Looking into Era's for my Assessment

1920's Marcel Waves

In the 1920's women didn't want to cut their hair as it was seen feminine to have longer hair and short hair was not. This soon changed a few years later, many women taking the plunge and cutting off their locks. The reactions to shorter hair were mixed from both men and women but it soon became a popular hairstyle and one man completely revolutionised the art of hairdressing all over the world.

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finger-marcel-waves-stylish-hair-of-a-bygone-era/

Francois Marcel, a 19th century french hairdresser invented the process of heating irons to curl the hair in 1972. This hairstyle remained in vogue for over fifty years making a fortune to Marcel. The original irons were heavy tongs that were heated in a gas burner. This was a difficult process as if the irons were too cool the hair wouldn't set, or if the irons were too hot they would burn the hair. However by 1924 electric irons became available where the temperature of the irons could be regulated.

Whilst the Marcel wave is a popular hairstyle because it stayed in longer and was easier to achieve, finger waves were also another popular technique that look very similar. Finger waves were created by using your fingers and a comb on wet hair and being gripped into place whilst it dried.

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finger-marcel-waves-stylish-hair-of-a-bygone-era/

Fashions in Hair Book

Fashions in Hair Book

Fashions in Hair Book

I really like the look of this era, I like the idea of using the finger waves as a technique for my design but I want to create a contemporary version that looks different but with a hint of the 20's in it. To help me decide to do this era, I have created a historical and contemporary hair chart. 

Here I have created a Marcel wave design and I think I would quite enjoy researching and creating a design for this era. 

Information from: http://chicvintagebrides.com/index.php/beauty-hair/finger-marcel-waves-stylish-hair-of-a-bygone-era/
http://www.1920-30.com/fashion/hairstyles/marcel-wave.html
http://vintagedancer.com/1920s/1920s-long-hair-to-bobbed-hair/

1940's Victory Rolls

The 1940s was an iconic era for history. With the Second World War going on, many women took over "male jobs" in factories, farms and by even joining the armed forces. They stepped up and provided for their families whilst their men were out fighting.

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photos/women/1940s_factory_girl.jpg

War influenced on how working woman wore their hair. Being in the fields, factories and armed forces woman were required to keep their hair out the way of equipment and machinery. Everyday hair products like shampoo were difficult to get hold of and water was rationed so washing hair was a luxury. Scarves were used to to help keep hair protected from dirt and to hide a bad hair day.

Another popular garment was a snood, they were used for everyday wear and for work. The snood was placed at the top of the head and all of the hair would be encased in there. This hairstyle was especially useful for woman working in factories as it kept their hair out of the way and to stop it from getting caught in machinery.

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/2012/09/12/snood-glorious-snood/

Victory rolls was a very popular style, often said to get its name from the fighter plane manoeuvres of World War II. The planes created an exhaust roll that remained in the sky after leaving the area and inspired many patriotic civilians to adopt the name in honour of the soldiers returning home.

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/flight/modern/airplanes.htm/printable

Fashions in Hair Book

Fashions in Hair Book

Fashions in Hair Book

This era has really interested me as it was start of a big movement of equality during the war. It has got me really intrigued to research a bit more and I feel I can create a good character based on the background from this era. Below are some hair charts that I could possibly develop. 



I really like the history about this era and I feel I could create a good character based on this. I have created victory rolls as this is one of the main hairstyles of this era. 

Information from: http://hair-and-makeup-artist.com/womens-1940s-hairstyles/
http://vintagedancer.com/1940s/1940s-hair-snood/
http://www.hollywoodnoirmakeup.com/1940s-victory-rolls-hairstyle/

1970's Disco

The 1970's was a diverse decade for hairstyles. In 1971 Switzerland gave women voting rights which sparked the start of women's equality. Women liberty was growing and had an influence on advertising and cosmetic. In 1973 "Charlie" was the first advert to feature a woman wearing trousers. 

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 They varied from long, soft and feminine to short, edgy and androgynous. But the most popular hairstyle was often long with a centre parting and people started to frost their hair with blonde streaks to copy the 1976 Pharrah Fawcett look. 

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entertainment/music-arts/donna-summer-dead-
remembering-queen-disco-gallery-1.1079825?pmSlide=1.1079814

Music was a big influence for 70's hairstyles. The 70's sounds of glam rock, disco, funk, northern soul and punk each had their signature looks and style. Many disco bands influenced the style of the 70's. Later came the disco/punk look where hair was shorter and centre partings were non existent. Disco was sexy and bold with shimmery makeup and Donna Summer was the Disco Queen. 

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Image from: http://www.musictap.net/2015/01/22/bee-gees-labels-readies-
5cd-albums-set-1973-1979-for-march/bee-gees/

Fashions in Hair Book

I like this era and you can create really big and dramatic hairstyles but in terms of actually creating a character, I don't think this era could be as strong as the others. But I have created hair charts to see what designs I could have possibly done.



I have created disco hair and I like the effect however I don't think there is much to do for this era, I want to create a character rather than just a wig. 

Information from: http://hair-and-makeup-artist.com/womens-1970s-makeup/

After researching a few eras that had most interest to me, I have decided that I am going to chose the 1940s era because of the historical events that took place in our country. We wear poppies in memory of the soldiers annually which plays an important part in peoples lives.