16 - Sunday, January 15, 1929 ~ North Shore News

THREE REVOLUTIONS
VMien’s hairstyles change with times

CONTRARY TO what most peo-
ple think, men have fussed over
their locks — cleansing, clipping,
tinting, frizzing and slicking them
down — since ancient times.

Identifiable hairstyles — page
boys, dutch boys, ponytails and
duck tails -— have become
hallmarks of various historical
periods.

According to anthropologist
Helen Fisher, hair symbolizes a
man’s stature as well as his mascu-
linity. How a man wears his hair
may say a lot about who he is and
how he views the world.

“Over the last few decades,
men’s hairstyles have been
associated with three pivotal revo-
lutions — social, political and sex-
ual,"’ states Fisher.

‘In fact, from the 1950s to the
present, men’s hairstyles have
changed dramatically.’’

With the emergence of rock and
roll during the 1950s, young men
adopted the Elvis Presley and
James Dean looks of greased-back
hair and duck tails.

These styles symbclized a break
from tradition and were widely im-
itated by men who wanted to ex-
press their independence.

The 1960s were a period of
change for most North Americans.
The Vietnam War Ied to an era of
protests, peace sit-ins and
resistance to authority.

At the same time, society was
experiencing the effect of the sex-
ual revolution, and the Broadway
musical that embodied both the

FASHION

social and political statements was
even called ‘‘Hair."’

Determined to express their in-
dividuality and challenge conven-
tional practices, men grew their
hair long and adopted the natural
look — moustaches, beards and
sideburns were ‘‘in.”’

Little attention was devoted to
upkeep and hair was left wild and
untamed.

During the 1970s, the country’s
malaise was relieved with the

emergence of the ‘‘Latin hustle,’*
and North America was swept up
in a new social phenomenon —
discos.

Men adopted the ‘‘styled’” look
epitomized by John Travolta’s
portrayal of the disco king in the
film Saturday Night Fever.

Blow dryers, round brushes and
hair sprays proliferated near the
medicine cabinets, and men were
back in front of the mirror spen-
ding time trying to achieve that

“*new look.”

The 1980s brought on a new era
of self-improvement and the
phrase ‘‘go for it.”

_ Today the emphasis is on look-
ing, feeling and performing in a
way that spells success.

As hairstyles of the past
responded to the times, today’s
male readies himself for tife’s
challenges with clean, neat and
youthful styles that say ‘‘I’m on
the rise.”’

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