Down in the mailroom the other day, I snagged a copy of one of our community newspapers. Inside, were several pages of photos, a tribute to the graduating class of 2010 at a local high school.
My first thought: “OMG! Helmet hair is back.”
The guys look like refugees from the 1970s. The girls all have beautiful, straight hair; and most of the boys look like they walked off the set of “The Brady Bunch.”
I first noticed this hair trend a couple of years ago when teens started sporting what I call the “soccer mop.” My young sons have a version of this haircut. On teenagers, though, it can grow unruly and curl up at the edges.
It took decades for men of my generation to muster the courage to look back at our 1970s yearbooks. When we finally did, it was with one eye closed. I graduated high school in the era of powder blue tuxedos and male hair the shape of German war helmets.