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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.
The pompadour was a fashion trend in the 1950s, especially among male rockabilly artists and actors. A variation of this was the duck's ass (or in the UK "duck's arse"), also called the "duck's tail", the "ducktail", or simply the D.A. [1] This hairstyle was originally developed by Joe Cerello in 1940.
In the 1950s, while this hairstyle was not yet called the pompadour, it was donned by James Dean and Elvis Presley. It was known by other names (Quiff, ducktail, jelly roll, Rocker, Greaser, or simply "the Elvis cut").
Audrey Hepburn with style-setting "gamine" haircut in Roman Holiday (1953) Marilyn Monroe, 1954. The "Audrey Hepburn look”, associated since the 1950s with the Anglo-Belgian film actress, owed itself principally to the intrinsic chic of Hepburn herself (a factor identified by Edith Head [3]) and the designs of French couturier Hubert de Givenchy.
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.
Ducktails may refer to: . the tails of ducks; Ducktails (musical project), an American indie music project Ducktails, its self-titled debut studio album; Duck's ass, or ducktail, a haircut style popular during the 1950s
The hairstyle was popular on adolescents and men from the late 1980s until the mid-1990s. Dido flip: A "short choppy shag", popularized by British pop singer Dido. Ducktail: A hairstyle predominantly favored by men, though some young female fans of Elvis Presley wore a similar look in his heyday.
Plaid was very common in 1950s men's fashion, both for shirts and suits, along with the "ducktail" haircut, which was often viewed as a symbol of teenage rebellion and banned in schools. During the second half of the 1950s, there was a general move towards less formal clothing, especially among men's fashion.