The 1980s
8 hairstyles came into fashion in the 1980s, year by year.
1980
EuropeCaesar cut
A short, evenly layered haircut featuring a straight horizontal fringe.Cut · 1980
🇻🇳 VietnamCurtained hair
A parted fringe with short sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 1980
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreHigh and tight
A military crew cut with shaved sides and a short top.Cut · Any hair · 1980
🇺🇸 United StatesJheri curl
A glossy, wet-look perm popular in the 1980s among Black communities.Curls · Curly hair · 1980
🇺🇸 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
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreRattail
A long strip of hair at the napeCut · Any hair · 1980
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Mullet: Wordzandguitar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jheri curl: Olugold, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Curtained hair: Jacques-Émile Blanche, Public domain, source
- High and tight: Chrismillar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Caesar cut: Luděk Kovář, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hi-top fade: Kct02, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hair crimping: 1000heads, CC BY 2.0, source