All Good Haircuts Should Have An Equally Good Name
June 10, 2007 9:10 PM   Subscribe

Black Hairstyles from the 1970s and the soulful beauty of vintage advertising from Ebony magazine.
posted by dhammond (11 comments total)

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At first glance I was like "are these all the same hairstyle? Is this some sort of joke?"

But upon further review I saw the different nuances that set them apart.

I have to say, my favorites are the first two and the very last one.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 9:12 PM on June 10, 2007


Richard Roundtree! Wocka-wowwwww!
posted by The Deej at 9:14 PM on June 10, 2007


The sight of "Soul-Aid Adhesive Bandages" made me kind of sad. That poor little kid! Finally someone has thought of him!
posted by interrobang at 9:19 PM on June 10, 2007


Interesting how blowups have become the 'fro to the modern uninitiated.
posted by AmberV at 9:32 PM on June 10, 2007


Nice post! Could've done without the embarrassingly crude and decidedly unfunny comments that knucklehead added to the collection of Ebony ads, but, hey, whaddayagunnado? Love the Soul Aids ad: "Now that's what I call flesh colored!"
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:41 PM on June 10, 2007


Those advertisements in Ebony sucked just as hard, and in exactly the same ways, as ads in white magazines. It's the only application of 'Seperate, but Equal' that has ever existed, I think.
posted by suckerpunch at 9:44 PM on June 10, 2007


They say that last haircut is a bad motha-
posted by jonson at 9:57 PM on June 10, 2007


At first glance I was like "are these all the same hairstyle? Is this some sort of joke?"

But upon further review I saw the different nuances that set them apart.

At first glance I was like "these are mostly the same hairstyle with different nuances – are they really deserving of a completely different name?"
posted by uncanny hengeman at 10:01 PM on June 10, 2007


Those models have the most tightly wound curls that I have ever seen. That or it's the picture. Cause I always see much more relaxed afros, rather than solidly round ones. Did those guys just have really tight curls, or did they get super-permed, or what?
posted by KingoftheWhales at 10:09 PM on June 10, 2007


double
posted by Rhomboid at 10:24 PM on June 10, 2007


I dig the spiffy flight attendant dude: "I just feel positive, and that seems to infect everyone around me." Maybe he was the real Patient Zero?
posted by davy at 10:28 PM on June 10, 2007


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