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Popular music and film stars had a major influence on 1950s hairstyles and fashion. Elvis Presley and James Dean had a great influence on the high quiff-pompadour greased-up style or slicked-back style for men with heavy use of Brylcreem or pomade. The pompadour was a fashion trend in the 1950s, especially among male rockabilly artists and actors.
The quiff combines the 1950s pompadour hairstyle, the 1950s flat-top, and, sometimes a mohawk. The hairstyle was an essential in the British 'Teddy Boy' movement, and became popular again in Europe in the early 1980s and 2010s.
During the 1950s, pompadour hairstyles were popularized by rock and roll singer Elvis Presley, mostly among the youth and the greaser subculture. The cover band The Crewcuts were the first to connect hair with pop music, but they were named after the hairstyle, rather than the reverse.
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.
From beehives and afros to buzz cuts and high ponytails, find out which hairstyle was the most popular during the decade you were born. From beehives and afros to buzz cuts and high ponytails ...
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.
Everyone knows the beehive hairstyle, whether you associate it with the '50s or Amy Winehouse. All you had to do to be cool in the 1950s was pile your hair on top of your head in a conical shape ...
Other popular hairstyles of the decade for women included tight curls, waves, and the pageboy. ... All you had to do to be cool in the 1950s was pile your hair on top of your head in a conical ...