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The 30 most iconic hair styles
And the women who made them famous
If you've ever asked for a 'Rachel' or a 'Pob' in the hair salon, you'll know that only a few hairstyles become true beauty icons. What's more, it takes one woman who truly 'owns' a look to make a hairstyle iconic. We've collected the 30 styles we think deserve a place in the hair hall of fame - cuts that have been copied and re-interpreted on catwalks, celebrities and in salons across the land - plus the woman who made them famous, for you to pore over. What better place to find inspiration for your new 'do than here?
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The 30 most iconic hair styles
The Afro Actress Pam Grier made this an iconic… More details
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The Afro
Actress Pam Grier made this an iconic look during the Black Power movement of the 1970s.
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The Blunt Fringe Forties pin-up Bettie Page… More details
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The Blunt Fringe
Forties pin-up Bettie Page popularized a short, blunt fringe with long hair.
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The Farrah Flicks
Farrah Fawcett's flicked out blonde waves, brought to fame by her role in Charlie's Angels, became one of the most popular seventies styles.
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The Beehive Few can forget that now-iconic image… More details
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The Beehive
Few can forget that now-iconic image of Audrey Hepburn sporting an immaculate beehive, with her hair piled high, in Breakfast at Tiffany's
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Boho Waves Actress Sienna Miller became a style… More details
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Boho Waves
Actress Sienna Miller became a style and beauty icon in the early 2000s - with girls everywhere copying her bohemian blonde waves.
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The Eton Crop This super-short cut was… More details
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The Eton Crop
This super-short cut was revolutionary in the 1920s - Jazz Age chantreuse Josephine Baker wore hers slicked down with gel.
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Lady Di's Sloane Style Her layered bob, paired… More details
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Lady Di's Sloane Style
Her layered bob, paired with pearls and a twinset, became the Sloane hairstyle of choice during the 1980s.
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The Fifties Bombshell
Marilyn Monroe's set blonde curls epitomized the glamour of Hollywood's golden age.
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Victory Rolls Film star and pin-up Bettie Grable… More details
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Victory Rolls
Film star and pin-up Bettie Grable made this forties style iconic.
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The Jackie O Flick Jackie Onassis was a sixties… More details
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The Jackie O Flick
Jackie Onassis was a sixties style icon - and her prim, set bob with flicked-out ends was copied by well-to-do ladies everywhere.
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The Shag Meg Ryan's layered, shaggy short… More details
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The Shag
Meg Ryan's layered, shaggy short hairstyle became popular during the mid-nineties.
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Jerry Hall's 80s Volume Supermodel Jerry Hall had… More details
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Jerry Hall's 80s Volume
Supermodel Jerry Hall had it all - endless limbs, a rock star husband, and a huge mane of blonde hair - the ultimate eighties accessory.
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Nancy Kwan's Sassoon Cut
Vidal Sassoon revolutionized hair during his heyday, and the asymmetric bob he gave to actress Nancy Kwan was a sensation.
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The Bob Silent film star Louise Brooks made the… More details
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The Bob
Silent film star Louise Brooks made the bob a trademark for twenties flapper girls, who cut off their locks to symbolize their modern and carefree lifestyle.
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La Roux's Rockabilly Quiff Singer La Roux wasn't… More details
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La Roux's Rockabilly Quiff
Singer La Roux wasn't the first person to sport an androgynous, rockabilly style quiff, but it soon became her trademark.
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The Pixie Crop Twiggy made short blonde hair the… More details
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The Pixie Crop
Twiggy made short blonde hair the look of choice in swinging London.
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The Mushroom Molly Ringwald was a member of the… More details
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The Mushroom
Molly Ringwald was a member of the Brat Pack, and eighties style icon. Girls everywhere wanted her bright red bob, which she wore curly or blown into a mushroom-shaped style.
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The Marcel Wave
The 'Marcel' or 'Finger wave' was the style of choice for 1920s and 1930s film starlets, such as Gloria Swanson.
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The Perm This tightly coiled, curly style was all… More details
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The Perm
This tightly coiled, curly style was all the rage in the 1980s. Kylie Minogue, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jennifer Grey provided perm inspiration.
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Patti Smith's Boyish Chop
Patti's androgynous look extended to her hairstyle, with messy, mid-length layers and a choppy fringe. Today, her look inspires stars such as Alexa Chung.
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The Pob The popularity of Victoria Beckham’s… More details
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The Pob
The popularity of Victoria Beckham’s mid-length, super-straight bob hair cute (nicknamed the ‘Pob’ – posh bon) marked her move to become a style icon and designer.
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The Crop Think of classic film Rosemary's Baby,… More details
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The Crop
Think of classic film Rosemary's Baby, and Mia Farrow's short but sweet hairstyle springs to mind.
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The Rachel Jennifer Aniston’s layered,… More details
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The Rachel
Jennifer Aniston’s layered, mid-length hairstyle was the most requested look in hair salons when Friends was at its peak of popularity in the nineties.
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The Asymmetric Crop Mary Quant and Vidal Sassoon… More details
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The Asymmetric Crop
Mary Quant and Vidal Sassoon had a close relationship, and in the sixties her created an asymmetric crop especially for her.
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The Bardot Sex Kitten
Brigitte Bardot’s mussed up, come-to-bed hair became a byword for the French sex kitten after And God Created Woman.
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The Close Shave Sinead 'O Connor and Skin from… More details
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The Close Shave
Sinead 'O Connor and Skin from Skunk Anansie are to be remembered for making bald heads cool for women in the Nineties.
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The Helmet Bob Barbara Streisand made a sleek,… More details
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The Helmet Bob
Barbara Streisand made a sleek, straight bob the height of fashion in the 1960s.
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Teased Hair Teased hair was a favourite of New… More details
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Teased Hair
Teased hair was a favourite of New Romantics and rock stars in the 1980s - Bananarama showed how to work the look for the ladies.
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Pink The original pink-haired lady, Pink dared to… More details
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Pink
The original pink-haired lady, Pink dared to wear crazy colours in her hair before the age of dip-dye and stars like Lady Gaga.
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Veronica Lake Waves Veronica Lake became as… More details
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Veronica Lake Waves
Veronica Lake became as famous for her hairstyle as her acting in the forties, wearing her glossy mane of hair in a sweeping side parting, and in set waves.
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