Do you know this hair icon creator and Illinois native?
They were inspired by a velvet fez hat to create a
historical 1960’s hairdo… know who it is yet?
In 1954, they won the National Coiffure Championship…
how about now?
This person developed an up-do that has remained
inspirational for decades… know the famous hairstyle yet?
The answer, Margaret Vinci Heldt. Margaret was
born in 1918 in Illinois and spent most of her life there. She trained at
Columbia College of Hairdressing and opened “Margaret Vinci Coiffures” in 1950.
Four years later she won the National Coiffure Championship, a very honorable
prize of the time.
In 1960, the editor’s of the Modern Beauty Shop magazine
asked Margaret to develop a new hairstyle to uniquely bring in the new
decade. After a bit of inspiration from a velvet fez hat, the beehive was
born.
The beehive became an instant success on
the heels of the bouffant. It was easy for women to sleep with their beehive
wrapped in a scarf and tuck loose strands away in the morning. Thus, the
beehive took over the bouffant because it could last longer. Margaret
famously said that the ideal beehive ratio of hair to face was
two to one… now that is a big beehive!
Beehives have remained a hair inspiration for decades.
Recent variations can be seen Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian, Sarah Silverman, and
Adele.
So tell me which of the famous beehive wearers below
is your favorite?
