The hairstyle can make the look.
Seriously, what’s more important than your hair?
In fact, American women spend a cumulative average ofsixdays per year doing their hair, according toShape.
Having your hair dyed at a salon could take hours, for example.
Not to mention the painstaking process of blowing out your hair that alone has felt longer than six days.
Still, women have always taken, and probably will always take, time to make their hair magnificent.
Here’s a look at some of the most popular hairstyles worn the year you were born.
have a go at guess which one would take you the longest to pull off.
1953-54: playful curls
The years 1953 and 1954 were the it time for playful curls.
First, Ava Gardner brought the trend to Hollywood.
According toher biography, Gardner was only able to secure bit parts when she first came onto the scene.
However, by 1946, she was well on her way to becoming a household name.
That year she played the iconic role as Kitty Collins inThe Killers.
Her acting may have taken precedence, but her fun hairstyle could’ve won an award as well.
Marilyn Monroe also played an important part in popularizing the loosely-curled hairdo.
All the while, those platinum playful curls were one of her most recognizable features.
1955-58: shorter locks
Through 1958, shorter hairstyles like that of Gardner and Monroe remained popular.
However, not everyone opted for the playful variety of curls.
Beginning in the early 1950s, DIY permanent waving kits were available for purchase.
Still, many chose Monroe-esque dos.
During that time, you could often see women with pinned back, lightly curled locks.
In 1959, Mattel released their firstBarbie dollfeaturing that very look.
As the ‘59 Barbie doll also shows, curled bangs were involved eek!
The hairstyle was so popular there was even a girl group who called themselves the Poni Tails.
More than that, though, she became a style icon.
The bouffant just so happened to be her trademark hairstyle of the early ’60s.
Along with the bouffant came a similar, yet exaggerated, style called the beehive.
Aptly named, its shape is indeed reminiscent of a hive.
Jackie Kennedy also donnedthe style created by Margaret Vinci Heldtin the early ’60s.
Though, she wasn’t the only one.
And inBreakfast at Tiffany’s, Audrey Hepburn took the beehive hairstyle to a whole new level.
it’s possible for you to say that again!
Vidal Sassoon completely changed the way women wore their hair.
Woot woot, Sassoon!
According to theNew York Times, he was all about the cut as opposed to curlers and heavy styling.
Rightfully, this look became known as the Kwan bob, Kwan cut, or even just the Kwan.
The most important part of her transformation may have very well been her hair.
Alas, along came Twiggy.
He decided to take a risk and practice an extremely short, boyish cropped cut.
In return, he promised to pay for Twiggy’s next modeling shoot.
Overeightlong hours, Twiggy’s hair was both dyed blonde and cut short.
Her career, however, was lengthened.
Although 1996 was the year that propelled the hairstyle into popularity, it has never really gone away.
Stars likeMichelle WilliamsandEmma Watsonhave carried on the iconic look in modern day.
In 1967, she starred as a housewife/call girl inBelle de Jour.
Her hair could be seen pulled back and up in a “glamorous mess.”
By 1972, Cher, too, was rocking all sorts of big hair.
At that point in time,Cher’s hairwas waist-length while in a ponytail!
According toGood Housekeeping, she wore her hair teased intogiganticcurls at one of her concerts that same year.
“Cornrows on women date back to at least 3000 B.C.
and as far back as the nineteenth century for men, particularly in Ethiopia.
Warriors and kings were identified by their braided hairstyles,” she added.
Cornrows didn’t stay in the 1970s, however.
you might still spot celebrities from Alicia Keys to Kim Kardashian donning the braids today.
This style involved a center part and was cut just to the shoulders.
When you think of ’70s hair, this style is perhaps the one you think of first.
Olivia Newton-Johnhad the iconic do in 1974 when she was busy belting out “I Honestly Love You.
“Suzanne Sommersalso chose the style in the same year.
If you were born in 1974, there’s a good chance your mom also had this haircut.
And, why not?
It was easy enough to maintain and still a bit free-spirited without having to maintain extraordinarily long hair.
Center parts continue to be worn by celebrities, according toElle.
Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz, and many more can pull off this look.
Okay,technicallyher hair style was called a “wedge” cut but, they are mighty similar.
Hamill went on to endorse White Rain hair products, which only helped the hairstyle increase in popularity.
After reading about famous hairstylist Suga in magazines, she got to thinking.
How adorable is that?
Suga ultimately said yes and the rest is, as you well know, history.
“Of course, I had no idea that this wedge style would become so famous.
You definitely can’t fault that logic.
In 1976, Fawcett was cast to play one of the leads onCharlie’s Angels.
One year later, her hairstyle “the Farrah” became all the rage.
According toInStyle, it brought in a ton of business to her hairstylist, Allen Edwards.
“People were lining up down the street,” he later said.
Peoplealso reported that Fawcett liked to be involved in her products.
Black men and women began accepting their au naturel hair and stopped using destructive hair products.
Afros were one such way.
Of course, these hairstyles weren’t without criticism.
Many thought natural hair looked “unprofessional.”
Although the height of the afro style was in the mid- to late-70s, it never truly went away.
Now we have so many different Afro shapes and sizes.”
By 1980, a new trend emerged: teased hair.
This style may be the most memorable of the ’80s because anyone who was anyone did their this way.
You may cringe when seeing the hairstyle now, but it could actually be trickling back.
Of course, teased hair circa 2018 looks much different than its 1980s predecessor.
Celebrities fromWhitney Houston to Dolly Partontook part in the trend.
And what a trend it was.
The ’80s were certainly a different time.
These days, it’s possible for you to still get a perm.
Bad news, though, perm-lovers: they’re still pretty damaging to your hair, according toSelf.
“Sometimes the change in length is smoothly blended.
Other times, you’ve got the option to really see the two levels,” Niven explained.
Yes, the mullet looked as bad as it sounds.
What makes this haircut even more phenomenal or phenomenally awful is that it was unisex.
That’s right, men and women both took part in this trend.
Perhaps the most popular mullet of the decade was John Stamos’ in 1987.
He said in retrospect during the 2015 Television Critics Association Press Tour (viaE!
News), “It was like two crows had died on my head!”
From tousled wet waves to a simple pulled back ponytail, Moss rocked the on-trend do.
Celebrities likeJodie FosterandAlicia Silverstonealso joined in, each sporting the hairstyle in their own way.
Ah, the claw.
Women also wore something called “scrunchie barrettes.”
What a time to be alive!
