Are High Ponytails 80S?

Hairstyles and accessories like OTT curls, barrettes, side braids (and a specific high ponytail that can only be described as a whale spout) gained mass appeal in the ’80s, but come ’00s, these were cast off as being hopelessly passé. Did people wear ponytails in the 80s? The Side Ponytail Read more…

Who Popularized Ponytails?

The Manchu people forcefully introduced the style to Han Chinese men (who along with Han Chinese women, traditionally wore their hair in buns or topknots), during the Manchu conquest of China in the early 17th century. Who started the ponytail trend? Blog posts will often credit Brigitte Bardot for creating Read more…