It’s difficult to overstate the popularity of Farrah Fawcett’s feathered hair. As a Charlie’s Angels star and on countless magazine covers, her look soon became ubiquitous, but never truly emulated.
The hairstyle, full of sweeping waves blown out with a dryer to perfection, is not easy to duplicate on just any hair type.
Wedge Haircut - 1976
Vidal Sassoon’s protégé Trevor Sorbie designed the wedge cut. The “Hamill wedge,” however, is much more well-known than its creator.
Olympic champion figure skater Dorothy Hamill first wore the short and shingled clip performing worldwide on the ice. Women and girls everywhere began asking stylists for the “Hamill wedge.”
Bleach Blonde – 1977
Debbie Harry’s post-punk bleach blonde shaggy look went front and center with the immense success of Blondie.
The 1970s were all about the blonde bombshell, and Blondie’s lead singer fully embraced the typecast, making it her own.
Spiky Punk Hair – 1979
Siouxsie Sioux’s spiky punk hair with wisps of goth perfectly identified the Londoner’s new wave punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Her Egyptian-influenced hair and makeup started a thing in the 80s, but it came from her earlier punk roots, jamming with Sex Pistol’s Sid Vicious.
Edgy Shag – 1980
The most recognized shaggy rocker hairstyle goes to Joan Jett. Razor-cut and layered into a rough-around-the-edges mop, fans and trendsetters around the world tried on this jet-black hard rock look.
Joan Jett and her all-girl Blackhearts loved rock ‘n’ roll, and everyone heard about it!