Movie stars influence hairstyles in January 2014

2014 starts with a bang in the little world of show business with several film festivals in January (Golden Globes 2014, Sundance 2014 or the Producers Guild Awards 2014).

There were several film events during this first month of 2014 and what says film Festival, automatically implies Red Carpet and stars parade. The most famous actors parade on the Red Carpet for hours and for the pleasure of tabloids. All the film community is present and trying to impress with dresses, tuxedos and outstanding hairstyles. It is almost like a contest of who will be the most remarked person. Indeed, the more they are remarked, the more the people will speak about their movie.

All the tabloids from the country and abroad are delighted by these events and write tons and tons of papers about the stars’ look. One of their favorite activities is to launch contests among their audience such as, ‘who was wearing the finest dress?’ or ‘who had the most beautiful hairstyle?’. And regarding the audience we can say that people love to give their opinion about it.

If it’s an opportunity for the tabloids to receive a great deal of attention, for the “mere mortals” that we are it is the opportunity to discover the new hairstyle trends and get inspired. It is like a supermarket of haircuts. So many styles are represented on the Red Carpet that you can choose your inspiration between a lot of short haircut, faux-bob or an ombré like Jennier Lawrence, Cate Blanchet or Olivia Wilde.

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For the gentlemen, like we said in previous articles, the trend was to wear a beard. Whether it was a real beard, a 3-day beard or a goatee, most part of the actors and directors chose to wear one.


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Men's hairstyles over the decades.

The 60’s

This period has seen the last year of the very conventional hairstyle trend, short hair plated on the head with the ancestor of the hair gel. But this decade also faced the birth of the rebellious capillary age, mainly inspired by artists such as Bob Dylan or Jimi Hendrix.

The 70's

Ensues a period marked by the hippie wave. During the 70’s, the trend was precisely to avoid any trend. The goal was to get rid of the stranglehold of the model man, well-dressed, well combed with a perfect straight life.

The 80’s. 

This is a difficult period to assume regarding both fashion and hair. Indeed, the mullet cut and big hair were omnipresent and widespread, especially in the U.S.

The 90's.

During the 90’s we could notice that blond colored spikes were the main trend. It has been a radical change compared to the two previous decades. Short hair with a lot of gel, not natural at all, were contradiction with the libertarian spirit of previous years.

The 2000's.

For the new century, men were divided in two types:

- Short haircuts wore spiky with a comb form.

- Long-medium hair with a long fringe on a side

The present decade.

Finally, the present decade’s trend is inspired by the past, revisited and updated. Even if this decade isn't over yet, we can already notice a slight trend, which are short and thin hair on the sides and longer on top of the head. we can say inspired by the past because we can see the rebirth of the mythic quiff but revisited and more airy. 

But the main novelty of the past few years is the increasing grooming aspect for men. Indeed, men take more and more care of themselves, they use more cosmetics and pay more attention to their look. The purpose of today’s men is to look natural without being natural, we could call that trend the “relaxed handsomeness”. 

The perfect illustration of it is the beard. A few years ago, wearing a beard was a sign of negligence but now, it’s more a proof of care and can be considered trendy. As with everything, "the hardest part is to make believe that it comes naturally and is easy to realize".

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