Top Male and Female hairstyles of 1994

For my first official blog for the Jack Anderson Hair Design, blog page, I would like to take a step back in time to 1994.  Jack Anderson first opened his doors to clients in 1994, at the time fashion and hair where making and taking big steps in transforming the way we looked, men especially were more interested in personal grooming in a time which before was more predominantly predisposed to a female market.  I have researched the two biggest styles for male and female of 1994, for females the hottest look was the "Rachel" an iconic hairstyle which came synonymous with the character and the popular television series "Friends".  This style had all women running to their hair stylists ready to snip them into copies of "Rachel"  Males also had icons to look up to for their hot styles, Interview with a Vampire was released in 1994, starring two of the then and still running leading men of Hollywood - Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.  Men's hairstyles were predominantly longer aspiring to the characters within the film, although many men aspired to have the long tresses, I feel only a select few men actually had the nerve to have their hair coiffed in this fashion, we have to remember 1994 was still a time before the metro sexual.  Men had started to notice themselves more and were more interested in personal grooming but it would not be until the late 90's that the male boom in hair design would really explode.

I will ask Jack Anderson his thoughts on this blog shortly and will ask him to provide some further quotes on what he thinks rocked the hair world in 1994 and how he views my research on the "Rachel" and the "vampire" looks of 1994.

I include sourced photo's and some media inserts below, on which I based this blog.

*Source The Observer 15th May 2011

The Rachel

The "Rachel"

Unless you spent the 1990s in a box (or without a TV) then you should be familiar with the Rachel. Created by stylist Chris McMillan in 1994 for Jennifer Aniston when she played Rachel Green in Friends, the mid-length, layered bob has become as synonymous with the 1990s as grunge. The fact that the cut, cultivated through artful feathering and blow-dries, was actually a “shag” in all but name probably explains its ubiquity - around 11 million women had it. For Aniston, however, it all got a bit self-referential. “I think it was the ugliest haircut I’ve ever seen,” she told Allure magazine 

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Brad Pitt

Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt

In “Interview with the Vampire”, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise both wear their hair long. This story was set in the 1700s when long tresses were common for men to wear. After this story was made into a movie in 1994, vampires and their look became more popular than ever. In fact, many longer hairstyles became mainstream for men that were all of one length due to Louie’s look in this film.

Read more: http://coolmenshair.com/2011/10/mens-vampire-hair-styles.html#ixzz1oHERAMZ3

So that's 1994, the year a bob came to the fore and mens hair was longer than women's.


Thanks for reading


R