Wings (haircut)
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The wings haircut, also known the Mod haircut, Mop top, flippies, flow, Justin Bieber haircut, or skater hair is a popular
Origins
This hairstyle was first worn by
During the 1920s the wings haircut was worn as an alternative to the bob cut and pageboy hairstyle by flappers and young children of both sexes. It remained popular during the war years for its practicality when women worked in the factories. After the war, women's hair grew increasingly longer until the 1960s when it made a comeback among younger women like Twiggy and continued to be worn into the 1970s.[4]
Popularity among youth subcultures
In the early 1960s the wings haircut made a comeback among the
By the mid-1960s the wings haircut was worn by the
Throughout the 1970s and early-1980s, the wings hairstyle was common among teenagers and young men, while those with curly hair wore
Gallery
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Mid-length wings haircut worn by Classical composer Giuseppe Verdi, 1886
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Justin Bieber's eponymous hairstyle in 2009
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Wings hairstyle (2006)
See also
References
- ^ "Victorian Portrait Gallery - 1840 Clothing". Historical Emporium. Retrieved 2024-02-23c. 1840 Men's Fashion Photos (Daguerreotypes) with Annotations
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Sherry Youngquist (4 May 2006), "Magazine starts buzz for old barber shop", The Item
- IMDb
- ^ Slater, Anna (September 13, 2009). "Twiggy at 60; The super-skinny model who found fame in the Sixties has finally come of age. Anna Slater lists the triumphs, the tragedies and the trivia". Independent on Sunday: p. 48.
- Timothy White, c. 1994.
- ISBN 0-9529540-1-X
- ^ Pendergast, Tom; Pendergast, Sara (2004), "Hippies". Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages., Gale Virtual Reference Library, 5: Modern World Part II: 1946–2003, Detroit: Gale.
- ^ Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company. February 1973. p. 128.
- ^ Talty, Stephan (April 19, 1998). "Crew Cuts Forever". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2014-03-05.
- ^ "The Scene Kid Subculture vs. Emos - News Article". Absolute Punk. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
External links
The dictionary definition of wings (haircut) at Wiktionary