Cutting It Short

The Roaring Hairstyles in the Twenties

The period is called the Roaring Twenties because it portrays the hostile air that drifted in America during 1920s. Sometimes, it is also named as the Jazz Age, the Age of Intolerance or the Age of Wonderful Nonsense. The era still characterizes the beginning of Modern America. From the 1920′s hairstyles to the mainstream conquests of jazz, the Roaring Twenties exemplifies a time of change for everyone, a change that may somehow be viewed as both good and bad for modern America.

Many things took place in the 1920′s that women of nowadays should be grateful. They say it could have been because of the pressure of World War I that led them to break long-standing traditions and start acting and saying things more honestly as they felt. The women were mainly freed from the restrictive rules that society put upon them as dictated by their gender at that point in time. During this time, the entire major events that include the beginnings of the women’s liberation took place when females were now able to vote during election, swear in public or drive a car without a male companion. But one of the more fun transformations women had then was the way they changed their look.

1920′s hairstyles were some of the most controversial changes that happened not only in hair fashion but in American culture in general. One of the most famous hairdos of the era was known as the bob which found its early beginnings in in 1915 with the debut of the castle bob, the original bob haircut that was a blunt cut leveled to the bottom of the ears and going all around the head.

Women started changing their look by changing the fashion trends in the 1920′s. They put on were the characteristic hairstyles they wore even beyond the much shorter (skimpier by their standards) clothes. From the finger waves to the still famous bob, women of the so-called roaring twenties have always defined their new identities with much attention given to their revolutionary hairstyles.

Finger waves came out during this era to boost the already famous bob hairstyles. The waves were thought to have a softening or relaxing effect on the short bobs and added a more feminine touch to an otherwise bland regular haircut

And then, there were the Marcel waves which were created and made popular by 19th century French hair designer, Francois Marcel. The first electric curling irons were produced and offered great option to the old fashioned way of curling hair using gas burner-heated tongs during this time. Today, these Marcel-reminiscent electric curling irons are still being sold on prominent shopping sites on the Internet.

Apart from the fast-rising popularity of curls among women of the era, hair layering also became hot as it added extra body and bounce to plain bobs and waves. Layering was also used as a technique to help keep the curls or waves for a much longer time and, with lighter curling fluids, make it very easy to comb through the waves and keep them for longer all at once.

Though these hair fashion standouts had been around for decades, electric curling irons made them move convenient to create. Gadgets that were used before by hairdressers were made of heavy tongs that needs to be heated over a fire in order to make the desired effect. They were a bit dangerous and a lot of people had to experience burns, both hairdressers and their customers. But with the the arrival of their electric versions, curls became easier and safer to create and the Marcel wave was resurrected.

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The 1920′s clothing, 1920′s hairstyles and the rest of the 20′s fashion were among the numerous ways that women exerted themselves in a society that seemed consumed in male egotism at that time. True enough, the war and the twenties became such catalysts for change and remain to be responsible for most of the once gender-restricted liberties that women of today have been enjoying all their lives.

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