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

And athletes in the 2014 World Cup chose coiffures from their neighborhoods to be identified on television...




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

That their neighborhoods had made familiar:

In 2013

They harked back to signs in African markets:


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

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Young people immediately adopted them. 

Performance at the Fondation Cartier, 2015


Then girls turned to braids 
while boys retained the cuts.

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