Funny Hairstyles

Posted October 26th, 2008 by MomGrind

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Photo credit: dogseat

The funny hairstyles of the 20th century:

1950s: Beehive Hair
Beehive hair first showed up in the late 50s and continued to be popular during the 60s. It was quite elaborate and required A LOT of hairspray.

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Photo credit: Banlon1964

 

Early 1960s: Big, Stiff, Very “Done” Hair
Can you imagine running your fingers through THAT?

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Photo credit: Dr. Monkey

 

1970s: The Farrah Fawcett Flip, or Feathered Hair
This style was weird-looking even when it framed Farrah’s beautiful face. It was even more difficult to pull off for ordinary women.

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Photo credit: watsonsinelgin

There was a male version too:
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Photo credit: DCvision2006

 

1970s – 1980s: Tight Perm, A.K.A Poodle Perm
This is more than a tight perm – it’s a tight perm cut in mullet style. Funny hairstyle indeed.

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Photo credit: La Belle Province

 

1980s: Big Hair
The eighties were all about power dressing, big shoulders, lots of jewelry and of course BIG hair. You will likely need a combination of hair mousse, hair gel and hairspray to recreate this lovely look.

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Photo credit: ninjapoodles

 

1970s-1990s: Mullet
A Mullet is a hairstyle that is short in the front, top, and sides, but long in the back. This hairstyle was popular from the early 1970s to the early 1990s.

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Photo credit: FatMandy

 

1980s: Mohawk
The Mohawk is a hairstyle which consists of shaving both sides of the head, leaving a strip of noticeably longer hair in the middle. Mohawks became common in youth punk subcultures in the early 1980s, then gradually spread to mainstream fashion. The hair in the middle is often elaborately shaped:

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Photo credit: Ethan Woods

Or colored:

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Photo credit: Malingering

 

Timeless: The Combover
This is my favorite funny hairstyle. A combover is worn by bald or balding men in which the hair on one side of the head is grown long and then combed over the bald area to minimize the display of baldness.

Donald Trump made this hairstyle famous:

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Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

But lots of non-billionaire men sport this hairstyle too:

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Photo credit: lets.book


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70 Responses to: “Funny Hairstyles”

  1. Kim Woodbridge responds:
    Posted: October 26th, 2008 at 7:13 pm

    At the time these hairstyles seemed perfectly normal. I lived through the feathered hair and the mullet. I have a great photo of my brother with one, which I should try to find. The most disturbing one is the combover – especially the second one. It’s just gross.

    And the big hair photos from the 80′s reminded me of how much I hated high school. I blame Dynasty.

    Kim Woodbridge’s last blog post..(Anti) Social-Lists 10/26/08

  2. Chanel responds:
    Posted: October 26th, 2008 at 7:35 pm

    Wooooow, that non-billionaire combover is just so many levels of awful. I looked at the photo and felt sick to my stomach it was THAT bad. :( … The others aren’t that much better either, though!

    Chanel’s last blog post..Wanted

  3. Mia responds:
    Posted: October 26th, 2008 at 7:37 pm

    I don’t know, I may have had a hair style or two that would have rivaled these….then again, the mullet is the all time worst in my book…especially since there’s so many variations.

    Mia’s last blog post..Happy Saturday!

  4. Lance responds:
    Posted: October 26th, 2008 at 7:42 pm

    Scary…just plain scary what was stylish not all that long ago!! I will admit…there was a time…when I had one of the guy perms (the ’80′s – whew)…big (big) mistake…I’m not going there again! What was I thinking??? Maybe I was thinking bad hair would get me out of school…

    Lance’s last blog post..Sunday Thought For The Day

  5. Evelyn Lim responds:
    Posted: October 26th, 2008 at 8:28 pm

    Your first picture already blew me away. What were these folks thinking? LOL!!

    Evelyn Lim’s last blog post..Be Careful What You Wish For

  6. Stacey / Create a Balance responds:
    Posted: October 26th, 2008 at 8:29 pm

    I am cracking up at my computer right now. Thanks for the photos and the great laugh.

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  7. Jannie responds:
    Posted: October 26th, 2008 at 8:57 pm

    That’s some wild-ass stuff. Thanks for the chuckles. Human beings are so funny. I wonder what we’ll come up with next for styles that we’ll laugh at ourselves for later.

    Jannie’s last blog post..My Big Eye

  8. Vicky.punne4e responds:
    Posted: October 26th, 2008 at 8:59 pm

    Well, lovely post and i wanna say thanks that you introduce us these old fashion’s. Keep it up.

    Have a very nice day to you and May God bless you .Vicky.punne4e

  9. Linda Abbit responds:
    Posted: October 26th, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    It’s fun to recall all of the funny hairstyles I’ve had over the years, too.

    One I had that you didn’t mention was the Dorothy Hamill hair-do.

    As my husband says now, at least back then he had hair! I don’t mind his balding, but he does. :-( He’ll never have a comb-over however. His sister and our son want him to shave it all off, but he’s not sure about that look for him.

  10. Wesley responds:
    Posted: October 26th, 2008 at 9:31 pm

    I don’t think those were all so horrible. Nothing wrong with a bit of originality!

    Wesley’s last blog post..It was temporary?

  11. Writer Dad responds:
    Posted: October 26th, 2008 at 9:35 pm

    There is nothing worse than the 70′s -90′s mullet. I’d rather have Lance’s big perm. Thanks, Tim. : > )

  12. Friar responds:
    Posted: October 26th, 2008 at 9:53 pm

    Argh.

    That horrid wig and the Farrah look….they remind me how the 70′s was just a BAD decade.

    Bad hair. Bad clothes. Bad TV. Bad Music…

    Unfortunately, those were my formative years! :-(

    Friar’s last blog post..Getting to Know More People in Your NeighborHood.

  13. Carla responds:
    Posted: October 26th, 2008 at 10:41 pm

    Love the comb overs!

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  14. Davina responds:
    Posted: October 26th, 2008 at 11:58 pm

    Hi Vered. Brings back… ugh… memories of hair-sprayed hair, parted down the centre with flat wings on each side that didn’t move on the windiest of days! The Farrah Fawcet flip was my style in high school. It only looked good on her.

    Davina’s last blog post..Awakening To A Balanced Life

  15. Barbara Swafford responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 12:18 am

    Hi Vered – These pictures bring back memories. I had a aunt who used to get her hair coiffed into a beehive and at night she would wrap her head (hair) with toilet paper so it wouldn’t get messed up. It didn’t sound very “romantic” , but the next morning each hair was still in place. It makes me wonder what the guys thought of the stiff styles.

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  16. Christina Narciso responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 1:11 am

    The comb-over is hilarious. But they should call it the TRUMP hair because he really is the epitome of COMB-OVER hair! :)

    Christina Narciso’s last blog post..Take Off [pic]

  17. Adrenalynn responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 2:06 am

    Omigosh, that particular mullet was… just epic. And don’t even get me started on that second comb-over! Kudos for finding the perfect pictures for each style! I hope I don’t look back on my current hair style in a few years and flinch… :)

    Adrenalynn’s last blog post..Copenhagen

  18. Ricardo Bueno responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 2:14 am

    Hi Vered,
    So as I’m reading this and scrolling down through the page I’m thinking: “wow! Haha…she should’ve talked about the Donald!” And them bam! You hit me with it. LoL.
    Thanks for the laugh! Catch ya later…

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  19. Scott McIntyre responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 3:38 am

    Outrageous hairdos… or should that be hairDON’Ts, Vered?! ;-)

    I’m sure that the hairspray used in the course of the evolution of human hairstyles has contributed considerably to the hole in the ozone layer.

    And Donald Trump’s carefully crafted creation is a marvel of modern architecture and design… note to his talented stylist “You’re Hired!”

  20. Avital responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 3:48 am

    Great collection :) The best way to start your day – with a huge smile :D

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  21. Cath Lawson responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 4:08 am

    Hi Vered – these pics brought back some hilarious memories. I had big 80′s hair. I used to spend ages tonging it. And sometimes, when I went OTT with the peroxide, it would start to break off when the curling tongs touched it. It was so big and bright – one morning I almost missed the bus to college. And I heard one cruel commenter say that the bus we’d never go without me, as you could see my hair from a mile away.

    Did you have the Purdey style in America? I’m not sure you had it but we had a program called the New Avengers over here. Joanna Lumley was Purdey and everyone copies her hair. I was at junior school and my mum used to spend ages curling my hair under with the brush attachment on the hair dryer. Sometimes I used to think my hair was going to set on fire.

  22. Robin responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 5:17 am

    Hi Vered – I had my hair done in that “stiff” style, you’ve got for the early 60s, for the school dance, when I was 16, in 1969! It took a long sitting at the hairdressers during the afternoon. We’d got over it by the following year’s dance, and just went natural.

    Robin’s last blog post..Emotional Balance

  23. Dot responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 6:47 am

    I remember all of those, too. The 60′s stiff hairdo was sometimes mocked with the words “helmet head.” It’s funny, the 60′s were so divided — either you were conservative and had stiff hair, or you were a hippie and had weird hair. I also had a tight perm, on short hair — awful! It was during the years when the hippies all wanted to grow afros but couldn’t.

  24. BloggerNewbie responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 6:49 am

    ha ha ha…I had a couple of those hair do’s! I still see some of them today…great Monday morning laugh!

    BloggerNewbie’s last blog post..Common Sense Is Instinct

  25. Daniel Richard responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 6:59 am

    I’m so gonna be caught with the modern day mullet. I’m actually preparing for it 2 months in advance. :)

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  26. Suzie responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 7:03 am

    I hate to say Ive had many of these styles. The fara the mohawk the poodle but at least i did not have the mullet. I can hold my head high…well sort of

    Suzie’s last blog post..Wild Party at Suzie’s House

  27. Dave Jones, CPA responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 7:09 am

    Hi Vered,

    Very funny post! A great way to start a Monday. I was guilty of the 70′s feathered hair and back then there was no photo editing to cover the teenage acne in the year books. Now as I get older my hair is still very thick and turning gray. With the gray comes a coarse texture, so I have a head full of very thick coarse hair that you can’t do much styling with. I call it the 21st century sheephead look. Have a good day!

    Dave Jones, CPA’s last blog post..ARE YOU MISSING ANY MONEY

  28. RC Rambles... responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 8:37 am

    I’m slightly sad you didn’t use any of my late 80s-early 90s hair shots. (Just kidding!) I totally relate to that 1980s shot, unfortunately – http://hillsmithfamily.com/2008/06/28/oh-say-can-you-see-my-eyes-if-you-can/

  29. SpaceAgeSage -- Lori responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 9:08 am

    Hey! I’ve recenlty been places where some of these styles still exist. It was just 6 months ago I ran into a beehive in a K-mart. Scary!

    SpaceAgeSage — Lori’s last blog post..Diagnosis: Amnesia — and we all have it!

  30. Bamboo Forest responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 9:35 am

    As of now, I’d say I try to go with that which is “eternal.”

    Ralph Lauren I think does a good job of this. Their clothes simply fit and aren’t extreme one way or the other, which probably means (at least in theory) that their stuff will always be nice looking.

    I think these styles are in some ways the result of extremes. I try to take the middle path.

    Bamboo Forest’s last blog post..7 Celebrities That Would Make Excellent Presidents

  31. Chris responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 9:45 am

    I’ve only had two styles the short conservative and the long “yep, I got nice hair look” LOL

  32. m responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 9:59 am

    Yikes! Maybe no hair would be a better option for some? :)

    m’s last blog post..Change of Heart

  33. CharlesP responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 10:33 am

    Only one on the list I’ve ever had was the mohawk (though mine was only about 2-3 inches tall, and lasted only one class period thanks to attending a conservative christian boarding academy for highschool), though I did have something that wasn’t even a style when I was in 7th grade or so… it involved copious amounts of gel being used to hold my hair in place in what was basically just a “normal” guys haircut. I’ve valiantly avoided the comb-over by shaving my head when I was 19 and keeping it that way as I knew it was going to start thinning soon… and it has, so I’ve kept it shaved for the last 13 years or so.

    CharlesP’s last blog post..Jerk of all trades, master of none

  34. big hair envy responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 11:17 am

    You can’t imagine how much I miss my sky-high ’80′s bangs!!! *sigh*

    I’ll let you in on a little secret….the mullet is alive and well in suburbia. At least within a five-county radius. In the summer, it’s accompanied by a NASCAR t-shirt with the sleeves cut off. In the winter, a plaid flannel shirt. *shudder*

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  35. Marelisa responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 12:13 pm

    When I was in high school I bleached my hair on my own, and it ended up being this bright yellow-orange. That’s the worse things I’ve ever done to my hair. Now I have a hairdresser who does a spectacular job giving me a dye slightly lighter than my natural hair color and beautiful highlights, and I just have it blow dried straight, no hairspray. People sure do some wacky things to their hair :-)

  36. Vintage Mommy responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    I cannot throw any stones here, b/c my hair is a disaster right now! Way too long, gray roots showing, UGH. That sure was an impressive mohawk – and I still see them around sometimes!

    Vintage Mommy’s last blog post..Holidays by Hand: Good Ideas from Around the Blogosphere

  37. Patricia responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 12:55 pm

    Laughter is good medicine! Thank you for this post and a good laugh at myself over the years. My Mum used to say “Your Hair is your crowning glory. Your crown is a bit tipsy and needs some attention! ”

    I just liked it plain – now I just hope I will keep on growing it – I have a small comb over! where it did not grow back after chemo.

    One of my grandmothers favorite sayings when were were running into each other working in the kitchen was “If you would kindly move your fat, fashionable, well – groomed carcass, we could get some work done here.” You must say it with a British Accent and then burst into laughter to get the full effect – it always relieved the tension!…What a joy Vered…thank you!

    Patricia’s last blog post..Factoid Friday: ANTS or Automatic Negative Thinking

  38. Yael Ernst responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    What a funny post Vered!

    The 80′s have so much to answer for……

    Thanks,
    Yael

    Yael Ernst’s last blog post..Barbara Kirschbaum and Pro-D Seminars

  39. MizFit responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 2:06 pm

    have you ever seen the documentary about the mullet?

    it is fascinating!!

  40. Squawkfox responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 2:08 pm

    Dear Men: Please NEVER do a comb over. Do a Bruce Willis instead and just cut it very short. Way sexier.

    Dear 80s: I NEVER want my teased bangs or hairspray back.

    Dear MomGrind: I am horrified by this hair. I wonder if hair extensions will be the “bad hair” of today?

  41. BC Doan responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    I can’t image having the beehive hairdo or the poodle curl…They are just really fun to look at. I still see the mohawk hairdo around here where I live, on little kids! Great post Vered. I enjoy it very much!

  42. Tara@From Dawn Till Rusk responds:
    Posted: October 27th, 2008 at 3:42 pm

    Yea gods! I’m probably on every environmentalist’s most wanted list after the amount of hairspray I must have pumped into the atmosphere during the eighties.

    Tara@From Dawn Till Rusk’s last blog post..Everything is dead

  43. Shalee responds:
    Posted: October 28th, 2008 at 8:00 am

    There is another hair style that only seems to exist in Utah here in the States. It is called the “Utah poof”. It is when girls/women (of all ages) tease, and tease their hair until it looks like they have a square head. It is hideous and for some odd reason they believe it looks stunning. I think its a pandemic.

    Shalee’s last blog post..Long Days; Short Nights

  44. J.D. Meier responds:
    Posted: October 28th, 2008 at 9:04 am

    Is it the hair cutter or the bearer of the hair? I wonder how you describe some of these to the stylist — gimme a lot off the top, but keep the back long and flowing … and mouse me up good.

    Some of them might just be accidents. I remember one of the first hair cuts I got in a new town. One of my friends at work asked, “did you mean to do that?”

    J.D. Meier’s last blog post..One Pitch at a Time

  45. Dr. J responds:
    Posted: October 28th, 2008 at 11:03 am

    LOL! Those are pretty funny!! Of course, I look back at pictures of myself over the years, and those are pretty funny too :-(

    Now, of course, I do the do perfectly :-)

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  50. MichelleB responds:
    Posted: October 28th, 2008 at 2:36 pm

    haha. The funny thing is, I am totally about to wear the 1960′s hair ‘do at my upcoming wedding. Me and my fiance are doing a vintage style wedding since he bought me a gorgeous vintage diamond wedding ring so we want to keep the theme going to celebrate. So I’m sporting the 60′s ‘do and he will have a totally old school tux and pompadour hairdo.

  51. Friar responds:
    Posted: October 28th, 2008 at 2:54 pm

    You know, I could say something about that 2nd last hairstyle…

    (But there are ladies present!) ;-)

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  52. Natural responds:
    Posted: October 29th, 2008 at 3:04 pm

    Funny, of course the donald had to be in included for that comb over. actually right now, my picture could be added. its funny how hair styles can look so dated. i love looking at the flash backs until present of one person’s journey or even my own.

  53. Kelly@SHE-POWER responds:
    Posted: October 29th, 2008 at 7:36 pm

    Hilarious photos. I shudder to think of my big 80s hair now. Gives me shivers. My hair was bigger than the skirts I wore in those days! And poodle perms, I had one of those. Horrible look, but I thought I was so stylish back then.

    I will admit though that I rather like a bee-hive. I think they’re very cool.

    Kelly

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  54. Wendi Kelly-Life's Little Inspirations responds:
    Posted: October 30th, 2008 at 8:47 am

    Vered, I got my hairdressers liscense in1977 and so I can safely say I have done all of these ( except the combover- that’s a Non-haircut) and I shudder. I even made one girl’s hair Bright blue once with rainbow sreaks in the front. Pretty girl too.

    You forgot the Dorothy Hamell ( Now known as the Wedge) People are still wearing it……I used to cut it so much I had bad dreams…UG.

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    Posted: November 3rd, 2008 at 12:06 pm

    I am so not commenting on how many of these hairstyles I have had! This was a hoot!

    However, I am still directing my hate mail to Tim, thanks for the suggestion!

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  60. hank responds:
    Posted: December 21st, 2008 at 9:58 am

    Whoa – I gotta say I had a semi-mullet back in the day, but none that deep. ;)

  61. hank responds:
    Posted: December 21st, 2008 at 9:59 am

    …and with that mullet I had, it is funny, because you wake up in the morning, look in the mirror, and you’re like, oh yea, I look good! No need to cut this!

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    Hi, i think you all have weird and funny haircuts


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