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Jane Fonda: Barbarella & Klute |
It’s the 1960’s, the beginning of the sexual revolution, and hair was going BIG and HIGH, like on sex kittens Sharon Tate and the inimitable Brigitte Bardot. But just like in all revolutions, there’s counter revolution in the streets, which happened one day in a salon in London when Vidal Sassoon took a pair of shears to Twiggy’s long hair, and the structural cut was born.
Jane Fonda transformed her space nymph Barbarella bouffant into the iconic Klute shag in 1971, the model of cut and structure. Hair became flatter to the head, and we were blow drying at home, not going to the salon for sets anymore.
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Patty Hanson, Rosie Vela |

Of course the 90’s was all about Jennifer Aniston’s “Rachel”, her face-framing layered cut for her TV character. It was fun, down to earth and Friendly, which was what everybody needed to calm their 1999 jitters. Then Madonna ushered in the new millennium with the age of the chameleon, the person who uses all the looks from the past and combines it with the power of new technology to transform themselves every day----hello Lady Gaga! She is Madonna on steroids.
When I think about how far we’ve come since 1920 with what we can do, from hair extensions to Brazilian straightening to at-home hair color, the sky is the limit, and that’s what we’ve been seeing. Think of Beyonce, transforming herself for every performance and persona. Of course, there’s always the hold-out, the person who changes and inspires by not changing at all, and today that would be the Duchess of Cambridge, the former Kate Middleton.
So when someone asks me what their next hair style should be, I ask who do you want to be? Take a look at all the timeless beauties and transform yourself and your style. “Beauty is where you find it!”
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