Hairstyle facts for kids
A hairstyle is the way hair is cut and styled. A haircut may be just practical, but a hairdo suggests professional styling. The fashioning of hair is an aspect of fashion, and cosmetics, especially for females. Practical, cultural, and popular considerations also influence hairstyles.
People in many cultures cut their hair, rather than letting it grow naturally. Hair styles are often used to signal cultural, social, and ethnic identity and can be used to show social status or get attention. Generally, hairstyles are influenced by gender. Women's styles are different from men's. Fashion trends may have a great influence depending on the person.
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There is a great variety of hairstyles. This can best be explained by examples:
Men
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Haircut from history: Julius Caesar
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Jack Kennedy: 1961
Women
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Anna Wintour, editor of Vogue (magazine), with a classic bob .
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Alice of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, photo by Lewis Carroll
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Yulia Tymoshenko in 'up' braids
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Rita Hayworth in film trailer; dyed blond.
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Movie star Rudolph Valentino.
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Woman wearing a loose Afro
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During the late 18th century and early 19th century, powdered wigs were popular fashion. Barber's also supplied wigs and fitting of the wigs.
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A one-year-old in San Antonio, getting his first haircut
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NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman trims the hair of European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli in the Kibo laboratory on the International Space Station during Expedition 26. A hair clipper attached to a vacuum cleaner was used to remove the free-floating hair clippings.
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Late 1st century BC portrait of a Roman woman with an elaborate hairstyle found on the Via Latina in Rome
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George I of Great Britain (1660-1727) wore long, naturally coloured wigs, little different from those of Charles II in the 1660s
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George II (1683-1760) wore fairly long white wigs
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George III (1738-1820) wore short white wigs (until he went mad, when his hair and beard were often left untended)
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George IV (1762-1830) wore powdered hair as a young man, then switched to a neoclassical "Titus cut"
Images for kids
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Bronze Figure With Towering Hair from Sanxingdui, Shu
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Romano-British hair piece with jet pins found in a lead coffin in Roman York
See also
In Spanish: Peinado para niños