What Were The Trendiest Hairstyle In The Year You Were Born? - Part 3

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The Third Part Of The Discussion

Here we discuss more recent hairstyles for the trendsetters. Get going with all these major styles. 

1972: Afro

Pam Grier and her voluminous curls became one of the decade’s most iconic looks as more black women began wearing their hair in natural styles as opposed to the relaxed or covered with a wig. 

1973: Cornrows

For her role in Sounder, Actress Cicely Tyson leading braided style into popularity once again inspired a beauty trend by wearing her hair in cornrows. 

1974: Loose Waves

Lauren Hutton’s glamourous waves inspired many women to try flowing, loose locks as one of the decade’s most recognised models. 

1975: Voluminous Curls

Similar to that of supermodel Beverly Johnson, women are preferring defined waves as also many women desiring a curlier more voluminous style. 

1976: Wedge Haircut

The wedge style featured a triangular silhouette cut off right around the ears designed by Trevor Sorbie a protégé of Vidal Sassoon himself. After winning the gold medal in 1976, the Olympic figure skater Dorothy Hamill helped popularise the style. 

1977: Bleach Blonde

Rocking a shaggy bleached look, Blondie singer Debbie Harry brought punky hairstyles into the mainstream. 

1978: Farrah Waves

Inspiring countless women to highlight their hair and blow it out into full sweeping waves, is Farrah Fawcett and her unforgettable hair on Charlie’s Angels. 

1979: Spiky Punk Hair

Bringing wispy, all-over-the-place hair into popularity is musician Siouxsie Sioux and her goth-meets-punk style. 

1980: Edgy Shag

Joan Jett’s razored style made it a must-have for trendsetters as well as rock lovers everywhere, as Jane Fonda puts shag on the map.

1981: Topknot

Actresses and models like Iman helped bring the style to the beauty sphere which is now a lazy day staple for women everywhere.

1982: Asymmetrical Updo

In case you grew up in the ‘80s admit it that you wore this gloriously unbalanced hairstyle at least once. 

1983: Girl-Next-Door Hair

Inspiring women everywhere to grow their hair long giving it as much volume as possible is Brooke Shields as well as other “All -American Girl” types. 

1984: The Mullet

The age of Mullet lasted too long and affected too many as the notable dark time in the country’s history and we commend you in case you survived the ‘80s without getting the tragic cut. 

1985: Wrapped Up

Including this teased’ do wrap up by a headscarf, this original Queen of Pop, Madonna’s hair helped define the ‘80s. 

1986: Crimped

Crimped hair found its place in society and stuck around on and off throughout the 1990s, which is another unfortunate trend of the ‘80s. 

1987: Red Ringlets

The world fell in love when Molly Ringwald showed up with her glorious mess of red curls. 

1988: Feathered Bangs

Inspiring American women to follow suit by teasing their bangs and perming their locks, there was Sarah Jessica Parker among other stars rocking the incredibly ‘80s do. 

1989: Gelled Curls

Julia Roberts and other celebs gelled their curls for a slick-down style continuing the trend of heavy product use. 

1990: Regal Short Cut

With her famous crop created by hairstylist Sam McKnight, Princess Diana ever the trendsetter influenced women of the world to go short. 

1991: Tumbling Updo

Popularising over-the-top updos with face-framing pieces are the glam supermodels including Cindy Crawford. 

1992: Grunge Hair

In the early ‘90s grunge music scene, as one of the biggest names, Courtney Love’s messy bleached locks inspired tons of teens and twenty-somethings to try the wilder style. 

1993: Box Braids

Janet Jackson inspired women to wear their hair in long box braids as a result of her style as the starring role in 1993’s Poetic Justice. 

1994: The Rachel

It was found that secretly hating the style that launched a thousand haircuts, was Jennifer Aniston in “The Rachel”, whereas it comes almost impossible not to feel nostalgic over the Friend’s star’s famous cut. 

1995: Butterfly Clips

Not the least of the 90s featured few style mistakes was the butterfly clip trend. 

1996: Wild Streaks

The daring member of Spice Girls, Geri Halliwell a.k.a. Ginger Spice, has led millions of girls to beg their parents to let them get streaks in their hair of bright red, orange, pink, and other colours. 

1997: Spiky Pixie

After Winona Ryder debuted her cool look in 1997, the ‘90s saw a chic edgy style of pixie come into focus. 

1998: Pigtails

There are just two words and one name: Britney Spears brought pigtails on adults to come back. 

1999: Two Front Strands

Everyone in the ‘90s was guilty of it were two tiny strands are lingering at the front of the face whereas there may not be an official name for this style. 

Concluding This Part Of Discussion

There are a few more styles to be mentioned. We will meet soon with more hairstyles in the next part.