Curtained hair
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Curtained hair or curtains is a hairstyle featuring a long
Origins
The Baiyue/Hundred Viets (1st millennium BC) appeared to keep their hair short and curtained in this style, unlike many other primitive peoples who had longer hair.
A shorter version of the curtain haircut, parted in the middle and kept in place with pomade, became popular during the Edwardian era as a more practical alternative to the longer hair and sideburns fashionable c. the late 19th century. This was due in part to the popularity of sporting activities like rugby football among younger men.[citation needed] The slicked-back style remained popular into the 20th century,[2] appearing on notable individuals such as Chinese politician Mao Zedong (c. 1910–1930) and American real-estate developer Fred Trump (c. 1940–1950).
From the turn of the century until the 1920s, a longer variant of the
Revival
During the late 1980s, centrally parted hair, derived from the
In the UK, curtains were popularised during the early 1990s by the
A longer, collar-length version of the haircut went mainstream in the
During the early 2020s the haircut had a resurgence in popularity, driven largely by K-pop and the social media platform TikTok. As a result, the haircut has become favored among youth, and is considered an attractive hairstyle for males. This came with a general revival of 90s fashion by TikTok users.[9]
In popular culture
Actors who have worn the longer version of curtained hair include Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 2,[10][11] Brendan Fraser in The Mummy Returns,[12] Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic, River Phoenix in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Kim Milford in Laserblast, James McAvoy in X-Men: Apocalypse, Jonathan Taylor Thomas in Home Improvement, David Duchovny in earlier seasons of The X-Files and Steve Buscemi in The Big Lebowski.
Many manga and anime characters, such as
Most male
See also
References
- ^ Douglas, Joanna (17 November 2011). "'Hitler Youth' Haircut Gaining Popularity". Yahoo! Shine. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ Jarocki, Pawel (6 February 2021). "The Illustrated History of Pomades". Topgun Men Care. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ISBN 1-873976-14-3.
- ^ Davies, A. (1998), "Youth gangs, masculinity and violence in late Victorian Manchester and Salford", Journal of Social History 32 (2)
- ^ Williams, Alex (15 November 2011). "A Haircut Returns From the 1930s". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ Shivash, Shastri (8 November 2019). "Ideal mens [sic] hair styles, treatments and tips for hair maintenance". Meramaal Wiki. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ Tom Cruise in 1983
- ^ Patches, Matt (15 June 2012). "Tom Cruise's Hair: The Defining Box Office Factor?".
- ^ Singer, Jenny (29 October 2020). "TikTok Teens Have Spoken: The Side Part Is Dead". Glamour. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ Tom Cruise hair
- ^ Singer, Matt. "Every Tom Cruise Movie Ranked (By the Magnificence of His Hair)". ScreenCrush.
- ^ "fashionsplanet.com". ww5.fashionsplanet.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014.
- ISBN 981-260-014-0
- ^ ^ Director: Seiji Mizushima (October 4, 2003). "太陽に挑む者". Fullmetal Alchemist. Episode 1. Tokyo Broadcasting System.
External links
- Media related to Curtained hair at Wikimedia Commons
- The dictionary definition of curtained hair at Wiktionary