Big Hair, Don't Care
When hairspray and gel were staples of life
On Beehives, Bouffants and Blow Drying
In more recent times, the term “Big Hair” has been attributed to the 1980s when gel, hairspray and an active imagination were the only limits to one’s coiffure.
But did you know that the original “big hair” style was said to have been created for none other than French Queen, Marie Antoinette? The last queen of France before the French revolution was said to have perpetually thinning hair, a fact that tempered her vanity and led her stylist to create a customized “do” that hid this embarrassing fact.
The main features of said do? Well, let’s just say that it included a very, very high and full bounty of hair on the top part of the head, usually rounded about the crown. The key to this hairstyle is height, which naturally draws the eyes upward, making not only the hair seem fuller, but the face l…
