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51. I had a ponytail in the 1990s

Wed Feb 7, 2024, 01:20 PM

Feb 2024

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!

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Hair styles come and go, Can you remember a hair style you wore your hair? Pigtails, crew cuts, long, short, mullet, [View all] debm55 Feb 2024 OP

GI haircut while in the US Army Glorfindel Feb 2024 #1

Thank you Glorfindel and thank you for your service. debm55 Feb 2024 #2

Braid, ultra short, permed, bobbed, and about everything in between. niyad Feb 2024 #3

Thank you niyad. I had the same. Mostly I liked perms . Now it is short ---don;t have time to play with hair. debm55 Feb 2024 #7

Mine is short as well. niyad Feb 2024 #10

My parents had me in braids and bangs. no_hypocrisy Feb 2024 #4

HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHHA I remember that movie. Were you blond? debm55 Feb 2024 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author debm55 Feb 2024 #16

No, copper-red. no_hypocrisy Feb 2024 #25

HAHAHAHAHHA That's funny. Thank you no_hyprocrisy. debm55 Feb 2024 #60

In my earlier 20s went to Chicago with a MOMFUDSKI Feb 2024 #5

That's funny, but that woman. Did they have someone to step in and finish the job? debm55 Feb 2024 #17

Yes. MOMFUDSKI Feb 2024 #33

Good. I would have been PO. debm55 Feb 2024 #61

I remember when I had enough hair to brush! Enter stage left Feb 2024 #6

You are funny. Ty Enter stage left. debm55 Feb 2024 #18

The shag. I looked great with it! CrispyQ Feb 2024 #8

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 debm55 Feb 2024 #19

I loved Dorothy Hamill's wedge cut, and had that style... 3catwoman3 Feb 2024 #44

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. debm55 Feb 2024 #62

I still have a shag! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #54

As I have gotten older, I have wanted something very easy to take care of. Now it is short. debm55 Feb 2024 #63

I had both of those too. surrealAmerican Feb 2024 #109

I had a shag MOMFUDSKI Feb 2024 #34

Agree and much easier to take of then the Hamill. Also you need a very good cut for the Hamill and know how to debm55 Feb 2024 #64

I had a shag in high school TexasBushwhacker Feb 2024 #117

Sounds like my styles' Ty Texas Bushwhacker debm55 Feb 2024 #121

Early on my mom kept me a short bowl haircut. Later to be called a Beatle cut. LakeArenal Feb 2024 #9

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 debm55 Feb 2024 #21

Bless them in Pittsburgh 😇 LakeArenal Feb 2024 #23

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 debm55 Feb 2024 #22

My friends and I got Elvis ducktails when we were in 7th grade. brer cat Feb 2024 #11

That's funny, brer cat. debm55 Feb 2024 #24

My older brother did the ducktail thing until MOMFUDSKI Feb 2024 #38

We were all girls and we looked bizarre with our hair slicked brer cat Feb 2024 #40

I remember relatives talking about the DA. debm55 Feb 2024 #73

One girl in our claudette Feb 2024 #93

The Farrah Fawcett LoisB Feb 2024 #12

LoisB was that like the shag. I would cut my own hair into a shag and and use the frosting kit on it. debm55 Feb 2024 #26

Hopefully, I did this right. LoisB Feb 2024 #46

Thank you LoisB debm55 Feb 2024 #67

I remember when I wore hair. Mister Ed Feb 2024 #13

Mister Ed , shaving one's hair off is a style now. Be proud you are in style TY debm55 Feb 2024 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author debm55 Feb 2024 #28

Used to call it a pixie cut Easterncedar Feb 2024 #14

We called it the Twiggy.after the model debm55 Feb 2024 #29

I had lots of permed hair nocoincidences Feb 2024 #20

We called it Big Hair. And I had my hair like that for a while. debm55 Feb 2024 #31

Used to "rat" our hair to make it MOMFUDSKI Feb 2024 #39

I remember that. We called it teasing your hair. debm55 Feb 2024 #41

I always liked my Big Hair from the 80s! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #55

Thank you Diamond_Dog. Sorry about the chemo. I hope you are better. debm55 Feb 2024 #75

That was a long time ago and I'm still kicking. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #95

I call the 80's The Decade of Big Hair virgdem Feb 2024 #128

Yes, my top hair would faster. So i would get these partial perms. debm55 Feb 2024 #130

1950s flat top haircut. Loved the Butch Wax. Silent Type Feb 2024 #30

I have pictures of relatives wearing that on their flat top hair. debm55 Feb 2024 #35

Same here. little black comb in my back pocket. dameatball Feb 2024 #37

HAHAHAHAHA That is funny. TY dameatball. debm55 Feb 2024 #74

Number 1 homegirl Feb 2024 #32

TY homegirl. I like the stages you went through. debm55 Feb 2024 #76

Had a flat top late 50's. Butch waxed it up in the front. Complete with rolled up jeans and striped t-shirt. dameatball Feb 2024 #36

HAHAHHAHAHAHAH. That's funny. TY. debm55 Feb 2024 #77

I have a picture of my dad snpsmom Feb 2024 #106

Sorry snpsmom. I lost my dad in September. Know the feeling. debm55 Feb 2024 #110

I'm sorry for your loss snpsmom Feb 2024 #120

Thank you snpmom debm55 Feb 2024 #124

"Page boy" cut when I was little (pre-elementary) SaveOurDemocracy Feb 2024 #42

TY SaveOurDemocracy. How do you wear it now? debm55 Feb 2024 #78

Yeah, in the early 1970s LastDemocratInSC Feb 2024 #43

Yes, thank you LastDemocratin SC debm55 Feb 2024 #80

Lol I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2024 #135

My mom used to roll my hair up in rags. pandr32 Feb 2024 #45

My mom used bobby pins, it was called Pin Curls. Ty for your post. debm55 Feb 2024 #86

Assorted lengths over the years. When I was little... 3catwoman3 Feb 2024 #47

I hated short bangs too They must be touching my eyebrows. Now i have my hairlength and bangs the same length. and I debm55 Feb 2024 #88

I've had 4 hairstyles in my 51 years of life TlalocW Feb 2024 #48

TY Tialoc for donating your hair. That is a great act of kindness for you to do. Bless you. debm55 Feb 2024 #89

It was actually quite fun TlalocW Feb 2024 #112

I had a "Flip" all through high school. sinkingfeeling Feb 2024 #49

Like "That Girl" debm55 Feb 2024 #72

In 1980 I had an afro RainCaster Feb 2024 #50

sort of like Bill Clinton's? Ty you for your post. I was married in 1979 debm55 Feb 2024 #91

I had a ponytail in the 1990s PJMcK Feb 2024 #51

It is easier to take care of . TY for your post. debm55 Feb 2024 #90

I had a mullet in the '80s while in college. mike_c Feb 2024 #52

Business in the front, party in the back----wasn;t that the saying at the time of the mullet.Hell some goobers around debm55 Feb 2024 #114

Still got I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2024 #136

After the Navy my sister talked me into Prairie_Seagull Feb 2024 #53

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 debm55 Feb 2024 #113

My own invention! The Tidal Wave! GreenWave Feb 2024 #56

Somehow I can see why. debm55 Feb 2024 #115

This thread needs music: unblock Feb 2024 #57

HAHAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you unblock debm55 Feb 2024 #71

In the 60's there was the bouffant WhiteTara Feb 2024 #58

I remember the styles you wore. For awhile I did French braids. but got tired of it. I am so sorry about your husband. debm55 Feb 2024 #70

I couldn't manage french braids because WhiteTara Feb 2024 #84

TY WhiteTara. Can I ask--what are PAs? debm55 Feb 2024 #97

Physicians Assistants WhiteTara Feb 2024 #133

I used to french braid I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2024 #137

Early 60's thru Now Sane1 Feb 2024 #59

Love your post Sane1. The evolution of your hair. Thank you. debm55 Feb 2024 #69

Pigtails when I was little and long hair and bangs Polly Hennessey Feb 2024 #65

Oh, I have two ❤️ ❤️ hearts. I'm happy! Polly Hennessey Feb 2024 #66

Do you still keep your hair long, now? debm55 Feb 2024 #68

The "Lady Di" cut. Lunabell Feb 2024 #79

I waited until after she was married. And got the cut I wanted. But I did have some duds along the way. TY debm55 Feb 2024 #102

In grade school we got "regular boys haircut" louis-t Feb 2024 #81

D A!!! elleng Feb 2024 #82

I had long, middle of my back, wavy hair when i was in college. redstatebluegirl Feb 2024 #83

Crew cut to bowl cut to bangs to 70s middle part blow dry. Then I kind of side parted it and kept it brewens Feb 2024 #85

I used to have a ponytail so long that my head would snap back Harker Feb 2024 #87

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 debm55 Feb 2024 #116

Mine was the claudette Feb 2024 #92

I wore a modified beehive. HATED the hair spray. I wore it to weddings and special ocacasions also.TY debm55 Feb 2024 #100

Me, too claudette Feb 2024 #103

In The Early To Mid 80s... ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 #94

Gee, I never figured you having a Jheri Curl. I had one too. debm55 Feb 2024 #96

When I was a little kid, it was a butch (buzz cut). rsdsharp Feb 2024 #98

OMG that is the funniest thing I read in the lounge. I remember the butch. I didn't have one. debm55 Feb 2024 #99

Dorothy Hamill snpsmom Feb 2024 #101

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 debm55 Feb 2024 #105

Yes! snpsmom Feb 2024 #107

Yes , i didn't mind the extra charge because for the first time in my life I felt beautiful. debm55 Feb 2024 #111

I had Farah Fawcell curling BACK hair !!!!! Trueblue1968 Feb 2024 #104

TY debm55 Feb 2024 #118

Same. Sky Jewels Feb 2024 #126

Like Aimee Mann in the 80s. (Singer from band 'Til Tuesday) IcyPeas Feb 2024 #108

Ty Icy peas debm55 Feb 2024 #119

I was definitely queen of the 80's big hair senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #122

Lucky!, Is your hair still curly today? TY debm55 Feb 2024 #127

Yes, and I flat iron it now for a more fashionable look senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #129

Thank you debm55 Feb 2024 #132

French twist mia Feb 2024 #123

remember older cousins and aunts wearing ty debm55 Feb 2024 #125

I have worn I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2024 #131

Thank you, your hair styles and colors sound interesting. debm55 Feb 2024 #134

Thanks I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2024 #138

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. debm55 Feb 2024 #139