Everyone one has had a bad hair day at some time in their life but there are many hairstyle faux pas that have stuck around for a little too long. A certain football star, nicknamed 'goldenballs,' has given most of them a go during his glittering reign in the game.
When it comes to football stars, the mullet has to reign supreme as the ultimate hairstyle of the 1980s. Despite its predominance in this decade, the mullet has been around for centuries and is credited with a revival in the late eighteenth century, as evidenced in Gainsborough's Blue Boy. In the 1970s David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust character brought it back into the public domain which prompted the start of mullet-mania. This trend reached its zenith in the 80s when all manner of rock, film, sport and fashion celebrities sporting this rather horrific barnet. Although there has been a slight revival of the mullet in the present day, nothing comes close to the style in its heyday.
Around a similar period of time, the poodle perm began its ascendancy with famous wearers Kevin Keegan, Coronation Street's Deidre Barlow and Brian May, a guitarist in the band Queen, sporting the look. Even Anita Dobson of Eastenders started to morph into Roly, her pet poodle, at the height of the craze. Hairdressers all over the country were raking it in when people with poker straight hair were demanding it be curled within an inch of its life.
It may be pooh-poohed by various members of society but the Mohawk cannot be classed in the same cringe worthy category as the mullet or poodle perm. Initially a hairstyle invented by the Native American Mohawk tribe it made its first fashion and socio-political statement in the early 1980s when it became a signifier of rebellion for youths everywhere. The Faux Hawk, which is a recent style choice, is entirely a different matter. David Beckham proved that no shaved bits at the sides could transform this once subversive hairstyle into the corporate norm. In 2011 the style is virtually synonymous with everyone from the corporate suits to hairdressers themselves!
A list of the world's worst hairstyles has to feature the comb-over. Favoured by balding gentleman everywhere, it has the ability to stop people in their tracks. Strangers have been known to holler to unsuspecting comb-over candidates, "Face reality. You have no hair. Get a proper haircut!"
When it comes to football stars, the mullet has to reign supreme as the ultimate hairstyle of the 1980s. Despite its predominance in this decade, the mullet has been around for centuries and is credited with a revival in the late eighteenth century, as evidenced in Gainsborough's Blue Boy. In the 1970s David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust character brought it back into the public domain which prompted the start of mullet-mania. This trend reached its zenith in the 80s when all manner of rock, film, sport and fashion celebrities sporting this rather horrific barnet. Although there has been a slight revival of the mullet in the present day, nothing comes close to the style in its heyday.
Around a similar period of time, the poodle perm began its ascendancy with famous wearers Kevin Keegan, Coronation Street's Deidre Barlow and Brian May, a guitarist in the band Queen, sporting the look. Even Anita Dobson of Eastenders started to morph into Roly, her pet poodle, at the height of the craze. Hairdressers all over the country were raking it in when people with poker straight hair were demanding it be curled within an inch of its life.
It may be pooh-poohed by various members of society but the Mohawk cannot be classed in the same cringe worthy category as the mullet or poodle perm. Initially a hairstyle invented by the Native American Mohawk tribe it made its first fashion and socio-political statement in the early 1980s when it became a signifier of rebellion for youths everywhere. The Faux Hawk, which is a recent style choice, is entirely a different matter. David Beckham proved that no shaved bits at the sides could transform this once subversive hairstyle into the corporate norm. In 2011 the style is virtually synonymous with everyone from the corporate suits to hairdressers themselves!
A list of the world's worst hairstyles has to feature the comb-over. Favoured by balding gentleman everywhere, it has the ability to stop people in their tracks. Strangers have been known to holler to unsuspecting comb-over candidates, "Face reality. You have no hair. Get a proper haircut!"
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