13 Most Iconic Haircuts of All Time
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Everything comes from somewhere. The saying holds especially true for tresses. Shorn, beveled, layered—the haircuts of years past played a major role in defining haircut trends of present and future. For a refresher on where the styles you’ve been taking into your stylist were born, scroll through the gallery ahead for the most iconic haircuts of all time.
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The Rachel
Perhaps the most iconic cut of all time, The Rachel was born out of a drunken cutting session between LA-based celebrity hairstylist Chris McMillan and Jennifer Aniston.
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The Mia Farrow Pixie
The actress threw all the rules out the window when she gave herself a pixie and micr0-bangs with fingernails scissors in 1965. Eek!
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The Posh Lob
Posh Spice wore her fair share of hairstyles, but none of them screamed icon status the way her platinum blonde A-line lob did in the early 00’s.
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The Louise Brooks Bob
Black hue and micr0-bangs made silver screen starlet Louis Brooks’ cheekbone-grazing bob from the 1920’s one for the hair history books, and another good reason why the bob has remained a feminist symbol for over 100 years.
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Scarface Hair
Say hello to my little lob—okay, not that little but Michelle Pfeiffer’s baby-blonde lob featuring rolled-under ends is the epitome of chic 90’s, and still a celebrity style favorite for stars like Bella Hadid and Kourtney Kardashian.
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The Jane Birkin
With wispy, full bangs and a sun-kissed tint to her layers, English actress and singer-songwriter Jane Birkin defined French girl hair.
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The Power Bob
Nothing says business chick like Vogue Editor in Chief Anna Wintour’s power bob, which she’s called her signature strands since the 80’s.
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The Flattop
A cut invented in WWII, the flattop found a fierce glamazon home on Jamaican supermodel and singer Grace Jones’ head.
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The Farrah Fawcett
Long, feathered layers fanned out around the face was the 70’s signature of model and actress Farrah Fawcett.
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The Linda Evangelista Everything
A beauty chameleon like supermodel Linda Evangelista could be rocking a tousled pixie one month and a micro-bob the next, with every hairstyle from a deep-red bob to platinum blonde locks in between.
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The Twiggy Crop
Known as Twiggy, British supermodel Lesley Hornby’s golden blonde pixie and big, pretty peepers made her a muse throughout the 60’s and 70’s alike, influencing the shorn ‘dos of Emma Watson, Jennifer Lawrence and more.
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