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パンクヘア–あなたのマンマのモヒカン刈りではありません

Today’s punk styles have their roots in the mid 1980’s English music invasion that swept the United States and the world. Mohawked young men in tight skinny leather pants complete with leather jackets adorned with spikes and chains made their impact on the day’s youth and their influence can still be seen today. Even today Emo, Goth and modern Punkers can trace their roots to the original punk movement from the 1980’s. Clothes and makeup followed the trends of London and the New Wave music movement. Young men and women alike started experimenting with their hair using gel and hairspray to get spikes that seemed to defy gravity. Some wore …

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Perms Came a Long Way, Baby!

Women have come a long way from the late 1800’s, when they began wearing perms. Back then, Marcel Grateau specially designed tongs heated by gas or alcohol flame to create a wavy look.  Ironically, the method used back then is still in existence today – just greatly modified. Image via Wikipedia With Mr. Grateau’s design,  the person perming their hair would comb the hair towards the operator, slowly moving the comb with the hand to keep tension while applying the tongs to the hair pulling down the lock to the point. The tongs produced a two dimensional wave. The process of using high temperature degraded the hair. By 1905, Charles …

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