MY FAVORITE 26 SEATTLE HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK HAIRSTYLES FROM 1971!

One of the items I am most excited to find on my thrift store raids are old high school yearbooks. Why, you ask, why would you be interested in something so personal to the (ex) owner? WELL, one big reason is HAIR. Yes, HAIR. Hair of the Distant Past is AWESOME. A couple of days ago, I was lucky enough to score a PRIME artifact of teen style, a Seattle high school yearbook from 1970-71. (I have chosen to keep the names of both the school and all these hair owners private, protecting the innocent, a la Jack Webb.)

The early '70s are particularly...interesting when looking at hairstyles. It's like the doors were thrown wide open for a few years and it was "anything goes" time, yet when given this freedom, many people either went WILD or tried to go wild but only went halfway wild, to peculiar effect. You see shapes on heads that seem more like crazy fungi than human hair, but when these kids got it right, they RULED. Actually, when they got it wrong they ruled HARDER. Please to enjoy!

THE BLOND BOYS

Endless summer, bros.

HEADBAND MAN

Admittedly, I too have a photo wearing a hippie headband from the same year, but I was NINE.

MISS AMERICA

Enough said.

THE BEATLES FROM 1965

You can't blame them for wanting to be mod.

THE NATURALS

I personally do not think there is anything cooler than growing your hair so large it no longer fits in the frame.

THE UNNATURALS

I hope you appreciate how much work went into these styles. I hope you do.

SIDEBURNS SIDEPART

The hair says, "My dad tolerates this," but the sideburns say, "But I'm a MAN, baby!"

AND...HAT