Shingle Hairstyle 1920
The shingles haircut also known as the shingle bob originated in the early 1920s but is still worn today.
Shingle hairstyle 1920. 1920 s 30 s haircutting and styling cost 27 available for instant download. Who would have thought when bobbed hair first came into vogue that there would be so many variations of it. Aileen pringle shingle of 1925 short bob hairstyles of the 1920 s bobbed hair is extremely feminine say the flappers long or short hair has nothing to do with femininity. This hair style features a dome shaped bob in which hair is cut into a point or v shape at the nape of the neck.
This style was actually patterned after mandatory boy s hairstyles at london s prestigious eton preparatory school. Shingle waved crop waved bobbed and eton crop. During the first world war women around the world started to shift to shorter hairstyles that were easier to manage. The style featured short hair worn close to the head with the front and the sides cut to cover the ears and the back cut and shaped into layers of short fringe at the neckline to resemble shingles on a roof.
The 1920s was a decade defined by social and cultural rebellion. The mere conventional 1920 s bob was thought dreadfully extreme. Asian hair japanese and chinese. Of all the bobbed hairstyles popular in the 1920s the eton crop is the shortest and most severe.
Aileen pringle s mannish bob in 1925 iconic 1920 s hairstyles the pringle shingle of 1925. In the 1920s women started for the first time to bob shingle and crop their hair often covering it with small head hugging cloche hats. Since the haircut requires careful trimming and shaping directly behind the head it is essentially impossible. The shingle was considered the most feminine women s short hairdo of the 1920s.
Anna may wong with short curl bob and bangs anna may wong straight hair pulled back in a bun with bangs traditional japanese hairstyle with modern waves. In korea the bob was called tanbal. From the bootleggers who smuggled moonshine across state lines to the women s suffrage movement that helped to secure the right to vote the roaring twenties caused quite a commotion. One of the more iconic 1920 s hairstyles was the shingle worn by aileen pringle in 1925.
While you can read the complete text of this book online most of the illustrations are missing. The following text is taken from one of our books on 1920s hairstyles. Fully illustrated book on bobbed hairstyles. It basically extended the razor shortness of the shingle all the way around a woman s head.