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WorldHeadscarf
A triangular or square cloth folded to cover the hair and head while leaving the face visible.Wrapped · Any hair
WorldHijab
A head covering worn by Muslim women to signify modesty and faith.Wrapped
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese hairpin
Traditional Chinese hair ornaments used to secure buns and signify status.Adorned · Any hair
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreFirst haircut
A rite of passage marking a child's first hair cutting across various cultures and faiths.Shaved · Any hair
WorldBangs
Strands of hair cut to cover the forehead and fall over the eyebrows.Cut · Any hair · 1880
WorldLong hair
Head hair grown to a considerable length, often past the shoulders.Styled · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesMohawk
A hairstyle with shaved sides and a central strip of longer hair.Shaved · Any hair · 1970
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreMullet
An asymmetric haircut with short hair at the front and sides, and long hair at the back.Cut · Any hair · 1980
WorldBowl cut
A short haircut with a straight fringe and even length around the head.Cut · Any hair · 1400
WorldBraid
Interlaced strands of hair used for style and social signalling.Braid · Any hair
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreUndercut
Long top hair with shaved or buzzed sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 1910
🇬🇧 United KingdomQuiff
A voluminous front sweep with short sides and back.Styled · Any hair · 1950
🇺🇸 United StatesJheri curl
A glossy, wet-look perm popular in the 1980s among Black communities.Curls · Curly hair · 1980
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreDucktail
A 1950s men's cut with a central rear parting.Cut · Straight hair · 1950
🇻🇳 VietnamCurtained hair
A parted fringe with short sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 1980
🇬🇧 United KingdomVictory rolls
A 1940s women's hairstyle featuring voluminous side rolls shaped like the letter V.Styled · Straight hair · 1940
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 4 moreFulani braids
West African braided style with beads and side strandsBraid · Coily and kinky hair
🇺🇸 United StatesHi-top fade
Tall flat top with shaved sides from hip hop cultureCut · Coily and kinky hair · 1984
WorldWings
A layered cut where side hair flips out like wings.Cut · Wavy hair · 1830
WorldBig hair
A hairstyle style defined by large volume and significant space around the head.Styled · Curly hair · 1960
WorldTellum
A haircut featuring long front sections and a short, buzzed back.Cut · Straight hair · 1970
🇺🇸 United StatesShape-up
A sharp, straight trim along the natural hairline.Shaved · Coily and kinky hair · 1980
🇯🇵 JapanPunch perm
Tightly curled Japanese male hairstyle from the 1960s.Curls · Straight hair · 1960
WorldFrosted tips
Short spiky hair with bleached ends.Cut · Any hair · 1998
WorldBrush cut
A very short, uniform haircut following the head shape.Cut · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesEdgar cut
A tapered Latino youth style with a straight fringe.Cut · Any hair · 2010
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Long hair: Adam Jones Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tellum: The original uploader was Steevven1 at English Wikipedia . Later versi, CC BY 2.5, source
- Shape-up: Stella8358, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mullet: Wordzandguitar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Quiff: Anefo, CC0, source
- Brush cut: IMasc, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Braid: Ciell, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Headscarf: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0, source
- First haircut: https://www.flickr.com/people/69061470@N05, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jheri curl: Olugold, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Undercut: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ducktail: Rockbillyboogie, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Curtained hair: Jacques-Émile Blanche, Public domain, source
- Fulani braids: François-Edmond Fortier (1862-1928), Public domain, source
- Hi-top fade: Kct02, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Edgar cut: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wings: Sepideh (Sepi), CC BY 2.0, source
- Big hair: Photo by Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bangs: Circle of Girolamo Mocetto (Active 1490-1530), Public domain, source
- Mohawk: Duke.emerson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chinese hairpin: Augusthaiho, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Punch perm: Mike, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bowl cut: Audun Gjerdi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hijab: Sophie Barat, CC BY 2.0, source