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Crowning Glories
Allure celebrates the eight classic hairstyles and the many beauties who make them famous. By Elizabeth Einstein and Lindsy Van Gelder
sir Isaiah Berlin once floated the theory that every great figure in history could be classified as a hedgehog or a fox. We could do the same for great hairstyles, with a few more categories: the chignon, the flip, the bob, long and straight, waves and curls, the pixie, the shag, and the ponytail. Stylists return to these iconic looks because, ineffably, they just work. That said, "classic" does not mean "timeless." When iconic styles reappear, they owe as much to their era as to their archetype. Sandra Dee's ponytail was perky and controlled because "in the '50s, everything was contained," says Michael Gordon, president and founder of Bumble and Bumble. A decade later, Brigitte Bardot's tousled ponytail suggested a more sexually liberal time. Hairstylists Gordon, Garren, Maury ...