The empowering history of shaved heads in fashion: [Agyness Deyn and Yuri Pleskun by Alasdair Mclellan for i-D Fall 2010]
The fashion industry is renowned for perpetuating unrealistic standards of female beauty. Amongst these is the image of long, glossy tresses - perhaps one of the most stereotypically 'feminine' ideals upheld by the industry today. But along the way, a number of notable game changers have also stood for change in this regard. These are the women whose strikingly unique aesthetics have challenged the paradigm of fixed female beauty, offering a refreshing new perspective.
Historically speaking, shaving one's head has been tied up with all sorts of symbolism. Overwhelmingly, it seems to have represented that which exists outside of mainstream popular culture. In the context of Christian or Buddhist monks, for example, their bare-headedness stood for the renunciation of worldly pleasures.
Ajak Deng. Photography Emma Summerton, Fashion Director Edward Enninful. From i-D, The Livin' Loud Issue, No. 311, Spring 2011. Looking back at it, chances are that we wouldn't have incredible models like Bell and Deng walking the runways today if it weren't for the bold women that broke the mould before them. Seventies fashion model Pat Evans is one that especially comes to mind here. One of the earliest models to really own the look, it was her distinctive shaved head that first got her discovered while walking around New York's Washington Park in 1969.
the bravery to reject trends, but at the same time, a sense of quiet confidence. A woman with a shaved head is comfortable with herself and she refuses to be burdened by society's expectations of how she should look. Which, in a world of increasing aesthetic homogenisation, is exactly what we are looking for.
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