Styled and set
The pompadour, quiff, slick back, victory rolls and the beehive. 54 hairstyles on EveryHairstyle so far.
Styled and set hairstyles are shaped with combs, heat, rollers and products and fixed in place. The pompadour and quiff sweep hair up and back from the forehead, the ducktail combs the sides to meet at the back, victory rolls roll the hair into tubes, and the bouffant builds a round mass of height. Most need daily work and some length on top, and they define whole decades.
Swept up and back
The pompadour is named after Madame de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV of France, who wore her hair swept high off the forehead. In the 1950s men took it up, and Elvis Presley's greased pompadour and the ducktail at the back became the look of rock and roll and of Britain's teddy boys. The quiff is a shorter cousin. Rockabilly and psychobilly fans have kept these styles alive.
Rolls, height and spikes
In the 1940s women set their hair in victory rolls, rolling sections at the front and sides into tubes, often with the rest in a snood, so it stayed tidy in factory and war work. The bouffant and beehive of the late 1950s and 1960s used rollers and backcombing for height. Punks set liberty spikes with soap, sugar water or glue, and in the 1990s and 2000s young men wore frosted tips: short gelled spikes with lightened ends.
Famous styled hairstyles
Further reading
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreNatural hair movement
A social and cultural campaign for wearing textured hair without chemical straightening.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1960
WorldDread perming
A chemical treatment to create or maintain dreadlocks quickly.Styled · Straight hair
🇸🇩 Sudan and 4 moreDreadlocks
A hairstyle of rope-like hair strands formed by matting or twisting.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1970
🇺🇸 United StatesAfro
A rounded style of combed-out natural hair.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1960
🇺🇸 United StatesMohawk
A hairstyle with shaved sides and a central strip of longer hair.Shaved · Any hair · 1970
WorldShort hair
A general category for haircuts kept above the shoulders or chin.Cut · Any hair · 1920
🇺🇸 United StatesFinger wave
S-shaped waves set by hand with comb and gelStyled · Straight hair · 1920
WorldLiberty spikes
Long, thick upright hair spikes resembling the Statue of Liberty crown.Styled · Any hair · 1970
WorldFrosted tips
Short spiky hair with bleached ends.Cut · Any hair · 1998
WorldCrochet braids
A protective hairstyle using a latch hook to attach synthetic hair to cornrows.Braid · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesShape-up
A sharp, straight trim along the natural hairline.Shaved · Coily and kinky hair · 1980
WorldKiss curl
A single lock of hair curled and flattened against the cheek or forehead.Curls · Curly hair
🇺🇸 United StatesThe Rachel
Voluminous layered cut popularised by FriendsCut · Straight hair · 1995
WorldBackcombing
A styling method that creates volume by tangling hair near the root.Styled · Any hair
WorldHair straightening
A technique to flatten and smooth hair texture using heat or chemicals.Styled · Curly hair · 1950
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Shape-up: Stella8358, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dreadlocks: Richard Mortel, CC BY 2.0, source
- Quiff: Anefo, CC0, source
- The Rachel: ABC Television, Public domain, source
- Kiss curl: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Hair straightening: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Afro: Jason Melcher, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ducktail: Rockbillyboogie, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bouffant: Bain News Service, Public domain, source
- Finger wave: Unknown author Unknown author (Either deceased family member or work f, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Liberty spikes: THOR, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mohawk: Duke.emerson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Natural hair movement: livepict.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Backcombing: Alexander Blum, Public domain, source
- Short hair: Alex Neman, CC BY-SA 4.0, source