T. V: The Industrialization Of Fashion In The 20th Century

From many centuries a prince or a princess hasn’t dictated fashion or like it was done before. Now the people we see in movies or in T.V have revolutionized our fashion because they influence our daily looks and hairstyles. Professionals created many of the hairstyles we use today many years ago. They were a little different but we just improved them according to our personality. You may think that almost all of the hairstyles we wear today were invented recently but no. Most of them come from the era before Christ. What happened was that they became famous after certain social movements occurred and it symbolized what was happening in it. All of them may be different but they were very significant during their era and were influenced by various

social movements.
The first hairstyle is the famous beach waves.

According to “20th CENTURY HAIRSTYLES” Marcel Grateu created the famous beach waves but the German stylist Karl Nessler created the first permanent method in 1905. This method was more complex at the time because it was a big machine that consisted of a group of hot rollers where the hair was wrapped around so that it could be heated for about 6 hours in order for the curls to be created. You could burn someone’s scalp and hair if you weren’t careful while using the machine. During these years in Europe there were many revolutions evolving. Especially in Russia, according to “What Are Four Major Social Movements of the 1920s?” there were people who wanted to disintegrate the USSR. When they accomplished their goal, it gave the right and also allowed women to vote as men did. It was a great progress for gender equality but men still had more civil rights than women. The right to vote empowered women to fight for their civil rights and gender equality as well. All of these movements influenced women around the globe to fight for themselves

too.
Now a days this hairstyle can be worn by anyone. You just go to a hair salon and ask the hair dresser to do it for you. Beach waves symbolize that you are a carefree, natural and soft woman. You can appreciate more this hairstyle on the Victoria Secret models. The reason why these models use this hairstyle during their photo-shoots and runways is because they aren’t supposed to look like dolls, ever though they do. They most look real and have a sexy appeal that isn’t impossible to achieve, as Danielle Pergament said in ther article “Sexy Hair How-tos From Victoria Secret’s Models”. At least their hair is something anyone can easily achieve because their bodies wow, now that is hard!
The second on is the bob. It can also be called the “Gibson Girl”. This hairstyle emerged many centuries ago many iconic women just as Cleopatra, Joan of Arc and Amelia Earhart as “The Bob; History of a Hairstyle” said. If you noticed all three of these women had jobs that were considered that only men could do and they redeemed them pretty well. The bob became more popular right after World War I ended because women had to take care of military duties and work on the Red Cross. The look didn’t look as professional as it does today due to the fact that there weren’t hair salons for women at that time and they had to go to barber hops to cut their hair. As mentioned before, the social movements that were occurring in Europe were going to influence the rest of the world sooner or later and especially for women. Women were becoming more aware of their value in society and how men oppressed them for many years. According to “20th CENTURY HAIRSTYLES” in the 1920’s the Flappers movement was happening in the U.S. What happened during this movement was that the 19th amendment was passed. This meant that women were given the right to vote. As Mary Garden said in an interview for Pictorial Review in 1927: “ To my way of thinking, long hair belongs to the age of general feminine helplessness. Bobbed hair belongs to the age of freedom, frankness and progressiveness”. As “The Bob; History of a Hairstyle” said, many women wanted to keep their hair long but they also wanted to have a bob. What they decided to do was to pin their hair up in a way that resembled a bob. Some women did cut their hair but decided to keep the hair that had been cut off, so when an important and traditional occasion came around they could re-attach it.
In this era really famous women (Victoria Beckham, Tyra Banks and Paris Hilton) in the fashion industry began to wear the bob because they made them look classy, strong and edgy. Today what it represents is the retro and chic style but what it really meant was that you were a busy, more independent, empowered and liberated of social structures woman. Now women go to work just as men do and must of them needed a haircut that was practical and easy to work with and that is what the bob did for them. One of the most iconic women who wore this hairstyle in the early 2000s was Rihanna. In my opinion she wore it because she is an African American woman that became really famous in the music industry, which that is already hard for a white male or female I can imagine what it is like for an African American male or female. She wanted to express how powerful women can be even in the music industry.
Last but not least is the faux hawk. It really means “false Mohawk”. What is consists of is of having the top part longer than the sides. If you work at a company you can just comb it backwards to make it look professional. According to “History of Trends – Part 2: Mohawks” this hairstyle was used in the 80’s among punks but it was considered a failed Mohawk. The meaning of Mohawk is “eater of man”. According to “11 Thing You Should Know About Mohawks” says it comes form a Native American tribe called the Mokawks but the original name of the hairstyle was scalp lock. They would wear these hairstyle, they varied among the warriors, to prepare for battle. Also they would wear them to protect their kinds and wives. The reason behind it was that when hunters came near their tribe they would most likely chase the bold heads because they were easier to notice. “History of Trends- Part 2: Mohawks” also said this hairstyle is associated with rebellion, unemployment and fear. In 1710 a group of leaders form the Mohawk tribe showed up to an English court causing everyone fear. The majority of animals when they feel threatened their fur tend to rise. The military unit called “The Filthy Thirteen” would also wear mohawks because their leader was Native American and make them paint their faces when they were going to war as a morale-building exercise. They also inspired the movie Dirty Dozen as Pennington said in “What is the History of a Mohawk Haircut”. The Cult Punk Era occurred in the 1970’s-1980’s where many teenagers had inner conflicts and wanted to express them. They wanted to have freedom, no one to look up to but themselves; they didn’t want anyone to tell them what to do and wanted to do things their way.
Today it is pretty rare to see someone walking around wearing a Mohawk.

Since there is more freedom of speech the Mohawk turned into the fauxhawk because it is considered more conservative but edgy at the same time. It is like having the best of both worlds. Who really made this hairstyle famous was David Beckam in 2003. His former hair dresser, Adee Phelan, said in How David’s Beckham’s Hair Changed the Face of Soccer Forever: “ The one I did wasn’t too aggressice, and so everyone- men, women, and children were having some variation of that haircut”. David wore the fauxhawk because before it he had a mohawk. As Robert Lanham said in Last Trends of Summer: The Fauxhawk: “Fauxhawks are the natural derivation from dyed-blue, 6-inch mohawks that are the sort of thing you’d see on kids in the mosh pit at a Rancid concert”. Many women are wearing this hairstyle. It is similar to how men wear

it.
I consider a hairstyle as an art. This is because you can express how you feel, what you think and a way to stand up for what you believe in. Just like you would with a song or a book. Many people would choose to channel their emotions through a hairstyle as a reminder of what they are going through or of what they have achieved. Some hairstyles are more conservative than others but each one has its unique style and they all have marked every single era in their way.