Some would possibly say wallowing in nostalgia doesn’t get us wherever. However on the subject of hair, that’s precisely what we’ve discovered ourselves doing this 12 months, taking cues from a golden period during which haircuts have been a factor. From Donna Summer season to Farrah Fawcett, Debbie Harry to Jane Birkin, you identify the muse, and 2021 has seen us covertly stealing their coiffure.
“The fashionable option to do it – with out wanting too retro – is to nod to the sensation of the fashion, such because the shag, with out being too ‘dress-up’ and literal about it,” says Luke Hersheson. George Northwood agrees, naming the ’70s as a cool period to take inspiration from, whether or not through tremendous lengthy hair or a brow-skimming fringe. His recommendation? “These days it needs to be worn with extra of an undone texture, as again within the ’70s it was fairly set in place.”
Unsure the place to begin? British Vogue takes a have a look at the ’70s hair developments to attempt now.
The shag
An apparent place to begin, the shag reduce is in every single place this 12 months. Outlined by its uneven layers and wavy texture, Stevie Nicks and Mick Jagger wore glorious examples of the look again then. Now? Billie Eilish, Selena Gomez and fashions like Mica Argañaraz have all lately sported the shag.
Feathered hair
Healthful ’70s hair got here within the type of feathered flicks, as exaggerated as they have been voluminous. Farrah Fawcett was the poster woman for the look, along with her swathes of golden layers and million-dollar smile, in addition to Olivia Newton-John. One other frequent function of this look? The waft fringe.
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French-girl bangs
There are few individuals on this world that don’t need a Jane Birkin-esque fringe. A French favorite, it stays as stylish now because it was then, and everybody – from Margot Robbie to Daisy Edgar-Jones, Alexa Chung to make-up artist Violette – is a ’70s fringe fan. Look again at outdated images of Birkin and Joni Mitchell for inspiration.
The total afro
The period of disco noticed hair get larger and higher. Afro textured hair was fluffy and full – see Diana Ross and Pam Grier. With so many embracing their pure textures over lockdown, the complete ’fro has come again in a giant means – Amandla Stenberg was only one star to point out hers off.
The bob
With the recognition of the bob displaying no indicators of waning in 2021, it was additionally a giant hitting coiffure within the ’70s. There was Debbie Harry’s unforgettable blunt-cut fashion; Donna Summer season’s smooth look, full with uneven fringe; and never forgetting Bianca Jagger’s insouciantly stylish side-parted quantity. The great thing about the bob is that there’s an iteration to go well with everybody.
Mermaid-length hair
Whether or not it’s because of lockdown and the lack to see our hairdressers or not, extremely lengthy mermaid hair has change into more and more standard over the previous 12 months. From Kim Kardashian and Ariana Grande to Jennifer Lopez, it’s a glance harking back to Cher and Ali MacGraw’s lengthy, smooth locks.
The mullet
Prefer it or not, the mullet is gaining recognition because of TikTok’s one minute mullet problem, and the likes of Miley Cyrus and Rihanna have sported the fashion. OG mullet adopters embody Joan Jett, whose gravity-defying jet-black haircut remains to be referenced backstage at vogue reveals repeatedly at the moment.
