35 Hairstyles From The 80s And 90s That Made Sense At The Time, And Only At The Time
My nephew has a better haircut than I do and he’s seven. I don’t know when kids started getting actual haircuts instead of whatever was happening in the 80s and 90s, but something shifted, and now they just look cool without trying. I look back at my own childhood photos and there’s a specific kind of regret that sets in, not embarrassment exactly, more like confusion.
My parents looked at that hair and said yes, that’s the one. At the time it made complete sense because everyone looked like that. The mall looked like that. Television looked like that. It was just what hair was back then. Like these nostalgic haircuts from the 80s and 90s.
1. My mom loved to get professional photos taken of my siblings and me when we were kids. I hated it.
I learned fairly quickly that if I complained or was fussy they would just keep going and ask me to be still or quiet.
However, if I behaved perfectly and just made awful facial expressions the photos would end. This little gem is a product of my silent temper tantrums.
2. “This is my oldest brother. When he came to the States , his first obsession was rock & roll, followed by big hair.”
3. As a 10yr old male I was a 30yr old lesbian.
4. 80’s Hair. Defying Gravity.
5. “This is the only baby photo I have.”
6. “My mother at 17, this was her senior portrait, the lady loved her hair so much she took a bunch of pictures for her. 1988”
7. Double Vision
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12. When your mom puts a bowl on your head and cuts your hair. And you rush home after school to slam 3 cans of raviolis and watch Bill Nye the science guy (mid 90s)
13. My 80s hair didn’t even take a break for softball
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15. “In 1988, my mother won a free portrait session from Olan Mills for me and my brother. I remember feeling uncomfortable with my clothes and our pose and I think the only thing that felt normal to us was our hair.”
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17. Child in the 1980’s with a rattail
18. “Me and my mom with our matching Christmas mullets.”
19. “This was me in first grade. My mom convinced me to cut my hair ‘like Demi Moore in Ghost.’”
20. “My mother in middle school, 1985”
21. “Since I Noticed People Their Messed Up Hair Style. Check this Hot Mess Out. Early 90s was Something Else.”
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“Me (on the right) and my sister back in the 80’s in San Jose. I used to wake up super early on school days just to work on my hair. When my senior year new schedule included swimming for 1st period, I saw a doctor for my “allergy” to chlorine, and he gave me a doctor’s note excusing me from swimming”
23. My mom cut & styled my hair for picture day. I never let her touch my hair ever since.
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“Friend shared this on Facebook; I’m sharing all of her 90s glory with Reddit (with her permission)”
25. “My kindergarten picture. I wanted to look my best so I gave myself a hair cut. The 80’s were a strange time for fashion.”
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I thought I was cool in elementary school. New haircut and my favourite turtle neck. What could go wrong?
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28. “Was the reverse mullet popular around you in the late 90s? I remember so many kids at the arcade having this haircut…”
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30. My future wife’s mother had just gotten done with hair school in the 90’s
31. Kindergarten, 1995
32. “My mom playing Super Mario Bros on a NES. Early-Mid 90s and she still remembers all the secrets and shortcuts (that hair tho)”
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“My mom and aunt were always into the big huge 80’s hair, but seriously wtf is on my head? My aunt did my hair, and my mom loved it enough to allow me to get professional pictures taken.”
34. 90s haircuts…
35. Mum actually thought this was a good haircut
