Friday, January 22, 2021

Michelle Obama's 'Fawcett flick' a nod to more fun times

Several celebrities have tried the hairstyle in recent months – a reaction perhaps to Covid lockdown

Michelle Obama’s powerful and glamorous hair at the Biden-Harris inauguration (courtesy of her longtime stylist Yene Damtew) was reminiscent of the Farah Fawcett style – and Jenna Coleman’s curled hair in the BBC’s The Serpent (set in 1975) replicated the waft-style too. Jennifer Lopez, Mary J Blige and model Aweng Ade-Chuol have all tried the style in recent months.

Like disco, which trended during Christmas time, the resurgence of the Farrah cut is partly to do with a rose-tinged idea of that period. “When we think of Farrah Fawcett and her hairstyle we are recalling a joyful version of the 1970s,” said fashion historian Laura McLaws Helms, “more sun-dappled California babes, less strikes and oil crises.”

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