Fringe, from the 20s of the last century to today: always fashionable in all decades

Today, in the Netflix era, a mini version is popular, after the worldwide success of TV series such as The Queen of Chess e Bridgerton, that like beauty factor common have their own the bangs, very short and saucy, sported by the protagonists Beth Harmon and Daphne Bridgerton. The hair trend is confirmed by celebs such as Arisa, Miriam Leone and Ana De Armas. Everyone on Instagram is sporting one now baby bang.

FRINGE, COOL IN THE DNA

Nothing new, it’s true: the story is studded with fringes in size XS as well as in XL format to touch the eyebrows.

Parade, full, mini, maxi, straight or curtain, over the centuries the fringe has strengthened its status as an icon of hairstyles. It lives of courses and recourses, of periods of greater or lesser success, but it is certainly not forgotten or abandoned for too long, at least in the last century of history. The myth tells that it was Cleopatra in the 8th century BC to make it stylish. We are not sure, but the representation on the big screen of the queen of Egypt with the features of Liz Taylor and frangettina full and glossy leads us to believe it.

THE FRINGE FROM THE 20s TO 60s

At the beginning of the last century the silent movie star Louise Brooks made the bangs cut flush with the brows , straight, full, the iconic style of the roaring 20s (his hairstyle inspired that of the legendary Valentina by Guido Crepax). In the 1930s Bette Davies, at the beginning of her career, sported it short but in version wispy, curled. But the Fifties are the golden decade for the fringe: in these years coexist the very short and straight one of a true pin up to Bettie Page at the most bon ton and fashion shows of Audrey Hepburn also taken up in the following decade by Mia Farrow who combines it with a pixie cut that is now legendary. In the 1960s, however, European celebs dictated the law in terms of fringe: with the iconic geomotive looks of the English model Peggy Moffit to the sensual, eye-catching and effortless chic of the French it-girls of the time, that is Brigitte Bardot, Jane Birkin, François Hardy.

THE FRINGE FROM THE 70s TO 90s

In the 70s, apart from some customizations (like the pointed one by Liza Minnelli in Cabaret) dominates the Farrah Fawcett cut, climbing and floating, with tips up and one long fringe that opens in two tufts on the forehead, curtain. Then resumed in the early ’80s when he turns up the volume to tune in with the teased hair of the time Madonna and Cindy Lauper. In the 90s we return to minimalism even with the fringe that becomes full and tidy and that the top models of the time, more or less, showed off: from Carla Bruni a Claudia Schiffer and especially, Linda Evangelista, whose bob with fringe has now entered by right among the cult cuts of history. The rounded one by Shannen Doherty is also iconic that goes crazy among the addicted of Beverly Hills 90210.

THE FRINGE IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM

In the 2000s, pop stars like Britney Spears dictated a frayed good girl fringe while he models it Agyness Deyn has a ruffled like signature beauty. In 2010 Kate Moss from a cut to the tuft and is proposed with a fringe that touches the forehead, immediately copied. “I got bored one night and I cut it, with kitchen scissors,” she once said. Anticipating, in a certain sense, the pandemic trend of the 20s of the Third Millennium: that is, arm yourself with scissors and cut your fringe yourself. On the other hand, it flatters almost every face shape. In conclusion, long live the fringes!

In the gallery all the most iconic of the last hundred years, inspirational for those who want a restyling. The infinite variations of the fringe, in fact, ensure a stunning look for all.