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The short hair of the men and the braids of the women were, towards the end of the second century, curled, and arranged in tiers, while for women the hair twined about the head over the brow. Particular locks were reserved to fall over the forehead and upon the temples. Christian iconography still proceeds in accordance with types created in ...
Liberty spikes trace their origins to the Ancient Britons. [ 1] Warriors washed their long hair in lime water, which also bleached it blond. [ 2] This hairstyle was highly symbolic as a badge of honor and manhood: Celts were not allowed to spike or cut their hair until they had killed an enemy. [ 3] After the subjugation of Britain spiked hair ...
The hair is bleached such that the tips of each spike will be light blond, usually in contrast to the wearer's main hair color. Frosted tips were prominent throughout the late 1990s. The style, without the coloring was also common and commonly just called "short and spiky". Hi-top fade: The hair is cut short on the sides and is grown long on ...
Greco-Roman hairstyle. So-called "Exaltation de la Fleur" (exaltation of the flower), fragment from a grave stele: two women wearing a peplos and kekryphalos ( hairnet ), hold poppy or pomegranate flowers, and maybe a small bag of seeds. Parian marble, ca. 470–460 BC. From Pharsalos, Thessaly. In the earliest times the Greeks wore their ...
Flattop. American basketball player Gary Thompson sporting a flattop haircut, c. 1958. A flattop is a classic hairstyle characterized by short hair on the sides and back of the head, with the top hair cut short and styled to stand upright in a flat, level plane.
Chonmage. The chonmage (丁髷) is a type of traditional Japanese topknot haircut worn by men. It is most commonly associated with the Edo period (1603–1868) and samurai, and in recent times with sumo wrestlers. It was originally a method of using hair to hold a samurai kabuto helmet steady atop the head in battle, and became a status symbol ...
Hi-top fade. Hi-top fade is a haircut where hair on the sides is cut off or kept very short while hair on the top of the head is grown long. [1] The hi-top was a trend during the golden age of hip hop and urban contemporary music of the 1980s and the early 1990s. [2] It was common among young African American males between 1986 and 1993 and to ...
The Manchu hairstyle signified all ethnic groups submission to Qing rule, and also aided the Manchu identification of those Han who refused to accept Qing dynasty domination. The hairstyle was compulsory for all males and the penalty for non-compliance was execution for treason. After the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912, the Chinese no longer ...