Now, I don't know about you, but I've been obsessing about matte hair for a while now. Since seeing those first catwalk pics of
Candyfloss hair, not to mention the
polished dreadlocks trend – I've been trying to wean myself off the super-shiny look.
The man behind this trend is hairdresser Guido Palau.
The beehive, so named because it resembles a beehive (like, duh?) is currently having something of a renaissance, mostly thanks to troubled-singer, Amy Winehouse and the latest catwalk trend for
piles of candyfloss-like hair.
It originated in the USA in 1958, and reached the height (sorry, I couldn't resist) of it's popularity in the 60s. Audrey Hepburn sports a stylish beehive in
Breakfast at Tiffany's, whilst in
Hairspray, set in 1962, Tracy Turnblad's beehive gets ever taller and more flamboyant, as she joins the social scene.
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The beehive is also called the B-52, as the shape resembles the nose of the bomber pale. The New Wave band,
The B-52's resurrected the look for a while in the late Seventies, wearing beehive wigs on stage.
Shelve the straightening irons. The new hair trend on the block is all about matte texture and huge, cartoon proportions. The Spring/Summer catwalks featured hair-do's that were big and backcombed - from disheveled up-do's at
Roberto Cavalli and John Galliano, to whispy knots and ridiculously exaggerated piles of hair at
Moschino and Peter Jensen.
