$70 1980s Suburban Woman’s Haircut
<p>Big, teased, and sprayed hair became a symbol of celebrity, glamor, and wealth in the 1980s. The style countered the hippy culture looks of the 1970s, long and straight and parted in the middle, just like Peggy Lipton from the Mod Squad. It also arguably appropriated the 1960s and 1970s freestyles some African Americans wore. Suburban hairstylists famously made bad versions of these styles.</p>
<p>I wore big hair once, in the late 1980s, for one night. My law firm hosted a formal party for all the lawyers, staff, and their significant others. I found a dress and got my hair done. My hairstylist asked me if I wanted big hair like then-popular local television anchor <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnYKVcIGMek" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Linda Yu</a>. Yu doesn’t wear big hair anymore, but in those days, her hair was famous for being wide. My stylist wanted to do it. The look was in style, and it sounded funny to me at the time, so I let her do it. Getting my mostly straight, slightly wavy hair to stay that way took lots of product. My hair felt like mesh over cotton. It held the night. I washed it out in the morning.</p>
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