WRAPPED UP (1985)

If you’ve lived in the ‘80s, you’d know how Madonna, being the queen of pop of the decade, helped defined the different styles that the decade brought. She was famous to a degree that what she’d do or wear people will do and wear the same and so this wrapped up hair teased ‘do by a bright red headscarf was loved and donned by many women.

Crimped (1986)

This crimped hairdo was also loved by many in the ‘80s. Such fondness of the style went to the degree that it even popped back up on and off till the ‘90s. However, unfortunately this hairstyle looks. Still, the society of women loved it and sported the ‘do. But as a personal note, unless for my barbies, this hairstyle is quite the hairdo that is hard to maintain.

RED RINGLETS (1987)

Molly Ringwald was one of the ‘80s sweethearts who showed up and influenced many with this red ringlet hairstyle. As in the photo, see how the glorious mess of red curls she wore lured many to the style. Although it’ll sometimes be quite a mess, still, it can easily be the lovely mess any girl would care to wear. She definitely rocked this ‘do a degree better than all the others she wore before.

FEATHERED BANGS (1988)

Teased hair top and bangs have been quite a thing in the ‘80s. So the following suit the feathered bangs hairstyle crediting to the ever-famous Sarah Jessica Parker, it sure did turn heads and rocked American fashion with permed locks. All thanks to bold women like Parker, who are never afraid to try something new.

Gelled Curls (1989)

As kids born in the late ‘80s would remember how hair gel became quite a thing back then until the 90s, the trend of heavy product use had hairstyles like this to credit. In the photo, celebrities like Julia Roberts, as well as the other celebs during this time wore hairstyles heavily gelled to keep their curls in a slick-down style.

REGAL SHORT CUT (1990)

Who would forget the famous Princess Diana most popularly worn hairstyle? No one. Ever the trendsetter that she is, Princess Diana was the key in influencing women of the world to go for this regal short cut. But unknown to the world is the man behind her hair who should be credited for the hairstyle; he is no other than hairstylist Sam McKnight who always attended to the princess’s hair.

TUMBLING UPDO (1991)

Glamming up in the early ‘90s always meant an updo just like the supermodels to include the famous Cindy Crawford, as seen in the photo. Crawford helped popularized over-the-top updos that had the face-framing effect for the wearer. She also rocked this ‘do to the degree that beauty queens, worn them in pageants.

GRUNGE HAIR (1992)

Inspired by the messy bleached locks flaunted by Courtney Love, many teens and twenty-somethings made right and rocked the ‘do. Since the ‘90s grunge music scene was one of the biggest names, many were spurred to the wilder style. Back then, it was a fresh hairstyle, but now, it is even a degree cooler.

BOX BRAIDS (1993)

For this hairstyle, we give credits to Janet Jackson for her starring role in 1993’s Poetic Justice. As a result of her donning this style, many women got inspired to follow suit in growing hair and get box braids. It was such a thing back then; even little girls begged their parents to get the same hairdo.

THE RACHEL (1994)

As popularized by no other than Jennifer Aniston in her credit role as Rachel of Friends, this haircut became a thing back in the ‘90s. For many teens back then, they had their hair cut the same as Rachel’s. However, contrary to how the mass and fans responded to Aniston’s popular haircut, she secretly hated the style despite it being a catalyst for a thousand (or a million) hairstyles that launched after.

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