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  1. 1Louise BrooksLouise BrooksLouise Brooks wore her glossy black bob with a blunt fringe from her teens, and it became the defining image of the 1920s flapper. As Lulu in G. W. Pabst's Pandora's Box (1929) she made the cut look modern and dangerous at once, which is why the style is still sometimes called the Lulu.0i
  2. 2Veronica LakeVeronica LakeBorn 14 Nov 1922Veronica Lake's long blonde waves, swept over one eye, became known as the peekaboo after I Wanted Wings (1941) and were copied widely. During the Second World War she pinned the style up in public to encourage women in munitions factories to keep their hair clear of machinery, a rare case of a…0i
  3. 3Marilyn MonroeMarilyn MonroeBorn 1 Jun 1926Born a brunette, Marilyn Monroe lightened her hair for modelling work in the 1940s, and by Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) her short platinum curls were inseparable from her screen persona. The set curls, soft and sculpted at once, remain the reference point whenever a star goes for old Hollywood…0i
  4. 4Elvis PresleyElvis PresleyElvis Presley's greased pompadour, dyed black from his natural lighter brown, was as much a part of his 1950s shock value as the hip movements. It set the template for rock and roll hair, and his army haircut in 1958 was filmed and photographed as a news event in its own right.0i
  5. 5Audrey HepburnAudrey HepburnBorn 4 May 1929In Roman Holiday (1953) Audrey Hepburn's runaway princess has her long hair cut short in a Roman barber's shop, and the scene launched her gamine crop. The short, feathered cut with a wispy fringe suited her slender frame and became one of the most copied looks of the decade.0i
  6. 6Brigitte BardotBrigitte BardotBorn 28 Sept 1934Brigitte Bardot's backcombed, deliberately tousled blonde volume made polished 1950s sets look stiff. Her films around the turn of the 1960s, including Babette Goes to War (1959), gave her name to the raised, ribbon-tied Babette style, and her undone look still guides anyone chasing French-girl…0i
  7. 7Jean SebergJean SebergBorn 13 Nov 1938Jean Seberg's cropped blonde hair, first cut for Otto Preminger's Saint Joan (1957), became an emblem of the French New Wave when she sold the New York Herald Tribune on the Champs-Élysées in Godard's Breathless (1960). The boyish crop and striped T-shirt still read as shorthand for effortless cool.0i
  8. 8TwiggyTwiggyBorn 19 Sept 1949Twiggy's sleek crop was created by Leonard of Mayfair in 1966 and photographed by Barry Lategan, and the pictures led the Daily Express to name her the Face of '66. Paired with painted lower lashes, the short boyish cut became the visual signature of Swinging London.0
  9. 9Mia FarrowMia FarrowBorn 9 Feb 1945Mia Farrow's elfin pixie was restyled by Vidal Sassoon in front of the press on the set of Rosemary's Baby (1968), a publicity moment as famous as the film's most frightening scenes. The cut made a radically short style look fragile and fashionable, and it is still the shorthand for a late-1960s…0
  10. 10Dolly PartonDolly PartonBorn 19 Jan 1946Dolly Parton's towering blonde hair, mostly wigs for decades, has been part of her act since her years on The Porter Wagoner Show from 1967. She treats it with open humour as costume rather than nature, and the exaggeration has become as recognisable as her voice.0i