Friday, September 27, 2019

HOW THOSE STYLES BEGAN


TOURNAMENT CONTENDERS WORE HELMETS TO BE IDENTIFIED FROM THE BLEACHERS... 

Book of Tournaments of René d'Anjou, 15th century, zoom

And athletes in the 2014 World Cup wanted coiffures that would identify them on television.




The Best and Worst of the Haircuts at this World Cup by hairdresser Franck Provost (in French with pictures), Huff Post, 2014

They thought of the haircut posters of their neighborhoods...

In 2013

That harked back
to signs in African markets.

Wood panel at Abidjan's Treichville market in 1973: Notice the "Kennedy" cut. 

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