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Styles mostly worn by women. 126 hairstyles on EveryHairstyle so far.

Many hairstyles have been worn mostly by women, often because of rules and customs about how long women's hair should be, how it should be dressed and when it should be covered. Long hair was expected of women in most cultures for most of history, so women's styles include the great updos, braids and set styles, while short cuts for women, such as the bob, became a statement of independence.

Long hair and its dressing

Long plaits, chignons, buns and updos have been women's styles in Europe, Asia and Africa for centuries. Elaborate styles, such as the Manchu liangbatou, the European pouf and the Japanese nihongami, showed status and needed servants or professional hairdressers. Married women in many cultures put their hair up or covered it, so a woman's hairstyle could show whether she was married, as with the Korean chignon fixed with a binyeo.

The short cut

In the 1910s and 1920s young women in Europe and North America cut their hair into bobs and Eton crops, to the alarm of many older people, and short hair became a sign of the modern woman. The pixie of the 1950s and 1960s and Sassoon's geometric bobs continued the change. Many women's styles have since spread to men, and the line between women's and men's hair has blurred.

Famous mostly women hairstyles

Shingle bobThe modern woman's cut of the 1920sBeehiveThe tall updo of the 1960sChignonA classic low knotPixie cutA very short cropVictory rollsVictory rollsWartime set styles of the 1940sFrench twistA vertical rollThe RachelThe layered cut of the 1990sLiangbatouHeaddress of Manchu women

Further reading

KindCutBraidUpdoPonytailLocsNaturalCurlsShavedFringeStyledWrappedAdorned
Hair typeStraight hairWavy hairCurly hairCoily and kinky hairFine hairThick hairAny hair
OrderBest knownA to ZOldest firstNewest firstBy length
WorldBangs Strands of hair cut to cover the forehead and fall over the eyebrows.Cut · Any hair · 1880 🇫🇷 France and 1 moreBob cut Short to medium haircut ending at the jaw or shoulders.Cut · Any hair · 1909 🇷🇸 Serbia and 4 moreBuzz cut A very short, uniform haircut made with clippers.Cut · Any hair · 1890 WorldPixie cut A short hairstyle with a longer top and very short bangs.Cut · 1953 🇬🇧 United KingdomPageboy Straight hair hanging below the ear with an inward turn.Cut · Straight hair · 1950 🇯🇵 JapanHime cut A Japanese style with straight cheek-length sidelocks and long back hair.Cut · Straight hair · 1970 WorldShort hair A general category for haircuts kept above the shoulders or chin.Cut · Any hair · 1920 WorldLob A medium-length haircut falling at or just below the shoulders.Cut · Any hair 🇫🇷 FranceTitus cut Short layered cut with curls from late 18th-century FranceCut · Curly hair · 1791 Eton crop 🇬🇧 United KingdomEton crop A very short, slicked-down women's cut from the 1920s.Cut · Any hair · 1920 🇯🇵 JapanSeiko-chan cut A feathered Japanese idol hairstyle from the 1980s.Cut · Straight hair · 1980 🇺🇸 United StatesThe Rachel Voluminous layered cut popularised by FriendsCut · Straight hair · 1995 Butterfly haircut WorldButterfly haircut A layered style blending short and long sections for volume.Cut · 1950 WorldWings A layered cut where side hair flips out like wings.Cut · Wavy hair · 1830 WorldDido flip A short, choppy hairstyle with uneven strands flicked to the side.Cut · 2002 Octopus haircut 🇰🇷 South KoreaOctopus haircut A layered cut with short top sections and long, fanning bottom sections.Cut · Straight hair · 2022 Big chop 🇺🇸 United StatesBig chop Cutting off chemically treated hair to start natural growthCut · Coily and kinky hair Bixie cut 🇬🇧 United KingdomBixie cut A short hybrid haircut blending a bob's length with a pixie's cropped layers.Cut · Any hair 🇫🇷 France and 1 moreShingle bob A short haircut with a tapered nape and curled sides.Cut · Straight hair · 1920 Densinkran 🇬🇭 GhanaDensinkran Short Ashanti mourning cut for royal womenCut · Any hair

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