around

Pittsburgh still wear them.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

136. Still got

My mullet hawk. Really long in the back

[Prairie_Seagull]

53. After the Navy my sister talked me into

getting a perm. Don't think a combed it for a month.

[debm55]

113. Prairie_I loved perms. I would take a shower in the morning and put the air blower of the car on to dry it before I got

to school.

[GreenWave]

56. My own invention! The Tidal Wave!

One huge wave, but alas it never caught on.

[debm55]

115. Somehow I can see why.

[unblock]

57. This thread needs music:

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[debm55]

71. HAHAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you unblock

[WhiteTara]

58. In the 60's there was the bouffant

and I dutifully ratted my hair, in the 70s I wore it long or braided, the 80s saw the shag, in the 90s I started coloring my hair beginning with purple and then moving more to auburn and smooth long style, then I stopped coloring and let it go silver and found stylists who cut it into the wavy/curly style. Right now, I'm in true need of a good cut, and it's what I call Amish, no style in the cut and then wadded into an ugly bun. I do leave off the silly hat affair. I hope to get that together soon. It's been difficult with distance and time.

Mr. WT has been so sick that I can't make an appointment of any kind, since at any moment it's back to the hospital or doctor. He is coming along and getting better, but has had another set back from shoddy doctoring. Now it's one last surgery to remove a clip in his prostate...no, we can't sue, but I will chat with the Medical Board. They can do anything.

[debm55]

70. I remember the styles you wore. For awhile I did French braids. but got tired of it. I am so sorry about your husband.

Anymore, I am not getting Doctors but Doctor's assistants, BS on that,

[WhiteTara]

84. I couldn't manage french braids because

of my dyslexia! I'd be braiding away and suddenly, it was all unwound!

PAs are the worst. At best they are ignorant and at worst, they are both ignorant and arrogant.

[debm55]

97. TY WhiteTara. Can I ask--what are PAs?

[WhiteTara]

133. Physicians Assistants

[I_UndergroundPanther]

137. I used to french braid

My mowhawk,if I was doing artwork having it spiked would get in my way.

[Sane1]

59. Early 60's thru Now

In the early to late 60’s had a crew cut and used butch wax then had a greasy Brylcreem Elvis do til the Beatles showed up on Ed Sullivan (60 years ago) followed the Beatles hairstyles for several years and grew my hair to my shoulders, then in the 70’s got a shag in the 80’s cut it mostly short.
When COVID hit I grew it long again and had a grey ponytail and quit shaving, now I’m back to short.

[debm55]

69. Love your post Sane1. The evolution of your hair. Thank you.

[Polly Hennessey]

65. Pigtails when I was little and long hair and bangs

when I was a little older. Fun times.

[Polly Hennessey]

66. Oh, I have two ❤️ ❤️ hearts. I'm happy!

[debm55]

68. Do you still keep your hair long, now?

[Lunabell]

79. The "Lady Di" cut.

Back when Princess Diana was newly engaged to Charles, I went to a salon and requested the "Lady Di" hairstyle. The stylist didn't know who she was or what she looked like. I guess that changed after she became a worldwide sensation. Oh, and after describing her hair, I got a horrible cut. 😫

[debm55]

102. I waited until after she was married. And got the cut I wanted. But I did have some duds along the way. TY

[louis-t]

81. In grade school we got "regular boys haircut"

at the Barber College in East Detroit. The other style was called "Princeton" where they left a little tuft of hair in the front but the rest was almost shaved. I think I have that right.

[elleng]

82. D A!!!

[redstatebluegirl]

83. I had long, middle of my back, wavy hair when i was in college.

One month it was brutally hot, I was dying even with it in a ponytail. I walked into a shop and told the lady to cut it. She almost cried, she said really, how short? I said just cut it.

She said how about a Dorothy Hammil wedge, I said fine just cut it. I regretted that cut for months while my hair grew back!

[brewens]

85. Crew cut to bowl cut to bangs to 70s middle part blow dry. Then I kind of side parted it and kept it

semi-long. Then short as I could for years. Now it like full-on long haired hippie type at 62!

[Harker]

87. I used to have a ponytail so long that my head would snap back

when I sat on a barstool.

Can't say I miss it, really.

[debm55]

116. I used to braid my husband's hair when he did work in the mines. They moved him up to an office job and the braid went

[claudette]

92. Mine was the

beehive. Long hair piled up high on top of my head. Took a long time to style so I only wore it that way for special dress up occasions.

[debm55]

100. I wore a modified beehive. HATED the hair spray. I wore it to weddings and special ocacasions also.TY

[claudette]

103. Me, too

The hair spray stiffness was like wearing a hat!

[ProfessorGAC]

94. In The Early To Mid 80s...

...I had a Jheri Curl. I was working in a lab & in a glam band. I wasn't dealing with a lot of customers in those days, so I got away with it then.
Since I retired I just have it long(!) and always back in a ponytail.
Nothing notable with my hair at any other time.

[debm55]

96. Gee, I never figured you having a Jheri Curl. I had one too.

[rsdsharp]

98. When I was a little kid, it was a butch (buzz cut).

Later, I had a flat top, like my father.

Now, I have no top to flat. 😢 If I let it grow I look like a Chia Pet.

[debm55]

99. OMG that is the funniest thing I read in the lounge. I remember the butch. I didn't have one.

[snpsmom]

101. Dorothy Hamill

inspired one of my high school haircuts. And later I had a glorious "spiral" perm.

[debm55]

105. I had a spiral perm. My hair was down to my waist. It was expensive but beautiful and it took 3 stylist take the rods

out

[snpsmom]

107. Yes!

It took hours to do those perms, and they (rightly) charged extra. So worth it, though!

[debm55]

111. Yes , i didn't mind the extra charge because for the first time in my life I felt beautiful.

[Trueblue1968]

104. I had Farah Fawcell curling BACK hair !!!!!

[debm55]

118. TY

[Sky Jewels]

126. Same.

Late 70s to ‘82 or so.

[IcyPeas]

108. Like Aimee Mann in the 80s. (Singer from band 'Til Tuesday)

[debm55]

119. Ty Icy peas

[senseandsensibility]

122. I was definitely queen of the 80's big hair

and i didn't even need a perm (naturally curly).

[debm55]

127. Lucky!, Is your hair still curly today? TY

[senseandsensibility]

129. Yes, and I flat iron it now for a more fashionable look

although if it's raining like it is now, I just let it rip!

[debm55]

132. Thank you

[mia]

123. French twist

Mid 60s teenager

[debm55]

125. remember older cousins and aunts wearing ty

[I_UndergroundPanther]

131. I have worn

A mowhawk since I turned 18 I am 58 now. My mo has been every color under the sun. Right now it is undyed so I can watch it turn white and its a gorgeous shimmery white,its coming in like skunk stripes it looks really cool.White was one color I could not pull off.Now I will have it pretty soon and I am excited.

Before that I wore a mullet that was pink on top.

Before that I had a poofy perm.
Dyed it burgundy

Before that I had long straight hair with red and blonde streaks.

[debm55]

134. Thank you, your hair styles and colors sound interesting.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

138. Thanks

Now that I am older its a mullet mohawk and its really long in the back.and the front hair is shaped like a V kinda like a widows peak but bigger

[debm55]

139. Yes, I have always had a streak of silver from the time I was a young child, the color now is a silvery shimmery color.

I am 68 years old, Give it time.