Themes

Every theme

• Age and life stage

  • Reading hair in family photographs · Source guide
  • Age and hair · Essay
  • Black British hair · Essay
  • How trends travel · Essay
  • Veils, braids and combs · Period
  • Loops, nets and fringes · Period

• Race and racism

  • The comb · Object
  • Annie Turnbo Malone · Person
  • Christina M. Jenkins · Person
  • J. D. ’Okhai Ojeikere · Person
  • Kwame Brathwaite · Person
  • Madam C. J. Walker · Person
  • Marjorie Stewart Joyner · Person
  • Rose Meta Morgan · Person
  • Black British hair · Essay
  • From kitchen to salon · Essay
  • How trends travel · Essay
  • Rules about hair · Essay
  • Heat, electricity and chemistry · Essay
  • The Afro · Style
  • Braids and plaits · Style
  • Locs · Style
  • Marcel waving · Technique
  • Pressing and straightening · Technique
  • Edwardian volume to wartime practicality · Period
  • Waves, glamour and war · Period
  • Height, geometry and pride · Period
  • Shags, feathers and afros · Period
  • Scale and finish · Period
  • Minimal and layered · Period
  • The platform era · Period
  • Pandemic and microtrends · Period
  • Black hair and identity · Theme
  • Loops, nets and fringes · Period
  • Hair and school · Theme

• Colonialism and empire

  • J. D. ’Okhai Ojeikere · Person
  • Courts, coifs and caps · Period
  • Revolution and Regency · Period
  • Loops, nets and fringes · Period

• Gender and sexuality

  • Antoine de Paris · Person
  • Kwame Brathwaite · Person
  • Vidal Sassoon · Person
  • Rules about hair · Essay
  • The bob · Style
  • The bob decade · Period
  • Scale and finish · Period
  • Minimal and layered · Period
  • Plaits, pins and portrait heads · Period
  • Powder, pomade and height · Period
  • Veils, braids and combs · Period
  • Grey hair, hair loss and wigs · Theme

• Class, time and money

  • The hair dryer · Object
  • The hairpin · Object
  • The home permanent kit · Object
  • Rose Meta Morgan · Person
  • Vidal Sassoon · Person
  • From kitchen to salon · Essay
  • How trends travel · Essay
  • Rules about hair · Essay
  • Heat, electricity and chemistry · Essay
  • The bun and chignon · Style
  • Wigs and hairpieces · Style
  • Permanent waving · Technique
  • Roller setting · Technique
  • Edwardian volume to wartime practicality · Period
  • The post-war set · Period
  • Plaits, pins and portrait heads · Period
  • Courts, coifs and caps · Period
  • Powder, pomade and height · Period
  • Veils, braids and combs · Period
  • Revolution and Regency · Period
  • Loops, nets and fringes · Period

• Religion and modesty

  • Rules about hair · Essay
  • Locs · Style
  • Wigs and hairpieces · Style
  • The platform era · Period
  • Veils, braids and combs · Period
  • Hair and school · Theme

• Work and labour

  • Curling tongs and the Marcel iron · Object
  • The hair dryer · Object
  • Antoine de Paris · Person
  • Annie Turnbo Malone · Person
  • Christina M. Jenkins · Person
  • J. D. ’Okhai Ojeikere · Person
  • Karl Nessler · Person
  • Madam C. J. Walker · Person
  • Marcel Grateau · Person
  • Marjorie Stewart Joyner · Person
  • Rose Meta Morgan · Person
  • Vidal Sassoon · Person
  • Black British hair · Essay
  • From kitchen to salon · Essay
  • How trends travel · Essay
  • Rules about hair · Essay
  • Heat, electricity and chemistry · Essay
  • The bob · Style
  • The bun and chignon · Style
  • Victory rolls · Style
  • Finger waving · Technique
  • Wigs and hairpieces · Style
  • Marcel waving · Technique
  • Pressing and straightening · Technique
  • Roller setting · Technique
  • Edwardian volume to wartime practicality · Period
  • Waves, glamour and war · Period
  • Minimal and layered · Period
  • Straightened and extended · Period
  • Pandemic and microtrends · Period
  • Courts, coifs and caps · Period
  • Powder, pomade and height · Period
  • Black hair and identity · Theme
  • Loops, nets and fringes · Period

• School and institutions

  • Age and hair · Essay
  • Black British hair · Essay
  • Rules about hair · Essay
  • The Afro · Style
  • Braids and plaits · Style
  • Locs · Style
  • The ponytail · Style
  • The platform era · Period
  • Pandemic and microtrends · Period
  • Hair and school · Theme

• Institutions and care

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• Protest and politics

  • Kwame Brathwaite · Person
  • Marjorie Stewart Joyner · Person
  • Black British hair · Essay
  • The Afro · Style
  • Height, geometry and pride · Period
  • Shags, feathers and afros · Period
  • The platform era · Period
  • Revolution and Regency · Period
  • Black hair and identity · Theme

• Ageing, greying and hair loss

  • The hair dryer · Object
  • Age and hair · Essay
  • From kitchen to salon · Essay
  • Heat, electricity and chemistry · Essay
  • The bun and chignon · Style
  • Wigs and hairpieces · Style
  • Roller setting · Technique
  • The platform era · Period
  • Plaits, pins and portrait heads · Period
  • Courts, coifs and caps · Period
  • Revolution and Regency · Period
  • Loops, nets and fringes · Period
  • Grey hair, hair loss and wigs · Theme

• Disability and access

  • Rules about hair · Essay
  • Grey hair, hair loss and wigs · Theme
  • Hair and school · Theme

• Health and safety

  • The home permanent kit · Object
  • Karl Nessler · Person
  • From kitchen to salon · Essay
  • Rules about hair · Essay
  • Heat, electricity and chemistry · Essay
  • Braids and plaits · Style
  • The bun and chignon · Style
  • The ponytail · Style
  • Wigs and hairpieces · Style
  • Permanent waving · Technique
  • Pressing and straightening · Technique
  • Straightened and extended · Period
  • Pandemic and microtrends · Period
  • Courts, coifs and caps · Period
  • Powder, pomade and height · Period
  • Grey hair, hair loss and wigs · Theme

• Media, celebrity and influence

  • Antoine de Paris · Person
  • J. D. ’Okhai Ojeikere · Person
  • Kwame Brathwaite · Person
  • Madam C. J. Walker · Person
  • Marcel Grateau · Person
  • Vidal Sassoon · Person
  • Black British hair · Essay
  • How trends travel · Essay
  • The Afro · Style
  • The beehive · Style
  • The bob · Style
  • Victory rolls · Style
  • Finger waving · Technique
  • The bob decade · Period
  • Waves, glamour and war · Period
  • Height, geometry and pride · Period
  • Shags, feathers and afros · Period
  • Scale and finish · Period
  • Minimal and layered · Period
  • Straightened and extended · Period
  • The platform era · Period
  • Pandemic and microtrends · Period
  • Courts, coifs and caps · Period
  • Powder, pomade and height · Period
  • Loops, nets and fringes · Period

• Technology and chemistry

  • The comb · Object
  • Curling tongs and the Marcel iron · Object
  • The hair dryer · Object
  • The hairpin · Object
  • The home permanent kit · Object
  • Christina M. Jenkins · Person
  • Karl Nessler · Person
  • Marcel Grateau · Person
  • Marjorie Stewart Joyner · Person
  • From kitchen to salon · Essay
  • How trends travel · Essay
  • Heat, electricity and chemistry · Essay
  • The beehive · Style
  • Finger waving · Technique
  • Marcel waving · Technique
  • Permanent waving · Technique
  • Roller setting · Technique
  • Edwardian volume to wartime practicality · Period
  • The bob decade · Period
  • Waves, glamour and war · Period
  • The post-war set · Period
  • Height, geometry and pride · Period
  • Shags, feathers and afros · Period
  • Scale and finish · Period
  • Minimal and layered · Period
  • Straightened and extended · Period
  • Plaits, pins and portrait heads · Period
  • Loops, nets and fringes · Period

• Family and skill transmission

  • The comb · Object
  • The home permanent kit · Object
  • Reading hair in family photographs · Source guide
  • Age and hair · Essay
  • Black British hair · Essay
  • From kitchen to salon · Essay
  • Heat, electricity and chemistry · Essay
  • Braids and plaits · Style
  • Pressing and straightening · Technique
  • The post-war set · Period
  • Revolution and Regency · Period
  • Black hair and identity · Theme
  • Loops, nets and fringes · Period

• Migration and diaspora

  • Antoine de Paris · Person
  • Karl Nessler · Person
  • Black British hair · Essay
  • From kitchen to salon · Essay
  • The Afro · Style
  • The post-war set · Period
  • Straightened and extended · Period
  • Black hair and identity · Theme

• Youth culture

  • Kwame Brathwaite · Person
  • Vidal Sassoon · Person
  • Age and hair · Essay
  • Black British hair · Essay
  • How trends travel · Essay
  • The beehive · Style
  • The bob · Style
  • The ponytail · Style
  • The bob decade · Period
  • The post-war set · Period
  • Height, geometry and pride · Period
  • Shags, feathers and afros · Period
  • Scale and finish · Period
  • Minimal and layered · Period
  • Straightened and extended · Period
  • The platform era · Period

• Appropriation, exchange and revival

  • How trends travel · Essay
  • Braids and plaits · Style
  • Locs · Style
  • Minimal and layered · Period
  • Revolution and Regency · Period

• Sustainability

  • Pandemic and microtrends · Period