Polytechnic School of Hairdressing, ca. 1910s _ USStories
The School of Hairdressing formed part of the Craft Schools at Regent Street Polytechnic. From 1929 the School was based in the Little Titchfield Street premises. (Photos…
Vintage American Teen Girls’ Hairstyles: Portraits of Female Students of High Schools in California From the Late 1960s to Early 1970s _ USStories
The Sixties decade featured a number of diverse trends. It was a decade that broke many fashion traditions, mirroring social movements during the time. Women’s hair styles…
Feathered Hair: The Popular Haircut in the 1970s and Early ’80s _ USStories
Feathered hair is a hairstyling technique that was popular in the 1970s and the early 1980s. It was designed for straight hair. The hair was layered, with…
30 Cool Photos of Blonde Bouffant Hair Ladies in the 1960s _ USStories
A bouffant is a type of hairstyle characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides. The…
Vintage Hooded Portable Hair Dryers for Women at Home From the 1960s and 1970s _ USStories
The home hair dryer is a big success these days, and little wonder. New models are a far cry from the first models, which had to be…
Cool Snaps of Young People in Bell-Bottoms From the 1970s _ USStories
In the 1960s bell-bottoms became fashionable for both men and women in London and expanded into Europe and North America. Often made of denim, they flared out…
Bell-Bottoms: Favorite Fashion Trend of the 1970s _ USStories
Bell-bottoms (or flares) are a style of trousers that become wider from the knees downward, forming a bell-like shape of the trouser leg. It became fashionable for…
32 Cool Photos Defined Fashion Styles For Men in the 1970s _ USStories
Fashion in the 1970s was about individuality. In the early 1970s, Vogue proclaimed “There are no rules in the fashion game now” due to overproduction flooding the…
The Midi Skirts: How One of Today’s Top Trends Caused a 1970s Fashion War _ USStories
Despite its resurgence today, the midi skirt was a contentious new style when introduced at the turn of the 1970s. The midi skirt was a popular length…
40 Old Photos Show What School Looked Like in the 1970s _ USStories
School was different back in the ’70s. Students focussed on the basics.. reading, writing, and mathematics. They also learned how to write longhand, and some of them…