Althouse: Hairstyles of the 20th century.

May 7, 2015

Hairstyles of the 20th century.

17 comments:

Bob Ellison said...: Nothing beats the pony tail through the baseball cap. I've polled men on this. They all like it, even the gay men. Universal like.; 5/7/15, 8:00 AM
JHapp said...: Something went wrong about 1970.; 5/7/15, 8:06 AM
Ann Althouse said...: My hair stylist was appalled when I opined that the greatest hairstyle of all is the ponytail.; 5/7/15, 8:06 AM
Tank said...: @Bob

True, but why?

Well, I wouldn't say nothing beats that, but I know what you mean.

Check out the hair here at 3:18.; 5/7/15, 8:08 AM
Tank said...: Mrs. Tank and his girls refer to it simply as a "pony."; 5/7/15, 8:09 AM
Bob Ellison said...: It says "I'm fit, I'm low-maintenance, and I can probably out-run you. Care to test that, Mister?"; 5/7/15, 8:10 AM
Ann Althouse said...: No, it says: I have long hair, which I'll let you see loose on special occasions, but I mostly want it up out of my way, because I'm active and carefree, but you can still see its beauty, and it is still loose and flowing, but my face is also fully exposed, which I can do because I have a great face and don't need to hide it like those other women who are always fussing with their hair and aren't fun-loving and beautiful like me.; 5/7/15, 8:15 AM
Bob Ellison said...: That's good hair, Tank, but it's Aniston's face that makes it work.; 5/7/15, 8:15 AM
Bob Ellison said...: Yes, Professor, it says those things as well. It exposes the cheekbones, one of the most important points of beauty on a woman's face.

Don't think I'm on a mission here. I don't want every female to sport a ponytail. But I hope to wake up one day and see ponytails as far as the eye can see.; 5/7/15, 8:17 AM
Laslo Spatula said...: "No, it says: I have long hair, which I'll let you see loose on special occasions, but I mostly want it up out of my way, because I'm active and carefree, but you can still see its beauty, and it is still loose and flowing, but my face is also fully exposed, which I can do because I have a great face and don't need to hide it like those other women who are always fussing with their hair and aren't fun-loving and beautiful like me."

That's a good start, but you stopped the woman's inner monologue before you got to the pulling-hair-while-having-sex part. Among other things.

I am Laslo.; 5/7/15, 8:20 AM
Wilbur said...: If you want to see pony tails, just watch women's softball on cable channels. Although it's not the hair Wilbur is checking out.

Of those shown, I'm partial to the pixie cut.; 5/7/15, 9:35 AM
David said...: I've had a flattop and a mohawk, and a distressing mess that went to my shoulders which I paired with the 17th worst mustache in human history.

Now I still have all my hair which is more than enough in my crowd no matter what the style/; 5/7/15, 11:07 AM
rcocean said...: The beehive and mullett win the award for most ugly hairstyle. The Mohawk was a hairstyle? Only white freaks wore it - And Mohawk Indians.

The weirdness really started about 1965 - as you might expect.; 5/7/15, 12:48 PM
MadisonMan said...: Why wasn't Dorothy Hamill in that montage?; 5/7/15, 1:01 PM
Rusty said...: Shit Titus knows a lot about.; 5/7/15, 1:58 PM
Bill said...: The beehive is hard to beat.; 5/7/15, 3:44 PM
Bob Ellison said...: So what's the male analog? Some folks like a 1/4" beard; some (like my wife) hate facial hair. Women tend to be more heterodox than men in their preferences, but I gather a six-pack stomach and 6'3" height are never wrong.; 5/7/15, 4:44 PM