One of the most popular hairstyles at that time was the grunge hairstyle being its maximum exponent Kurt Cobain the leader of the musical group Nirvana.

Early 20th century mens hairstyles. Tall stiff collars characterize the period as do womens broad hats and full Gibson Girl hairstyles. Hairstyles were short soft and neat and almost always curled. Men wear top hats with formal morning dress or bowlers with lounge suits.

They adorned their hair with combs flowers leaves pearls or jeweled ribbons. The hats and hairstyles confirm this. A huge amount of effort was used in styling their hair.

Those who preferred to wash it. In the early part of the 20th century large numbers of traveling photo-graphers earned a living by taking pictures of this type people standing outside a business as here or. In the first years of the 20th Century some men were still wearing moustaches but usually with short hair.

Photograph from Brenda Johnson Gaetz of Manitoba. One of the most famous hairstyles was the petal coif and the pixie hairstyle. The culture surrounding the coifs went beyond just wanting to look fashionable.

Oils and Pomades helped men style their hair in the 1930s and 40s. The hair was left stringy fibrous and disordered and needed to remain unwashed. The early 20th century favored a slicked-down look and it was all about the handlebar stache.

Hair was big business quite literally. Bert Ashes book Twisted. Fashion in the period 19001909 in the Western world continued the severe long and elegant lines of the late 1890s.