Men´s Hair Styles

By Sasha Pecalevski

  • 1850´s

    1850´s
    The most famous hair style of the 1850´s was called the high wave. This haircut was a nice clean shave with wavy hair that goes over the ears. The hair was wavy and was not very long and the style was to not have any facial hair. Men shaved with razors and shaving blades throughout this decade. Most men had a little stubble along their face and beards did not appear a lot in this decade.

  • 1860´s

    1860´s
    The most popular hair style in the 1860´s was called the smooth style. It was a haircut that was shaved at ear level all around the head and was long and wavy. Men started to grow beards in this decade and the beards were called chin whiskers. The long wavy hair was combed back into a smooth style. The side burns were very short and did not go below the ears. Men had thin smooth chin hair or thick beards all around the chin area.

  • 1870´s

    1870´s
    From the 1860´s to the 1870´s men´s hair styles did not change that much. The biggest change was that men just cut their hair shorter. It was still pushed backwards and wavy but not like it was in the 1860´s. It was shorter in length and it did not hang over towards the side or the back of the head. Men still had a little bit of chin hair but it was not as long and as full as it was a decade ago. Not to much of a change since the 1860´s.

  • 1880´s

    1880´s
    In the 1880´s the famous hair style was called the full hairstyle. Men had short thick hair that was combed to the side and was a bit wavy. Men also had thick beards and mustache that were all around the chin and around the mouth. This haircut was not slicked back like it was in the previous years. A lot of men had this and it was the style of this decade.

  • 1890´s

    1890´s
    In the 1890´s many men has hair that was pushed towards the side of there head. A lot of men had short side burns and had thick beards. In this decade men had a thick mustache called the walrus mustache. This was very popular in this decade and it was a thick chunk of hair around the upper lip. Hair was always combed to the side and was very short. The only facial hair was men had were the walrus mustaches.