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Popular music and film stars had a major influence on 1950s hairstyles and fashion. Elvis Presley and James Dean had a great influence on the high quiff-pompadour greased-up style or slicked-back style for men with heavy use of Brylcreem or pomade. The pompadour was a fashion trend in the 1950s, especially among male rockabilly artists and actors.
The ducktail is a men's haircut style popular during the 1950s. It is also called the duck's tail, duck's ass, duck's arse, or simply D.A. and is also described as slicked back hair. [1] [2] The hair is pomaded (greased), combed back around the sides, and parted centrally down the back of the head.
Wide-brimmed "saucer hats" were shown with the earliest New Look suits, but smaller hats soon predominated. Very short cropped hairstyles were fashionable in the early 1950s. By mid-decade hats were worn less frequently, especially as fuller hairstyles like the short, curly poodle cut and later bouffant and beehive became fashionable.
Ahead, experts share the best hairstyles for women over 50, along with celebrity examples to show your stylist at your next appointment. Textured pixie cut A pixie cut “is a great option for ...
Our roundup of the best hairstyles for women over 50 is full of oh-so-flattering medium-length hairstyles for older women and hairstyles for women with long hair, in addition to some short cuts ...
From beehives and afros to buzz cuts and high ponytails, find out which hairstyle was the most popular during the decade you were born. From beehives and afros to buzz cuts and high ponytails ...
The bouffant hairstyle made a comeback in the early 1950s during the rockabilly aesthetic, along with the pompadour hairstyle. [10] Its revival in women's fashion in the 1950s is credited to British stylist Raymond Bessone. The hairstyle was often referred to as teasy-weasy due to the popularity of Bessone's bouffant hairstyle, which became its ...
During the 1950s, pompadour hairstyles were popularized by rock and roll singer Elvis Presley, mostly among the youth and the greaser subculture. The cover band The Crewcuts were the first to connect hair with pop music, but they were named after the hairstyle, rather than the reverse.