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Style statement: most iconic hairdos
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Popular cinema world over is not merely about story telling. Often, they set trends like nothing else, fashion being one. Trademark hair styling has often been the hallmark of many popular stars. If the West has Audrey Hepburn's iconic beehive hairdo, we in India know much too well Sharmila Tagore and her famous bouffant.
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Audrey Hepburn’s beehive hairdo, which gained popularity in the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), has been named as the most iconic hairstyle in the list put together to mark the 50th anniversary of a hairdressing giant Toni & Guy.
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Elvis Presley bagged the second spot for his jet black quiff.
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Bob Marley was placed third for his iconic dreadlocks. Photo Courtesy: bobmarley.com
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Jennifer Anniston
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Rounding off the top five was singer Amy Winehouse, who also sported a beehive. Photo Courtesy: facebook.com/Amy Winehouse
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Sitting in the sixth spot were The Beatles with their mop tops. Photo Courtesy: thebeatles.com
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There was certainly more to Marilyn Monroe apart from her flying white dress act from the 1955 film Seven Year Itch. Of special mention were her blonde curls. Photo Courtesy: facebook.com/MarilynMonroe
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The star of the first season of the television series Charlie's Angels (1976–77), Farrah Fawcett made the red swimsuit a raging hit. Equally famous were her golden flicks.
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To say that Princess Diana was a style icon would be to seriously under-estimate her impact as a star. She was noted for her style, charisma and high-profile charity work and beauty. She makes it to this list, thanks to her feathered pageboy cut.
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As one of the best known sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s, it was not possible that French beauty Brigitte Bardot wouldn't have made it to the list. Her messy bed-head look stood at number 10.
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Closer home Sharmila Tagore made the 60s bouffant her style statement. Be it a westernised look in An Evening In Paris or an Indian one in Aradhana, Sharmila would stay loyal with her hairdo.
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Rajesh Khanna made short kurtas and curled-over-his-ears hair style fashionable in the 1970s.
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Yesteryears actress Sadhna was a striking beauty. But what made her stand out of the crowd was her remarkable hair style which even got a name, the Sadhna cut!
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The long, blow-dried dark tresses that Parveen Babi sported were to become her crowning glory!
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Sanjay Dutt made long hair fashionable when he appeared in the Bollywood scene with his first film, Rocky. He would go on to repeat the look in film after film, the most recognisable being Khalnayak.
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