Remember, Girls:

When attempting a drastically new hairdo...



...there's always an element of risk involved.

Guess Who?

Who can it be(ehive) now?
(If you already know, let the others guess first!)

Sommertime

Fish are jumpin', and the wiglets are high.

Hair Hoppers from Outer Space

Coiffures by Mr. Flash and Mr. Buck.

From THE TARNISHED ANGELS

Jersey Shore: The Beginnings

Orange is the new black: for hair, home decor, and most important, skin tone.

Bouffants of the Damned

Come backcomb with us.

Great Meetings in Hair History

Beauty is Pain

The next time that you're grumbling during your preparations for a night out on the town, simply remind yourself that the end result is so worth it.

Baby, if I'm the Bottom...

And for only $1.25? We're so there.

THANKS

Debutantes

Ready for their coming out parties, following their blow-outs at Debbie's Curl-Up-'n'-Dye in Bayonne, New Jersey.*










* Thank you, Paul Rudnick!

Boogie Woogie Bugle Bouffants

Bouffantissimo!

The Fall and Decline of Civilized Television

We're primarily interested in the falls. Here, four lovely lasses duke it out for the highest ratings and the highest hair on What's My Line? For your consideration:

Miss Jayne Mansfield



Miss Raquel Welch



Miss Jayne Meadows



Miss Joan Crawford

Connie-Connie-Connie-Chameleon

In the 1930's, Constance Bennett was renowned as a fashion plate even more than she was as a movie star ("I'm a lot more sartorial than thespian," she acknowledged. "They come to see me and go out humming the costumes."). Interestingly, for all her East Coast pedigree, the New York-born and bred Bennett seemed to look southward for her fashion inspiration. To wit: her sleek, polished look of the 1930's was a Hollywoodized magnification of the ultra-chic style of such socialites as the Kentucky-born Mrs. Harrison Williams, later Mona, Countess of Bismarck.


By the 1950's, Connie's screen career had declined, but she found great success in the touring company of Auntie Mame, the fabulous stage play based on Patrick Dennis' novel, and a precursor to the musical. She was the perfect embodiment of brittle, theatrical glamour, and her look seemed to mirror that of Alabama's infamous daughter, Tallulah Bankhead.



As related by our dear friend Poseidon3 over at his utterly fascinating, fabulous blog, Poseidon's Underworld, Bennett made her simultaneous big screen comeback and swan song in Ross Hunter's plush remake of Madame X (1966). In preparation for her return before the cameras, Bennett once again completely transformed herself - this time, apparently taking a page from the Texas handbook of Miss Ann Miller.

And if you're gonna go, you may as well go like Annie!

On the First Warm Day in May...

...make an appointment with your American hairdresser and ask for "The Frenchie."

From WHAT MAKES THE PIE SHOP TICK?

A Talent to Amuse

We hope we have one, darlings!

* This clip embodies everything we hold near and dear: brittle 1930's sophistication tarted up with 1960's wiglets and sequins. It's a culture clash of the very best kind!

We Endorse:

The Lesbouffant!

Even when white water rafting, two-step dancing, or (ahem) deep sea diving, your 'do will stay firmly in place! Don't put your finger in the dyke - use it to press down on a can of Aqua Net today!

Hairpiece to Heaven

The premiere of Madame X (1966): a slightly-soused Lana Turner (wearing a gown of her own design), Elke Sommer, Ann Miller, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Maureen O'Hara and Marie Wilson, all trying to out-do (no pun intended) one another in the bouffant wars, while Anne Francis is surprisingly soignee in understated chinchilla and Lizabeth Scott does the sleek lesbian bit and shows off a dangerously chic pageboy. We want to live in this video.

Higher and Higher

So much to savor here: a pill-poppin', hair-hoppin', acid-droppin' Jayne Mansfield, blissfully unaware of where the hell she is - which can be the only reason she's agreed to be photographed next to her arch rival, Mamie Van Doren, reseplendent in the latest in cat fur fashion and the trendy mismatched-wiglet look. Tommy Noonan is doing his best Jackie Gleason impression, while gallantly focusing the attention on his lovely wife, Foopy.

Yes, Foopy.

Life Got You Down?

If this image doesn't cheer you up instantly, nothing can.

From THE HAIR HALL OF FAME!