The Top 50 Iconic Hairstyles Of The Last 50 Years

51. Braids for days

French, fishtail, plait, rope, lace, ladder, classic three-strand; all of these styles were on everyone’s minds – and heads – in recent years. And they were easy to see, share, and follow along with in tutorials thanks to YouTube and Instagram. With long enough hair, a person could give themselves rippling ornate waterfalls.

Even people with short hair can weave something close to the head in thick rows!

52. Dua Lipa — Blunt Bob and Ends

In contrast to styles all about volume – and thus often length – the following year saw emphasis on much shorter, even blunter ends. Overall, recent years have been all about a return to the past with a modern twist, hence the return of the bob from the 1920s.

Dua Lipa has sported one of the more popular modern interpretations of the striking bob, cut to chin length with a solid length from one side to the other. The blunted-end bob says a lot with just a bit of hair compared to more bold styles.

53. Jennifer Lawrence — Stylized Beach Waves

When quarantine hit, salon doors closed out of safety concerns. This gave rise to quarantine cuts, styles improvised by those who did not live with a stylist or worked as one themselves. Some results have been good naturedly comical with quite the learning curve. But in some cases, it gave rise to a style that responded to the situation and made do with what was available.

Hence a revival of and reverence for beach waves, the union of styled and careless. The ruffled look is deliberately made to look like someone just returned from a day at the beach, and is all about volume and fluffy texture. Even when the beaches were closed, people could still look like they came from it, and made due with hair they had to let grow out.

54. Neon Isn’t Just About Lights Anymore

Usually, we could categorize hair color into some basic shades of black, brown, blonde, red, with nuanced shades in between. Not so, now. Vibrant colors dye countless heads in bold neon colors and rich hues that definitely weren’t coded into our keratin.

Now, it’s not uncommon to see people sporting any one of these popular styles, now in a whole rainbow of colors, from lime green to deep turquoise, soothing periwinkle, or flirty pink. Over the years, singer Katy Perry rocked various shades of the rainbow for her hair of all different styles, and the trend has caught on in earnest today, evidenced by all the shades people wear in their everyday lives.

55. Spock — Mop Top

Obviously the influence of The Beatles was such that it reverberated into the 22nd Century, influencing the hairstyle of the starship Enterprise‘s first officer, Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy). But who was it that influenced The Beatles? The obvious answer is Moe Howard of The Three Stooges, of course!

56. Dorothy Hamill — Oldschool Bob

Are we missing anyone?

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