The Most Popular Hairstyles Throughout History

Much like the tide, historical trends and taboos ebb and flow. Some of them, like fashion throughout the centuries and the most common ways to die, are solid and almost definitive indicators of the cultural zeitgeist. Others, like hair trends throughout history, may seem inconsequential in comparison. However, like the tide itself, these hairstyles have affected humanity on a global scale.
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[@elizabethwillis885]

So what you’re saying is that in Elizabethan times, everyone wanted to look like they were in a 1980’s hair band. Good to know.

[@Midnightblew23]

If the boosie fade is not on here, then this list is inaccurate

[@icesisjackson25]

lmaooo😂

[@taetv8314]

Facts 😂

[@Mrluckki]

Gotta have it

[@stasiasmith86]

😂hilarious

[@jennslifeinhuntingtonwv2678]

😮

[@lutilda]

As someone with frizzy hair, glad to know it was appreciated at one point 😂

[@missyouwish88]

The late victorian/gilded age, too

[@DuhaMohammad]

forgot the 80's?!

[@Patchouliprince]

It wasn’t too uncommon for poor families to cut and sell their childrens hair (for wigs) so I assume that’s where the wealthier women would have gotten it

[@user-dk5vj2br1o]

Full of lice eww!!

[@donuts3476]

@@user-dk5vj2br1o lice need blood too survive so after being cut the lice would probably die and itd take a while for the hair too be made into a wig so no lice.

[@firstname__lastname]

You're telling me Egyptians invented the asymmetric hair cut?!! Amazing !!

[@joermnyc]

Actually, the Viking short on the sides, long on top is practical in battle, stuff the top hair under your helmet (no horns on war helmets) and no enemies can grab you by the hair.

[@sethmp333]

Don’t they have a single long braid going down their back?

[@debbylou5729]

Yeah, the helmet was magical. No way that could be grabbed. 🤔🤔

[@TannerGSR]

@@sethmp333 What Joe is saying is that it's a lot easier to grab someone's hair when it's all over the place then when they have it stuffed to the back. Sure, they can grab their braided hair but they would have to get to their backside which is going to be infeasible. Makes sense to me, especially when these guys had hair down to their waist. It's also completely out of their way.

[@CantonGirl1981]

Based on Marge Simpson’s hair, she’s be viewed as the most wealthy woman in Imperial Rome.

[@Skyebooo]

Do a video on body hair. Also a video on native American hair.

[@btetschner]

That Sappho portrait is amazing, she is such a legendary poet.

[@YoungGandalf2325]

Is male pattern baldness a hairstyle? If so, I'm killing it.

[@julienielsen3746]

Better than completely bald.

[@claysoggyfries]

@@julienielsen3746 Barely

[@mojojeinxs9960]

Rock that monk style.

[@TheAstropigey]

2:50 if you're curious it was a Spartan marriage tradition to have the wife shave her head to slowly get their husband's used to sleeping with a woman rather than men, gay relationships were more than common practice in Sparta to bond men..... and I'm not talking about napping either 😂

[@GhostDawg464]

The evolution of sideburns

[@btetschner]

That cut with the sides shaved and the hair braided long (in the Viking Raider section) looks cool.

[@DomiCera]

Can you do "Worst Royal Bethrotal in History" or "Worst Royal Wedding Nights in History" please

[@tremorsfan]

I believe that the reason the Spartans took such great care of their hair was because they new that each day could be their last. So they wanted to look good when they entered the afterlife.

[@florenmage]

I like the ancient Egyptian hair style. It looks nice.

[@btetschner]

A+ video! What an interesting and unique topic! I don't think I have ever heard anyone talk about this subject before.

[@michaelkaiser4658]

Also missing the Shagg, the booty fade, and the Edgar.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

What about Old Turkic, Khitan and Mongolian hairstyles👀

[@christinebiada1292]

My hair would’ve fit right into the Elizabethan Era, especially in the summer!

[@CousinLarrySitsThere]

This 30 year hairdresser thanks you for this video. Narrator had me multiple times. Like a magic trick.

[@Sarappreciates]

That Samurai top knot also protected their heads under their heavy helmets.

[@Derek-no8fu]

Bro, I've been rocking a mullet since the 80's !!

[@chromicapop4595]

Derek do you like Van Halen😂

[@ivoryowl]

If that's the case, then why does you profile pic looks like you have shaved hair?

[@Derek-no8fu]

@@chromicapop4595 yes

[@Derek-no8fu]

@@ivoryowl The camera is too close.

[@nazfan01]

1960s women "beehive" hair style

[@zach7193]

Well, this is something. A great and fascinating topic for a content.

[@Sheseaus1]

Dear Weird History! Please tell us more about 19th Century Californa Pit Fights, between Bears&Lions,Bulls! 🙏🏻 Love your Channel ❤️

[@darkangelprincess101]

I was really hoping you would cover the joseon hair style. I watch a lot of historical Korean dramas and those hairstyles are very fascinating

[@Blitzkrieg1976]

I love this channel, the narrator always cracks me up and I learn something new every time😁

[@msshelley3919]

Do a video on the history of footwear

[@oneshothunter9877]

Fun fact: left/right footwear didn't appear before 1818. Before that, all shoes were made identical, No left or right shoe, only straight shoes.

[@Lady_Chalk]

I'm interested in dying my hair with blueberries now.

[@Blak2blue]

Love hair history !

[@jcfreak4ever1]

I am wondering about the popular hairstyles that were popular in various regions after the 16th century... Can you do a part 2 of this sometime? Would be much appreciated, thanks! 😉

[@sallykohorst8803]

What an interesting subject and thanks for that information Egypt was really strange wearing their hair.

[@eb7713]

Nelly Bly would be a good story for your channel. She was an amazing strong woman reporter before Barbara Walters. She did so much to empower women in her day!

[@eb7713]

I love your videos about strong historical women! Could you do one on the Dowager Empress Cixi of China? There is not a lot about her out there but she was a powerhouse in bringing China into the modern world. Her portrait painter, Katharine Augusta Karl would be interesting to learn about as well. Thank you! 😊

[@professorsprout3382]

Loved this. The wannabe Viking guy drinking beer looks like a barbie doll. As I understand it no ponytails for battle. It seems like a Hollywood look very appealing but ponytails are very dangerous in battle.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks for this! 💈 #WeirdHistory #Hairstyles #Hair

[@slightlycrippled2]

I'm waiting for that " George Costanza " hairstyle to become popular ...... * It can get rough once you hit ur 30s . Laaaadies !? ; )

[@tombruner9634]

I cannot find the exact episode, but back in the 60s on the original Star Trek series it was predicted that a crewman would lose his mind, take over the ship, and demand that all female crew members were to wear their hair "up." Given the series' track record of predicting the future, I think it's safe to say that in the future all female humans, and other species with hair on the head, will be required to wear their hair "up." You could probably do a weird history episode just on things predicted by Star Trek. Leave it to someone else to figure out what it means.

[@nikolaypremyanov9118]

Great video as always, just pointing out a small inconsistency - the Brahmin shika hairstyle part shows mainly paintings of Cossacks rather than Hindu priests. That being said, would have been cool to perhaps hear that the Cossacks also donned a similar hairstyle (pardon the pun).

[@WendigoW25]

Can you do a video about facial hair styles

[@bryanb2653]

Love that samurai one we should thing it back

[@minasgav0526]

In 5th century BC the Athenias when becoming adults actually kept their hair sort for the rest of their life while in 4th century BC some Athenian Aristocrat equestrians grew their hair long so as to imitate the Spartans.

[@jimmyzbike]

So interesting

[@robvallee]

is there Weird History of, Rooms in a house?

[@btetschner]

I second that one!

[@juliam248]

The painting referenced at 3:32 through 3:53 is of Ukrainian Cossaks, not Hindu brahmin (Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, by Ilya Repin), not sure they're mentioned in the video? The gentleman in the red coat looks Ukrainian as well, although I couldn't find the original portrait.

[@grizwoldphantasia5005]

More interesting would be to know how they cut and trimmed hair, beards, and mustaches. When were scissors invented? I try to imagine using just sharp knives, but can't see that there's enough fine control.

[@valerieschoen7494]

My compliments to the music-chooser for this video. Did the music coordinate with the the times and places? No. But it was pleasant to my ears. Thank you.

[@jasonr.8907]

Love the voice change like your imitating the times. Lol😂

[@kathrynmurphy9479]

I want to learn about the merkin, you did art with guys with small junk. Apparently a merkin is a toupee for a woman's nethers.

[@rudevalve]

Certified Gold !!!!!!

[@kimberlypatton205]

“.. and leeches.Kind of like little barrettes.” That’s why I love ya!

[@ages6592]

In the Nordic countries there is still one day a week named “bathing/washing day”, that day Saturday… so yes, hygiene was a big thing compared to the rest of Europe at that time!

[@NewMessage]

As a registered baldy-boy, I object!

[@anthony12411]

Make a video about hats.

[@YuBeace]

It’s so funny(?) that during the renaissance, fringes were for men while women with fringes were deemed “too manly”. Now fringes are seen as more of a girly thing. Fashion and gender rules are wild. I do miss the more decorative parts of fashion, I’m a bit sad we’re in too much of a “get things done quick bc time is money” society for people go as wild with it as they want to. And hats. Which is mostly because cars and hats don’t go together very well.

[@dellcoc]

The Chinese lost to Tartaria in 1455. The Tartarian king (Tamerlane) made the Chinese wear the shaved top knot out of pure humiliation. They embraced it within the next 100 years and kept it.

[@wjliu1073]

it's actually 1644, not 1455

[@Scraggledust]

Basically 90’s hairstyles 😂😂😂 forgot the infamous Aquanet fly-catcher bangs. It was glorious! 🤣

[@tylerhackner9731]

Interesting 🤔

[@epicblades135]

do a vid on mighty atom

[@bennu547]

Oh I would not be having it if someone try to tell me I wasn’t allowed to have my side part bangs

[@tank5381]

Business in the front and party in the back man

[@richewilson6394]

OMG I have hair that if I get it gelled and styled right I can look like a flapper from the 1920s with all the fish curls I have.

[@kakarroto007]

I don't get the inclusion of the Naval Hymn in the background, during the discussion of ancient Egyptian hair styles.

[@TheFanknee]

Where is Africa?

[@bluebagelman1920]

Ancient Egypt was one of the first topics…

[@Vulpecula06]

​@@bluebagelman1920 True, but Egypt doesn't represent ALL of the different tribes / groups of Africa, such as the Tutsi and Hutu people of Rwanda. Or the Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele and Mpondo tribes of South Africa, who wore their hair in topknots.

[@feresmourali5783]

I'm actually going to the barbershop on Friday, now I know what to ask for. Also, please make a video about Emma Goldman!

[@L_Akosua]

What about the pompadour?! 😍

[@Kristy_cat]

Let me throw away my flat iron and blow dryer and go back in time with my frizzy hair au natural 😂😂 I’d love that! I can hear everyone saying “do it now” but I can’t! 😂😂 I can’t go out with frizzy hair!

[@pamelamays4186]

Suggestion: The Weird History of make up.💋💄

[@rochellecolindres9944]

Ancient cities in Guatemala, dated from about 1000 BC, connected by “highways”

[@ArcherSuh4721]

"In the years after the turn of the century, middle-aged caucasian American women displayed their privileged social status and self-perceived personality-types with hairstyles that were known as the Monica, the Rachel and the Phoebe." - Weird History 2523

[@wandamontgomery6030]

What, no Janice?

[@TheDukeofDeath666]

@@wandamontgomery6030 in the year 2523 before the nuclear apocalypse that style was illegalized world wide for being too "goofy" (Im from the year 2523)

[@Ow_My_Balls]

Women like God made them now that's sounds nice

[@julienielsen3746]

And men how God created them to be.

[@SoHioMusicOTB]

Aye. Fam fam?? - DO NEW TIMLINE VIDEOS!!!!! Been waiting since for ever bruh 😢😮‍💨 … thanks , management!! Lol

[@JosephJaykus-vj8yk]

I would like to know about the history of dreadlocks. For Samson to the African Americans and how they become synonymous with Jamaicans. Isn't there a monastery in Tibet where the monks never cut their hair?

[@clarityashtons4273]

I wear frizzy hair every day idk what he's talking about lol

[@elizabethhughes5371]

Good Sunday morning from Middle Tennessee 🏞partly cloudy light breeze birds singing🐦🐦🎵✂️✂️ Weird History my favorite Sunday thing with my coffee fantastic way to relax hairstyles throughout history fascinating!!! Have a stellar week everyone learn something today you didn't know yesterday Weird History rules!! Be safe out there

[@mrmacguff1n]

What!? No terrible 70s combover?

[@totallyfrozen]

That’s not just the 1970’s. That style lasted until the 1990’s when men finally figured out they could simply shave their heads.

[@mrmacguff1n]

@@totallyfrozen I do feel sorry for my balding brothers who can't grow a decent beard to compensate

[@monkeygraborange]

The combover is eternal.

[@julienielsen3746]

@@totallyfrozen I rather see a partly bald man than a completely bald one.

[@wikiwikiwee1]

1:38 shaved on one side? Long on the other?! YO ITS FUCKIN SKRILLEX

[@keelhe893]

This was great but you have to add more from the indigenous Americans to a few more African cultures who had some elaborate hair styles

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Where are the Hime cuts which are prominent in the Japanese medieval periods and Mazinger Z?

[@skyden24195]

At 5:02 which Roman sculptor created the statue of Lord Voldemort? 😄

[@feldgeist2637]

who wrote the script and editted this together ? talking about Brahmins and consistently showing Cossaks, claiming that Romans sported mohawks, speaking about viking haircuts and presenting this totally not viking interpretation instead of the carvings from the Oseberg *wagon* (from the ship) or the Bayeux tapestry now I'm hearing about suebian knots from the 5-6th cent. AD (while looking at a late Edo samurai) and who knows what's next ... this is truly weird history !

[@russellburgan9023]

Maybe the Spartan women started cutting their hair short so they would look more like young boys. The Greeks had an affinity for young males I read. Tho I'm not sure how they knew men from women by looking at them seeing as how our advanced civilization cannot do it. So you can understand my amazement when archeologists dig up bones and are able to identify gender according to their bones. I mean we finally understand that biology does not make one male or female. Those archeologists must be bigots. Hmmph. The nerve of those ppl!

[@jewel65]

😂😂😃

[@Istandby666]

Thanks, now I'm going to research and see how the difference in heat has an effect on the brain, as the ability to rationally think.

[@cadillacdeville5828]

Try some of these now and start a new trend that someone will say they made up and created m

[@Thriftstorebingo]

My hair is curly and frizzy and just all around F’ed up. I was born in the wrong century I guess

[@julienielsen3746]

Which is why I use a flat iron.

[@JDWanko]

How about the history of skirts?

[@joshuacarter5971]

Lol the Sub-Saharan hairstyles photographed in the 19th century are amongst the most elaborate out there. Some are traditions carried from the 15th century. Oh well.

[@TheAidenator2001]

Pretty sure everyone in medieval Europe had a Monk haircut.

[@chromicapop4595]

Actually look at fashion history it says otherwise monk hair wasn't on all males

[@LoriVanAuwelaer-fe4fw]

Your music is too loud i cant hear You😮

[@NASCARFAN93100]

And I thought hairstyles from the 70s & 80s were interesting

[@smhatheworldwelivein]

Oh boy sitting here in 2024 and the mullet is back! Kill me now

[@pattycake8272]

I heard lice liked clean hair?

[@stanktaint15]

Yeah from what im hearing from this video 300 wasn't really accurate on how Spartan men were and the movie Meet the Spartans is more accurate

[@LadyCatFelineTheSeventh]

The word is "SLAVE" not enslaved.

[@gabriellaferguson2201]

05:01 Voldemort?

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

In the case of Queen Bess, she was naturally bald and had to wear wigs! (Ditto Margaret Dumont of the Marx Brothers movies.)

[@KayKay-md3jo]

No countries in Africa or India?

[@JOEFABULOUS.]

Wigs were popular because of head lice they could powder the wig and take it off rather than scratching themselves constantly

[@alexchan6303]

they covered that topic in a video before... a shame that the wig couldnt stop the lice LOL

[@Dr.Livingdark]

We all know being bald is the best hairstyle here because it makes you the most aerodynamic, the disadvantage being that your hair won’t blow in the wind when your car hood is down and you’re driving super fast.