Beehive (hairstyle)

The beehive is a hairstyle in which long hair is piled up in a conical shape on the top of the head and slightly backwards pointing, giving some resemblance to the shape of a traditional beehive. It is also known as the B-52 due to a resemblance to the distinctive nose of the Boeing B-52 Strategic Bomber.[1]

This article is about the beehive hairstyle. For other uses, see Beehive.

South Indian actress Kajal Aggarwal with a modern beehive in 2011.

Origin

It originated as one of a variety of elaborately teased and lacquered versions of "big hair" that developed from earlier pageboy and bouffant styles. It was developed in 1960 by Margaret Vinci Heldt of Elmhurst, Illinois, owner of the Margaret Vinci Coiffures in downtown Chicago, who won the National Coiffure Championship in 1954, and who had been asked by the editors of Modern Beauty Salon magazine to design a new hairstyle that would reflect the coming decade.[2] She originally modeled it on a fez-like hat that she owned. In recognition of her achievement, Cosmetologists Chicago, a trade association with 60,000 members, created a scholarship in Heldt's name for creativity in hairdressing.[2] The beehive style was popular throughout the 1960s, particularly in the United States and other Western countries, and remains an enduring symbol of 1960s kitsch.

Despite inventing the hairstyle, Heldt did not name it: for the final touch in her original design she added a bee-shaped hat pin and from that a reporter for the magazine Modern Beauty Shop (now Modern Salon) "it looks just like a beehive! Do you mind if we call it the beehive?"[3]

Heldt died on 10 June 2016 at a senior living community near Chicago.[4]

Technique

The beehive is constructed by backcombing or teasing the hair with a comb, creating a tangled pile which is lightly combed over to make a smooth outer surface. The longer the hair, the higher the beehive. Beehive styles of the early 1960s sometimes overlapped with bouffant styles, which also employed teasing to create hair volume; but generally speaking, the beehive effect was a rounded cone piled upwards from the top of the head, while the simple bouffant was a wider, puffier shape covering the ears at the sides. Both of these can be distinguished from the pompadour style, the basic type of which is swept upwards from the forehead.

Notable examples
Amy Winehouse in her signature exaggerated beehive.

See also

References
  1. Weber, Bruce (15 June 2016). "Why We Celebrated the Beehive and Its Maker". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  2. Mannion, Annemarie (30 December 2010). "Beehive style lands Elmhurst woman a place in fashion history — Elmhurst news, photos and events —". Triblocal.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  3. Bruce Weber, Margaret Heldt, Hairdresser Who Built the Beehive, Dies at 98, The New York Times, 13 June 2016, accessed 14 June 2016.
  4. "Margaret Vinci Heldt, creator of the beehive hairstyle, dies at age 98". The Guardian. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  5. Yaeger, Lynn (22 May 2007). "Winehouse Rules: Amy channels Ronnie Spector's high hair and Cleopatra eyes". Village Voice. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  6. Riggs, Ransom (20 July 2007). "A history of bad hairstyles". CNN. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  7. "Hair-raising truth about Coronation Street", Manchester Evening News. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
  8. Cochrane, Lauren (24 September 2015). "Krusty the Clown, your key fashion influence for AW15 – stylewatch". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  9. Yaeger, Lynn (22 May 2007). Winehouse Rules at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 March 2012). The Village Voice.
  10. "Rose Mofford, Arizona's first female governor, dies at 94". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  11. "Cosmic Coiffures: 6 Unforgettable Hairstyles in SFF". Tor.com. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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