The 1960s: When hair was high, hairspray was thicker than smog, and gravity was merely a suggestion. It was a groovy time of peace, love, and questionable choices involving hot rollers and teasing combs.
While some styles from the era still rock (we see you, pixie cut!), others are best left in black-and-white photo albums and awkward prom portraits. This isn’t a hate letter, it’s a time-traveling tribute to the sky-scraping, brain-squeezing, neck-straining hairstyles that defined a generation, and then got buried under decades of better ideas.
Get ready to cringe, cackle, and maybe call your old hairdresser; here are the ‘60s hairstyles that were once all the rage but should probably never stage a comeback. Unless, of course, you’re starring in a period drama… or attending a costume party called: “What Were We Thinking?”
Let’s roll and tease!
1
The haircut that screams: ‘I only eat gelatin-based meals.’
As square as Uncle Bob’s dance moves at the wedding.
2
Three styles. Zero decisions.
It’s giving: "I lost a bet with my cousin the stylist."
3
Heaven called. They want their wig back.
Why does this baby look like it’s in a cult?
4
Ma’am, I Can't See With Your Hair All Over The Place
Hair so tall it needs a fire escape.
5
She walked into the salon and said: "Make me aerodynamic."
If cotton candy and regret had a baby.
6
You could hide a whole divorce in that hair.
Technically a fire hazard. Spiritually exhausted.
7
Curls sponsored by a small tornado.
Each ringlet is a cry for help.
8
Built like an escalator to bad decisions.
This hairstyle moonlights as a radio tower.
9
Short, high, and full of lies.
Perfect for disappointing your mother and your mirror.
10
The bob that ate the other bobs.
The haircut equivalent of shouting: ‘LOOK AT ME!’ in a silent church.
11
When your hair and a dinner roll have the same shape.
It’s a loaf. A loaf with bangs.
12
It’s a trap!
Started off hopeful, took a hard left at Mount Fluffmore.
13
Looks like a helmet. Protects no one.
For women who wanted to look like they fight in the hair Olympics.
14
Hairstyle or stage curtain? You decide.
Somewhere in there is a head. Allegedly.
15
Who lives in a pineapple under this?
Short on sense, tall on spray.
16
Why does this child look like she pays taxes?
It’s giving: junior prom stress disorder.
17
Side-banged into oblivion.
This hairstyle screams: “I lost the frontal lobe in '63.”
18
When you want to be glamorous but end up as a feather duster.
This isn’t volume. It’s vengeance.
19
For the woman who wants to look like a stylish traffic cone.
More pointy than a passive-aggressive PTA meeting.
20
Copy. Paste. Regret.
If this hair were a dish, it’d be lukewarm Jell-O.
21
Triangle of disappointment.
Hair? Or a DIY napkin holder?
22
The Leaning Tower of No Thanks.
Styled by someone with unresolved rage.
23
Short cut, big crime.
Looks like it was puffed up with a leaf blower.
24
The curls curled in fear.
Medusa’s less successful cousin.
25
A soccer ball got jealous of her volume.
Side bangs like a swoop of shame.
