The Elephant Trunk

[Boink]

Egad... I was too young for this (thankfully).

 

[Deleted member 8987]

77 Sunset Strip?

 

[Mickey Richaud]

"Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb."

 

[GregW]

LOL, nice color match with the fake hair.

 

[Bayless]

Yes, there were some strange goings-on in the '50s.

 

[PAUL161]

Reminds me of high school! :highly_amused:

 

[Boink]

I think I just missed this era for high school (though there were equivalent sorts of replacements).

 

[PAUL161]

We had these also. Ducktail, flat top, flat top with fenders! I won't go into the clothes we wore, but everything had to include a pair of Levies rolled up once and a white shirt! :highly_amused:

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[Boink]

The flat-top was in my era.

 

[Mickey Richaud]

The flat-top was in my era.

Butch Wax! Went through a bunch of that back in the day...

 

[JPSmit]

Butch Wax! Went through a bunch of that back in the day...

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Biting my tongue here Mickey - Biting my tongue

 

[Mickey Richaud]

Biting my tongue here Mickey - Biting my tongue

Go ahead - I can take it. Besides, that was ~60 years ago...

 

[Darwin]

Now I use Mother's to polish the chrome.............dome!!!!

 

[pdplot]

Back in college when I had hair, I had the usual Ivy League Crew Cut. My folks hated it. My father said: "You look like a Nazi. Your hair is your crowning glory. Let it grow". I didn't dare. It was the '50s. Everyone had to have the look - khaki pants, dirty white bucks, repp tie and a crew cut. It was the Age of Conformity. The '60s lay ahead.

 

[waltesefalcon]

I tend to wear mine in one braid, sometimes (like today) I will wear it in two braids. It tends to get a few looks and when I was younger it drew enough comments that I cut it off when I was twelve.

 

[mikephillips]

After a certain age cutting it too often is like daring your hair not to grow back...