Looking for perfect vintage hair styles that can take you from day to evening? If it’s the 1960s, you want something that looks stylish during the day and can be dialed up for evening glam with the swish of a hairpiece. And there were so many hairpieces to choose from…
There were full wigs, cascades (clusters of curls to pin on the back of your head), wiglets (worn to add height at the crown), falls (to add Cher-like length), bouffant crowns (to cover thinning hair or add height on the top of your head) and more. Whatever additional hair you needed for your hair styles, someone was selling the right piece to make your hair heavenly.
One of the featured beauty articles in the September, 1964 issue of Woman’s Day magazine was “A Portfolio of New Fall Hairstyles for Day and Evening.” Practical but chic styles during the day. Then, a little brushing, some bobby pins, a hairpiece here, a hairpiece there, and you are ready to dazzle for the evening.
Full disclosure, my daily hair routine consists of to brush or not to brush. I subscribed to the curling iron and hot rollers of the 70s and the scrunching and mousse of the 80s, but now my preference is to shake it out and hope for the best. Don’t know about you, but I stand in full admiration of the 1960s woman who knew how to work this kind of hair magic.
There’s a whole lot of backcombing going on, that’s for sure. Wonder how they accomplished the initial hairstyles? Woman’s Day had your back with diagrams for how to set your hair with rollers. And not just rollers, pin curls too.
If you were handed all the components for one of these dos, could you execute? Could you put your hair up in curlers, slip on a curler cap and sleep with those bad boys all over your head? Could you roll up a pin curl? And could you weave in the hairpiece to make you the belle of the cocktail party? Or do you find the whole thing overwhelming and somewhat exhausting? Personally, I take my hat off to all our fore bearers who managed to keep up this hair regimen for days, weeks and even years.
