Retro Hairstyles

The Duck Tail, also called the D.A. (Duck's Anatomy), was created by combing greased hair back on both sides to form a ridge down the back of the head, resembling a duck's tail.

The beehive hairstyle was created by Margaret Vinci Heldt in 1960. Hair was teased, backcombed, and piled high to create the tall, cone-shaped style that resembled a beehive.

Audrey Hepburn popularized the pixie cut with her role in Roman Holiday (1953). Her short, elegant hairstyle became a signature look and inspired women worldwide to go short.

Brylcreem was the go-to hair product for men in the 1950s. Its famous jingle 'A little dab'll do ya' became part of popular culture. The cream gave hair the slick, shiny look popular with greasers.

Farrah Fawcett's iconic feathered hairstyle from her Charlie's Angels days in 1976 became one of the most copied hairstyles in history. Women everywhere asked their hairdressers for 'The Farrah.'

The Flip was a hugely popular 1960s style where hair was set on rollers to create ends that flipped outward. Mary Tyler Moore popularized this style on The Dick Van Dyke Show.

The Afro became a powerful symbol of Black pride and the civil rights movement in the late 1960s and 1970s. Worn naturally and full, it rejected Eurocentric beauty standards.

Dorothy Hamill's short, wedge-shaped bob became a sensation after she won the gold medal at the 1976 Olympics. The low-maintenance style was widely copied throughout the late 1970s.

Pin curls and foam or hard rollers were the primary method for creating curls before heated styling tools became common. Women would set their hair at night and sleep with the rollers in.

Twiggy (Lesley Hornby) became the face of the 1960s mod movement with her ultra-short crop cut, big eyes, and boyish figure. She was named the 'Face of 1966' by the Daily Express.

The poodle cut was a short hairstyle with tight, small curls all over the head, resembling a poodle's fur. Lucille Ball and Faye Emerson helped popularize this style in the early 1950s.

Jacqueline Kennedy's elegant bouffant hairstyle, created by her hairstylist Kenneth Battelle, was widely imitated. Her pillbox hat and bouffant became defining images of early 1960s elegance.

Elvis Presley's pompadour — with hair swept up and back from the forehead to create height on top, while the sides were slicked back — became one of the most iconic men's hairstyles of the 1950s.

Headbands worn across the forehead became an essential part of the hippie look in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Often made of leather, beads, or woven fabric, they symbolized the counterculture movement.

Backcombing (teasing) hair and then coating it with hairspray like Aqua Net was the technique behind the tall bouffants and beehives of the 1960s. Women used enormous amounts of hairspray to keep their styles in place.