1970's hairstyle + Afro

1970's hairstyle + Afro - 

Research - During the 1970's new styles and hair styles were being experimented and created throughout this decade,  Women in the 1970's varied for long, soft and feminine to edgy and more of a sexy feel. There were many women in television, adverts, films and music of all genres were influencing hair and fashion on peoples lived during this period such as Farrah Fawcett-Majors. Farah Fawcett-Majors was a massive influence during the middle of the 1970's. Farah had long feathered cut with big flicked hair. As seen in the image below. Farah was a poster girl who was a huge inspiration to many teenagers.

There are many youtube videos on how to create Farah's Fewcett's huge curls. One of my personal favourites was by Holly Chastain linked below. 

How to create Farah Fewcetts hair by Holly Chasten - https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=ZOOcC7oZ29k

Films - 

Many popular films were released in this era such as 'The Boy Friend (1971), 'The Great Gatsby (1974) and 'Grease'. Grease is an American musical-comedy released in 1978. This film was directed by Randal Kleiser and produced by Robert Satinwood and Allan Carr. In the final scene pictured on the cover bottom left, Sandy is wearing typical big and soft loose curls from 1975 pictured below.

1970's hair in Music - 

1970's music was very much glam rock, disco, funk and northern soul. Influential women in the hair/music industry include Donner Summer. Donner summer wore numerous wigs and looks but kept it glam and fashionable.

Popular hairstyles within the 1970's - 
The ape -  This hairstyle consisted of shorter hair on top combined with longer hair at the back where there is many layers throughout the hair. This hairstyle can be straight or curly but always gave a shaggy look. This style has been seen on actress Jennifer Aniston and model Alexa Chung for its messy appeal. 

Long straight hair - Long straight hair has been seen since the end of the 1960's which continued its popularity into the 70's. You can see this hairstyle on many young school girls during this period. Many young girls would also flick the fringe, also known as 'wings'. To achieve this look the hair would be ironed under a paper bag.

The Afro - This hairstyle embraced the back community to embrace their natural hair structure instead of being 'society correct' with straightened hair. The 70's afro was as much as being fashionable as it was politics and could be worn by both men and women largely by African-Americans or people with natural curly hair as an alternative. 

My final outcome - 
Below i have added a variety of images done in class where i created the Afro style. This hairstyle was a lot easier to create then i first imagined. To create this style you section the hair into many pieces and curl each piece. You then use a back combing brush to back comb the curls to create the volume and texture. Overall i enjoyed creating this look and feel my outcome is successful. Although i enjoyed learning a new technique i am unsure how i would use it into my assessment.