What Beauty School Students Should Know About Farrah Fawcett

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What Beauty School Students Should Know About Farrah Fawcett

Published: June 26, 2009
by Rosanne Ullman

If you’re looking at beauty schools and hoping for a cosmetology career, you’re probably also the type of person who combs through beauty and fashion websites. Yesterday you may have noticed that many of the articles and blogs mourning the loss of Farrah Fawcett focused as much on her hair as on her acting, personal life or illness. That’s because Farrah was among just a handful of celebrities whose style generated a stampede to the salon.

In the 1920s, actress Louise Brooks appeared in the movies as a flapper with a bob that inspired women of the time, in an early show of feminism, to flock to the salon for a real hair cut. The next big look came about in the 1940s, identified by long waves and turned-under bangs. Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and enough others wore the look that no one person can claim it, so it became a trend rather than a signature style. In the 1960s it was a hairdresser—Vidal Sassoon—who revived the short bob, while model Twiggy had women asking for a pixie. In the ’70s, two looks battled for center stage: skater Dorothy Hamill’s wedge and Farrah’s feathered wings. Jennifer Aniston’s “Rachel” pouf and, more recently, Victoria Beckham’s version of the bob complete the short list of hair icons.

When a celebrity wears a great style, it can hold huge benefit for hairdressers. And when you learn how to cut layers at beauty school, you’ll be keeping the legacy of Farrah Fawcett alive.