Hair has always and will always be one of our most defining features – a great head of hair can frame a face and turn someone from bland to beautiful instantly.
And some of the best looks came from the 60s and 70s, as these pictures show.
Known as much for her films as her marriages to Frank Sinatra and Woody Allen, Mia’s pixie cut was an instant hit when it was revealed for the film Rosemary’s Baby.
The beehive is an iconic hairstyle and Dusty Springfield presented it perfectly – she had such amazing hair!
The pillbox bob was an icon of the 60s, and Jackie Kennedy was the best-known model of the ‘do.
The Fab Four’s shaggy mops are still popular today!
Elizabeth Montgomery’s neatly set and backcombed style has been recreated plenty of times but this quintessential 70s hairstyle belongs to Samantha.
British model Twiggy was a doe-eyed beauty but she also had fabulous locks. This style launched a cutting frenzy in the UK and marked the beginning of the Mod era.
Goldie Hawn has beautiful long hair nowadays but in the 60s she had a pageboy cut that changed her look, some think for the better.
Long hair was all the rage in the late 60s and Janis Joplin had wild, untamed tresses.
She was so cool and this hair style, combined with a peroxide blonde colour, really screamed rock chick.
Disco queen Donna had full-bodied, sexy locks that we all tried to emulate, mostly with little success!
Innocent and sweet Sandy made this half-up, half-down style a trend that still exists today.
Hollywood royalty Meryl had the dramatic side sweep nailed.
Fringes weren’t always fashionable but Joni Mitchell showed that they could be.
Farrah’s flicked out hair is arguably the most popular style of the 70s and it’s no surprise why!
