Word: haired
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Having spent four years persuading the American woman to chop her hair close to the scalp, the capricious rulers of fashion (familiarly known as They) were now insisting, of course, that hair had to be longer...
...inches longer," decreed the American Hair Design Institute. "Short, chopped effects and overly sleek lines should be avoided . . ." But that was not enough. To be chic, milady also had to deck her head with a chignon. The chignon (rhymes with filet mignon) is a batch of hair, tied, rolled or braided into shapes resembling a trayful of Danish pastries. It can be the lady's own hair if she's grown it long enough, or someone else's carefully matched and pinned in place...
...chopped, overly sleek follower-or victim-of the short-haircut style, the new style was a shock. Even if she moved into a hothouse and buried herself in Vigoro, she couldn't grow a chignon of her own in time to be in style. By no coincidence, the hair stylists were ready with just what the lady roundheads needed: the artificial chignon...
This afternoon the squad from St. Anthony's was even larger than usual. As it raced onto the field, we moved to meet it. Then, one of its members, a small wiry boy with wild hair and a field jacket which was much too large, detached himself from the crowd and grabbed me by the front of my sweater...
...picture depicts "The Annual Military Hall--Tops in the List of Social Activities." Ted, handsome with his yellow hair and smart khaki uniform, dances with the perennial blond of comic book fame. Their dialogue reads...