I'm running out of color and curlers at station 12.....

Please allow us to transform you!

Before and after the make-up. From The Judge, 1921.

Bouffants, Bikinis and Bare Feet

Picking up from where we left off on Tuesday...

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You're Putting Me On

Afro hair put-ons. "This is where it's at today."

Bouffants, Bikinis and Beer

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Kouka Denis

KOUKA DENIS...


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Iconic French fashion model who worked with Christian Dior for decades and was Yves Saint Laurent's muse.

Name the top style...

We need to name this style on the top.

The one on the bottom is named the Cobra.  But the one on the top needs a name.  Suggestions appreciated in the comment section, below.

Ask yourself!

Does your stylist have enough style?

Hairway to Heaven

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Stick Around, Valentines

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The Queen of Collinsville

Presenting Miss Linda Hart, her achievements, and her extraordinary hairdo ...





Source: Collinsville School Annual 1966, Collinsville, Texas

The Death of Romance

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Girls Who Wear Glasses

Sweet Little Sixteen

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Send in the Clowns

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Now let's consider Bud here

Take a long hard look at our friend Bud.  Bud has a carefree air about himself, and his hair compliments that devil-may-care attitude.  He can pull off the open shirt look, too.  Mischief in his eyes and Bud is most definitely set for the day.   His look says "I wish I could see more.  A whole lot more."

Beauty tip: Does your look compliment you - the real you?  Or are you trying too hard to be someone you aren't by copying someone else's style?  People can smell a phony a mile away.

Be authentic, like Bud.  Let people in to see the real you.

HHOF management is aware that the new smocks are restricting

But HHOF employees MUST remain in uniform while in the break room.

Pump up the Volume!

A perm and pick can do a lot for the right man.

A warning...

...proper footwear must be worn at all times.  The HHoF is a croc-free zone.

How Do You Want Your Hair Cut?

Barbers chart, 1890.

Ramones Wigs

Ramones wigs:The Joey, The Johnny, The Dee Dee, and The Marky...

The Class of '49

Ambition: Hairdresser...


Nicest hair...

Hair and Hors d'oeuvres

Six American women stop off at a hairdressers during a tour of London. They are part of a coach-load of 60 women who visited the Riche salon in Mayfair during their sightseeing trip in 1966.
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Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

The Coffeyville Weekly Journal, Kansas, December 29, 1893
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Heavenly Hair Dryer

Bonnet fashioned by milliner Sally Victor, who designed hats for several First Ladies..


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The Tyranny of Hairdressers

McCall's Magazine, January 1966.

You want dandy hair, but no lyin'...

...never let your new do get seedy looking, which would be a shame.

Call the Hair Hall of Fame at KLinger 5-5555 for an appointment.

Scrunchies Return as “Hair Clouds”

Scrunchies, rebranded as "hair clouds" are making a comeback.



But did they ever really go away?

Both These Men Are 35!

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Source: Everybody's Weekly - December 13th 1952

Months of Magic

Fashion Quick Hair Permanent from Richard Hudnut...



Goodbye tight permanents!

Lets you change hair styles as often and as easily as you change your mind!

Buffy Make-Up & Hairstyling Set

The swinging world of hairstyling & make-up fun...



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Face can be made up like Buffy's face, fashion face, mod face, or even Mommy's face!

Produced by Amsco (Milton Bradley) in 1971, this was one of many merchandising products released for the American sitcom “Family Affair” in which Buffy (played by Anissa Jones) was one of the characters.

Happy Birthday, Shirley Bassey

Dame Shirley Bassey was born January 8, 1937 in Cardiff, Wales.
 
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Source: Jet Magazine, November 28, 1963.


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At age 81, she's proof that diamonds really are forever.

We're Waiting for You

It's been a slow week so far.


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We're waiting for you.

The Class of '76

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1976. Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Bottom left: Jim Binzer feels sort of helpless as he gets his monthly trim from Cara Ball.

Psychedelic Barber Shop

Cuban immigrant, Luis Fernandez of the Circle Barbershop in Coral Gables, Florida....



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"This is a very swinging place," said Luis.

His plans for expanding his salon included a gallery of pop-op-mod art, underground music and a topless manicurist.

Happy New Year from The Hair Hall of Fame

Closed for Christmas: Time for Home Remedy Beauty

If you haven't been beautified by the HHoF you are out of luck. Our employees have all been sent home with bonus checks, a Whitman's Sampler and a Bottle of Crown Royal to be with their families.

So it looks like its "home remedy" beauty time.  While mayo can be glopped into your wet hair and then your head can be wrapped in a warm towel, you do have to remember to wash it out.

Whatever you do, do NOT cut your own hair.

Just remember, whatever you do: Just because there is a plaster mask of Santa on the Wall doesn't mean that a plaster masque will work for you. 

See you after the yule log is snuffed out and the fruitcake is digested. 

Blue Christmas

Normally, its fun and games here at the Hair Hall of Fame, but this Christmas season brings with it a sad note.

This time last year, one of our own, "Kabuki Zero"(in the picture above), whose real name was William, but was called Billy by his friends, was readying for necessary heart surgery.  And he was very fatalistic about the outcome.

Following the surgery, Kabuki demanded to be released from the hospital feeling as if he had to get home to his beloved pets, despite the protestations of the doctors and cardiac care, he signed the wavers and left the hospital to return to his home.

He died in the middle of night.  His body was found the next morning by a friend.

Sometimes, the people we know and love do things that may not make rational sense, and there is no sense to what happened other than he needed to have his way, for a reason really unknown to anyone but himself.

All of us miss you something awful, Billy.

Love the people who mean everything to you, because sometimes, it can be too late to show it, or tell them.

When Cookie's time comes - and I am not planning on going anywhere anytime, soon, one of the first people that I'll look up upon reaching the afterlife will be Billy.   He'll be sitting there, legs crossed, and fit to be tied "You have kept me waiting."

Perhaps, but I'll make it one day.  MYM.

Santa Visits The Hair Hall of Fame Salon

Political Statement Haircuts

Helping straight white men look less fascist was the last thing Patty Suarez thought she'd be doing when she started cutting hair at a queer-owned salon in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Click here for full story.