Chicago Hairstyles

The Chicago style of the 1930s haunts fashionistas for many years. He is in great demand at themed parties and corporate parties - who doesn’t like to appear before the audience as a Hollywood diva in an iridescent evening dress, scarlet lipstick and a “cold wave” on his head?

The modern office style does not allow a woman to look like a queen, and the nature of the work, coupled with the rhythm of life, does not imply fox mantles and long mouthpieces. Well, who, in fact, will go to pick up a child from kindergarten in veils and pearls? But this does not mean at all that at least once a year the fair sex does not dream of becoming the fairest. And for this case, the gangster style of the 1930s is an ideal find. It will allow you to demonstrate all of your winning features, emphasizing and even slightly pushing them out.

To understand the uniqueness of the decade of the 1930s, you need to look into a slightly earlier period - in the 20s of the twentieth century. In 1929, the Great Depression hit America. The First World War ended. On the one hand, many rich people instantly lost their fortunes, on the other hand, people wanted to forget about military hardships and have fun. Many fashion houses went bankrupt and closed, and people drew inspiration not in fashion magazines with their models often far from reality, but in Hollywood films where Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich shone in those years in simple and elegant dresses and suits, sewn not from famous fashion designers, but from personal dressers.

Fashion has become simpler and more natural, the silhouettes have lost their fantasy and began to emphasize the figure, serving it in a winning light. Silk, jersey, diagonal cut - these are the fundamental “pillars” of 1930s fashion.If in the “roaring” 1920s beads and fringe reigned in fashion (in evening dresses) and a cylindrical silhouette of a “garzon” with a lowered waist line and an underlined chest, in the 30s even a very emancipated woman could not be confused with a man , so became feminine clothes. Gangster style is nothing more than the same style of the 30s, but in a slightly more hypertrophied, elaborate, “screen” look.

Let's talk about Chicago style hairstyles. The first thing to note is that owners of long hair will not be able to demonstrate them. All hairstyles of the 1930s are short: either a haircut to the chin, or hair styling under a hoop or ribbon. The neck should be open - this is one of the main conditions.

Hair can be either smooth or wavy. If you choose the first option - only a parting or combing back. If you want curls - they should be voluminous and magnificent, no tight "springs".

What haircuts were the base for gangster style adherents? First of all, of course, “page”. The hair length of the “page” of the 1930s modification reached the chin line, although there was also a shorter variation - to the middle of the ear. The bottom line in the haircut should be perfectly flat so that each strand has the same length. The hairstyle is often complemented by a thick and straight bang.

As for medium-length hair, most often it was the same “page” or “square” length to the shoulders. Hairstyles were not worn below this level in the 1930s. Women of those years cut their hair without regrets, remaining no less feminine and attractive.

To make a hairstyle in this style, you need to either style your existing haircut or pick up long strands up. To do this is quite simple at home.

If you have a bean-based haircut in its various modifications, you are very lucky. You can make a spectacular “cold wave” and look absolutely authentic to the Chicago style. To do this, you will need hair clips, a comb to form an even part, a styling product (gel is best) and, of course, varnish to fix the result. So, semi-dry hair is divided into a parting (always oblique, but spotlessly even).

After that, the gel is sequentially applied to the strands. With the help of hair clips, the desired waves are formed. After the hair has completely dried (you can dry it with a gentle stream of cold air from a hair dryer), the clips are removed and the hairdo is fixed with varnish.

If you want a lush styling, an iron with a wave tip will help you. With its help (and the mandatory use of thermal protection), you can create wavy strands even faster. In this sense, modern women were much more fortunate than the girls in the 30s, because now everyone has an arsenal at hand in the form of a hairdryer, tongs, styling tools for different occasions, and in those days, not every girl even had curlers . Therefore, the "cold wave" was done by winding wet hair on a finger, securing with a hairpin and drying in a natural way.

If you want to make magnificent waves on short hair, you need to use curling irons, form waves, slightly tear them apart with your fingers and put on a headband. Hair must be fixed with varnish. Long and semi-long hair will have to be hidden under the tape. This is done like this: a round hoop is put on the head, strands from one temple to another through the bottom are successively laid under it. You can use studs and varnish to fix the result.

To make waves on medium-length hair, more effort will be required. It is necessary in this way to wind them on the tongs so that the resulting curls are not "springs" and at the same time open the neck. To raise the hair to the desired level, it is recommended to use hairpins, invisibility and ribbon headbands. Use hairspray, however in moderation, so as not to turn lush curls into an immovable monolith.

An important factor in creating the image of "a la 30s" are accessories.

• A bandage on the forehead. There is no and cannot be frills in its decor - it is laid out with rhinestones and sparkling stones, embroidered with beads and sequins, decorated with one or more feathers. All this is not only permissible, but also necessary. A woman in the style of Chicago should shine and shimmer.

• The second accessory that will come to your aid in creating the image of a gangster’s girlfriend is a small hat. Most often, its fields are either very narrow, or they are completely absent (the so-called caps caps). Everything is acceptable in the decor of this element - stones, ribbons, feathers, rhinestones, beads, sequins or all together. In addition, the hat can be decorated with a small veil - the maximum length to the chin. The veil is placed both in the hair and lowered onto the face. It can also be decorated with beads or rhinestones.

There are a lot of options for creating hairstyles, you just have to experiment - and you will become the star of any party.

The following video will tell about the technology of creating a hairstyle in the style of "Chicago".