At this period fashion remained very much a matter of personal taste,since clothing designers looked for inspiration to 30's,20's,40's and hairdressers devised complementary styles.
By that way the most of women continued to wear their clothes (and hairstyle) in exactly the way they wished and to liberate lifestyle,leaving the trends to be followed by those who wanted to.
A succesful hairdresser required to be a kenn observer of feminine character without forgetting the client's taste.
The use of razor for cutting went out of favour leaving space for the new methods in permanent waving technology.
The importance was the health of hair and a variety of hair-care product (shampoos,conditioners) for every type of hair has flourish the martket,with their ingredients ranged from exotic oils (camomile,henna) to others with wired scientific names.
The need also for volume in the hair provided new styling products (gell,mousses) and permanent dyes were more functional and effective,through their incorporated in shampoos.
The majority has shown a prefference to natular colour,there were enough followers of "punk" movement,applying more daring combinations of bright colours and pink(the street fashion which appeared in the late seventies).
The cut that was favourited by some younger women was the "boyish/androgenous",since the late seventies but having a more sorter and extreme version towards the mid-eighties and also the look of showing the the backward and upward movement typical of many styles of this period,through there was a very noticeable trend for fringes or stray locks to fall over the forehead.
The minority of long hair,had some variations in ways of wearing plaints provided a change from the classical knots and coils,escaping from the craze of wigs (only availiable in some department stores).
Synthetic fibres were bonded to the natural hair in order to lengthen and thicken it ,providing the choice of glowing colours without the use of dyes,claiming that the results will last for several months,especially for pop stars and people of show business,were the changing image was vital.
The variety of all new hair product made sure the fact that women could ever again become slaves to any particular fashion completing the personal taste image of a stylish or a extravagant hat,which continued to appear on traditional hat-wearing occasions.
The members of royal family were always worn hats in public with Princess of Wales attracted a great deal of attention as a leader of fashion,since her mariage 1981 her clothes aroused exceptional interest in the fashion world.
Her small hats were much copied (a chain department claimed to have sold 18.000 of their version of the little tricorne she wore,when she going away for her honneymoon.
This was the type of hats worn in 1980's and is interesting to note that a small pill box style by her in 1984 was similar to taht of 1979,an indication of how little fashions changed during this period.
The most seen types were also turbans,berets and the trilby (in a variation of pastel coloured straw trimmed with ribbons and flowers especially for summer) but the most influential shape was the masculine (spanish hat with flat shallow crown and wide brim), or smaller versions of tribly in tweed or woven wool fabrics were to be seen during the winter.
Also knitted wooly caps similar to 60's,were a popular headwear in cold weather,together with matching scarves.
The most of the hats type had fairly deep crowns which fitted comfortably on the head (with few exceptions) with a variety of plain or printed cotton,they were a useful addition to a holiday wardrobe.
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