Bob Haircut: Difference between revisions

A feature of [[The Roaring Twenties]]; it's ''generally'' non-existent in [[The West]] [[Newer Than They Think|before then]], having been invented in 1909 by the Paris hairdresser Antoine, who was inspired by [[Joan of Arc]]. (The bob cut is actually known in French as ''coupe à la Jeanne d'Arc'' -- "Joan of Arc's haircut".) It first appearingappeared in American fashion magazines in the late 1910s. Initially it was associated with "bad girls", and many men at the time were upset to see their wives and girlfriends with short, boyish hair. Many government and religious institutions opposed the bob and although they couldn't stop it, did their best to make life hell for women who happened to like having short hair. However, by the late 20s1920s the bob was not only accepted, but embraced, even by men. Its heyday was about 1922-1932, but it had a comeback in [[The Fifties]] and [[The Sixties]] as a popular girl's haircut, but the reputation changed. They were no longer associated with "bad girls" but innocent [[Seemingly-Wholesome Fifties Girl|(at least on the surface)]] [[Malt Shop]] dwelling bubblegum chewing teenage girls that used words like "Dreamboat" and "swell". The association has [[Zig-Zagging Trope|bounced around since]] [[The Seventies]] [[Zig-Zagging Trope|back and forth]] [[Cyclic Trope|from "trendy" to "dowdy"]] [[Popularity Polynomial|with the current opinion being trendy but still shaking the dowdy association.]]