1971—The Shag
Style experimentation continued into 1971, yielding some—um—mixed results. In 1971 woman of the moment Jane Fonda starred in the movie Klute, sporting this rather bizarre and choppy hairstyle known as “the shag”.
Looking back now, it’s hard to see the appeal of this ‘do, but it actually went on to inspire some of the greatest haircuts in the fashion world as the years went on—as we’ll see in more detail later.
However, at the time, people loved this look—and Fonda became even more of a star.
1972—The Afro
in 1972, Pam Grier burst onto the Hollywood movie scene, making history with her iconic acting skills and sassy style—as well as a hairdo not popularized among the female celeb scene until this point.That’s right—Grier became the iconic style guru for the afro hairdo, in contrast to the heavily straightened or relaxing procedures that many Black women had been employing previously.
Grier was one of the pioneers for modeling the natural look for Black hair—and she certainly rocked it.