Notions of what it means to be feminine have long been discussed and advised to each of us as we grew up. Often regarded as a reflection of our own identity, hair styles are both a personal choice and a public observation. Just like the fashion world, the decision to change our clothes or hair is a constantly evolving process.<\/p>\n
Every time I got the chance, I regularly experimented with my hair from the frequent purchases of jet-black dye and backcombing (despite somewhat resembling Time Burton\u2019s Edward Scissorhands<\/em>) to various cuts of length and highlighted fringes. I only tell you this to illustrate that the relationship with our hair doesn\u2019t even begin to scratch the surface of the complexities surrounding our own personal identity, nor does it mean we will or should conform with the stereotypical concept of what it means to be \u2018feminine.\u2019<\/p>\n Below is a snapshot of some iconic hairstyles in TV and film which transformed the idea that long flowing hair is not the only indication for attractiveness and femininity in women.<\/p>\n The Bob<\/strong><\/p>\n Once considered to be the controversial haircut of the 20th century, the bob haircut was supposed to have become popular when ballroom dancer Irene Castle decided to cut her hair for convenience.<\/p>\n Synonymous with our understanding of \u2018Gatsby\u2019s\u2019 America, short bobbed hair then became associated with the rebellious act of going against the societal norms and values of the 1920s.<\/p>\n There is still something that’s undeniably classic about the look, Uma Thurman’s cult character Mia Wallace in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 cult classic Pulp Fiction,<\/em> demonstrating that bobbed hair has an innate quality of modernity.<\/p>\n