The Trendiest Hairstyle The Year You Were Born

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1965: Curtain Bangs

Brigitte Bardot's preference for curtain bangs, voluminous waves, and hair bows made a splash in the mid-'60s and is still considered one of the most popular hairstyles decades later.

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1966: Side-Parted Bobs

English model Twiggy's bob with a deep side-part was a signature part of her iconic beauty look.

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1967: Glossy Bouffants

Priscilla Presley's jet-black and glossy bouffant on her wedding day to Elvis Presley is one of the most iconic wedding day bridal hair looks of all time.

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1968: Back-Combed Bobs

Singer Barbara Mcnair showing off a voluminous and back-combed bob with flipped ends, a hairstyle worn throughout much of the late 1960s.

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1969: Bejeweled Updos

Elizabeth Taylor's bejeweled updo with two hanging braids marries the primness of the 1960s with a hint of the Bohemian vibe of the 1970s.

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1970: Face-Framing Layers

Goldie Hawn pictured wearing her signature curly curtain bangs and thick face-framing layers in 1970.

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1971: Shaggy Mullets

Jane Fonda's short, shaggy, and punky mullet pictured in 1971.

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1972: Glossy Hair

Maureen McCormick's ultra-long and glossy hair as Marcia Brady was the copied by similarly blonde women all over the US in the early 1970s.

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1973: Cornrows

Legendary actress Cicley Tyson made national news when she wore her hair styled in cornrows for her role in the 1972 TV movie Sounder. Her choice is considered a pivotal moment in the cultural history of natural hair.

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1974: Ultra-Long Hair

Cher hair is still imitated to this day. The star's preference for ultra-long and silky-smooth hair is considered one of the 1970s most memorable hairstyles.

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1975: Black Shags

Joan Jett's black shag haircut defined what it meant to be truly rock 'n roll in the 1970s and 1980s.

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1976: Short Ringlets

For the 1975 version of A Star is Born, Barbara Streisand wore her hair styled in short and beautiful ringlets.

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1977: Layered Blowouts

There's perhaps no style more iconic 1970s than actress Farrah Fawcett's layered blowout.

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1978: Platinum Blonde

By 1978, Debbie Harry's iconic platinum-blonde hair became a trend that would sweep through the country throughout the 1980s.

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1979: Curly Bangs

With the disco era in full swing, women were keen on copying singer Donna Summer's gorgeous curly bangs.

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1980: Flattops

Beauty icon, model, and singer Grace Jones is known for her flattop and shaved hairstyles that epitomized new wave fashion.

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1981: Shaggy Bobs

Princess Diana's shaggy bob inspired millions of haircuts all around the world in the early 1980s.

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1982: Wispy Bangs

A longer take on the shag, Michelle Pfeiffer wore her hair in 1981 styled in layered and wispy bangs.

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1983: 'Dynasty'-Inspired Hair

The only thing bigger than the TV show Dynasty in the 1980s was the hair on the show itself.

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1984: Teased Bangs

It was all about super-sized hair in the mid-1980s, as seen on supermodel Christie Brinkley.

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