Bouff as you wanna be
Yeah, we were clueless.
(No idea who these two are, but that’s some serious “hairchitecture” going on there.)
Ok, I’ll stop now. 😉
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Clueless, but we meant well:).
The image of the unknown gals…the one on the right has huge hair….lots of teasing and hairspray must have come together to create that look!
LOL
She reminds me of a former babysitter that came to our home…her hair was in a beehive!
She drank Pepsi, smoked, chewed gum, and had a rat tailed comb and Final Net spray in her handbag!
Hmm, are you going to rent “Hairspray” for a viewing party? Or “Pink Flamingos” for those with stronger constitutions?
More seriously, I’m glad you are seeing some positive and pleasant pics of your mum, as I know she was also a very difficult person.
I probably shouldn’t talk, since I am pushing 60 and my hair is exactly the same as I wore it in high school (which is just as it grows out of my head, cut only when the ends get too horrible to bear any longer), but I think that in 20 years some of today’s styles will look just as absurd as these (particularly the spiky ones). I tend to draw the line at applying “product” (as my daughter calls it) in order to make it look the way I think it should (with the exception, of course, of dye, which I can’t seem to give up). At least we don’t sleep in curlers any more (sane folk don’t anyway).
A+ for hairchitecture
My worst hairstyle ever was a short and curly ’80s perm – I looked kind of like a poodle. I also put henna on it, inspired by some hippie friends. I cringe when I see old photos.
I’m in my mid-fifties and I remember my mother wearing the little pin curls. She somehow styled it into a gorgeous array of soft curls that lasted for days … no gel, mousse, or spray. She’s been deceased for a long time, but I can’t imagine her hair any other way.
I rather adore the big bouffes and wouldn’t mind putting on some big hair myself…although perhaps I go for a bit more Elizabeth Taylor myself.
Like the hostess of the humble bungalow, I remember my babysitters with the big hair, the rat tail combs and hairspray. I’m not sure how much babysitting they actually when they were so concerned about their hair!
Oh Jeez oh Pete! Upon further inspection of the “Bouf”, I realize that I have that same crazy cow lick, but on the other side! Thankfully it remains mostly hidden (bed head does not count) behind my discount haircut from the “salon” around the corner from my abode. Style wise, I think more natural, and less styled hair may make a comeback, which, given my fashion sense, means it won’t. I won’t be sad to see the giant roll of backwards bangs go away, if it already hasn’t.
Love this…..xv
On the pictures shown, your mother looks so nice, so caring. So you too had a difficult mother/daughter relationship? Well, at least you are able to look at the pictures and remember things. I´m not even near that. Wow, the brunettes really have striking hairdos!
LPC – at least it was an homage of sorts…
Splurgie – isn’t it amazing that she was able to do that? I wonder if the air drying had any impact on her style’s longevity?
Hostess – oh yes, the teenage girls were all about the hair and the eyeliner.
lagatta – Hairspray is one of my faves, and actually have seen Pink Flamingoes a few times. Very, very gross but very, very funny too.
Yes, my mother was often difficult. The camera usually came out when we were having parties or celebrating holidays, so usually those days she was on her better behavior and in better spirits.
Marsha – I think the most natural hairstyles will always have a more timeless appeal.
WendyB – thought you’d enjoy that one!
Aunt Snow – ack! I had the same poodle perm experience. It really wasn’t for me either. And it wrecked my hair for a good long while.
Belle – I tend to adore them on others (especially the Brigitte Bardot kind of touseled pouf) but feel that they look silly on me.
Vicki Archer – thanks, glad you enjoyed!
Spot – but you had the “good hair” in the family…thick, wavy and red.
metscan – my mother was very mercurial. She could be the life of the party but she was also alcoholic, narcissistic, and with a mean streak. I think she meant well a lot of the time, but at other times her worse, rampaging nature took over.
Deja: I hope you don´t mind, but having myself grown up in a family, where there were women; the woman who gave birth to me, my grandmother, her sister and the maids ( the only ones who paid attention to me ), I finally ended up with a bad breakdown, which lead to a 2+8 year psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. As I have mentioned many times earlier, I managed to build some kind of relationship with my mother, just before her death. I feel no hatred towards her, actually I don´t feel anything. I understand, that she tried her best. I have buried her, and only for the sake of my daughters, have I saved some pictures of her. A silver coffee pot, she gave me, is all I have. My daughters have some of her jewelry. I´m finally free. This is how I feel today.
There is a whole lot of hairspray in this post!
I never could get my hair to do that – although I tried.
But now I’m glad there’s no evidence of me looking like that.
Is there something weird going on in blogger? I had some comments disappear from my blog, too.
These shots are such a treat!