Culture: Hairstyles

Look at the photos. Then read the article. Which photo(s) match(es) each decade?

Hair through the decades

Like fashion trends, hairstyles come and go. Here’s a look at hair crazes over the past thirty years.

1990s - The ‘Rachel’

This hairstyle was named after Rachel Green, a character from the 1990s American sitcom Friends. The actress Jennifer Aniston, who played Rachel in the show, used to have medium-length hair that was cut in layers at the bottom.

2000s - Extensions

The craze for very long, straight hair in the first decade of the 21st century made hair extensions extremely popular.

2010s - Grey hair

This decade introduced a strange new fashion of young women with grey hair. Not natural grey hair, but a dye to change the colour to silver grey.

The beard and the moustache

OK, so they’re not really hairstyles, but the long beard and curly moustache will be remembered as the look of the 2010s. They were so popular that images of moustaches even decorated blouses, hats and all sorts of clothes

YOUR CULTURE - Work in pairs. Answer the questions about Việt Nam.

1. Which hairstyles are most popular in Việt Nam at the moment?

2. Which of the following are fashionable for men in Việt Nam?

3. What colour hair dye is the most popular in Việt Nam?

USE IT! Do a class survey using the questions below. Then report the results.

1. Which hairstyle from the text do you like most?

2. Which hairstyle from the text do you like least?

3. Did you use to have a different hairstyle when you were younger? Describe it.

4. What hair colour would you like to try?