Curtained hair
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Curtained hair or curtains is a hairstyle featuring a long fringe divided in either a middle parting or a side parting, with short (or shaved) sides and back.
Origins
[edit]The Baiyue (1st millennium BCE) of modern day Vietnam appeared to keep their hair short and curtained in this style.
For the first couple of decades of the 20th century, a longer variant of the undercut was popular among young working-class men, especially members of street gangs. In interwar Glasgow, Neds (the precursors to the Teddy Boys) favoured a haircut that was long on top and cropped at the back and sides. Despite the fire risk, much paraffin wax was used to keep the hair in place.[1] Other gangs who favored this haircut were the Scuttlers of Manchester and the Peaky Blinders of Birmingham, due largely to the disadvantage caused by longer hair in a street fight.[2]
Revival
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During the late 1980s, centrally parted hair, derived from the bowl cut, made a comeback among fans of new wave, synthpop, and electronic music as an alternative to the mullets and backcombed hair worn by glam metal bands.[3]
In the 1990s, actors such as Brendan Fraser have worn the hair style.[4]
In the 1990s to 2000s, in the manga and anime of Monster, the main antagonist Johan Liebert seen with middle parting curtains.
More recently, it has been associated with K-pop artists (e.g. members of BTS, Monsta X, and NCT).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Christie, Stuart (2002). My Granny Made Me an Anarchist. Oil & Gas USSR. pp. 87–88. ISBN 1-873976-14-3.
- ↑ Davies, A. (1998), "Youth gangs, masculinity and violence in late Victorian Manchester and Salford", Journal of Social History 32 (2)
- ↑ Williams, Alex (15 November 2011). "A Haircut Returns From the 1930s". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ↑ "fashionsplanet.com". ww5.fashionsplanet.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014.
External links
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Media related to Curtained hair at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of curtained hair at Wiktionary
