Perfect Hairstyles of 1960
When we talk about fashion, how can hairstyles be far behind? Fashion
is complete only when you look perfect. You cannot look perfect with a
disgusting mop of hair on the top of your head. The hair must go with
the clothes you are wearing. Since 1960 was an era of change and
revolution so the hairdo was also very similar. The hippy style that the
people followed was also reflected in the way they styled their hair.
The head coverings also changed significantly in late 1960. Hats went
completely out of fashion. Men either wore no headgear or just wore
bandanas.
The kinds of hairstyles those were famous in the era of 1960:
The mop-top hairstyle was famous with men of that era. The length of the
hair increased and reached beyond the collar bone as the decade came
into an end. Men completely followed the hippy hairstyle in the late
1960. Men even started growing facial hair. It started with keeping
longer sideburns. Then men started keeping mustaches with long
sideburns. Eventually men started keeping full grown beards in the late
1960s. The Afro style was also followed. In the afro style the hair is
allowed to grow naturally up to a certain length. This was also known as
the cloud or ball shaped hairstyle. But the afro style was difficult to
attain. “Afro” wigs were also available in the market so that men could
follow the hippy fashion. Beehive hairdos became the trendsetter in
early 1960. The contour cut and the pageboy cut also became popular in
mid 1960. In the late 1960s came the short cropped hair cut which was
also known as “Twiggy” haircut. Jacqueline Kennedy was the trendsetter
and a style icon for all the women in that decade. Women followed and
copied whatever clothes she wore and whatever haircut she approved.
 Men and women both patronized long hair in the decade of 1960. Women
also curled their hair a lot. Some women went for short curly look while
some women went for a ruffled look. The short hair styles were mainly
for the party look. “Piquant pixie” was another prominent hairdo in the
era of 1960. Women used wet rollers to curl their hair for special
occasions. The rollers that were used were almost the size of coke cans.
You cannot use a blow dryer for this purpose. Though electric rollers
were available, women preferred the handy wet rollers. After the hair
was set, you had to sit under a dryer for an hour. In this precious hour
the curls used to settle down and would give women the look they wanted.
The curls also varied. Some women went for
 deep curls; some girls went
for short tight curls while some women even went for spit curls.
“Bouffant” hairstyles were also followed. The chignon hairdo still
existed but it was more ostentatious. Sometimes long loose curls were
left to hang around the back crown.
The longer straight hairstyle was something that only the teenage girls
followed. Hair is something that is very precious to us. You may be
beautiful but if you do not have gorgeous hair, you won’t look stunning.
Hair is a woman’s asset. The women of 1960 didn’t bother about the
haircut too much. They were more worried about getting the right haircut
which was both trendy and suited them. Women of 1960 kept long hair or
short hair depending on the kind of lines they lead or the kind of
parties they attended. Often bandanas accompanied the hairdo to give a
trendy look. The bandanas gave an extra touch of zing to their look.
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