
"This is an old school Sassoon bowl cut and no country wants a bowl. The trendy short hairdo: This haircut is perfect for anyone who wants an edge to their hairdo. This one is a beautifully tapered hairdo with blonde hair that adds to the charisma of the look. Her wedge haircuts have inspired many hairdressers to create variations. Really? I consulted Jayson Stacy, who works from a salon in Los Angeles, and is a stylist for American Idol. This beautiful short wedge haircut is a classic Dorothy Hamill inspired haircut.

LeBlanc hasn't had many customers popping into his salon for the bob but he quips, "It seems as though in the States young men are asking for it." The thing that makes it creepy is that the wearer seems unaware of what it's grown into." Unlike Bardem, who was well aware of what was on top of his head, and went as far as crediting it in his acceptance speech. You do see people with that haircut very occasionally. She sported it as she won the Olympics at the young age of 19 and since then it has gained immense popularity. I WANT A DOROTHY HAMILL 'DO Before the 1976 Olympics, Dorothy Hamill got an easy to maintain short haircut that came to a wedge-like point at the back of. Hairdresser Mark Smith, from the John Frieda salon in London, observes, "It's basically a barber's short back and sides which has been allowed to grow and left unwashed till you can't put a comb through the grease. The wedge cut: Dorothy Hamill made the wedge haircut so popular that it actually came to be known as the Dorothy Hamill hairdo.
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Mohawks, mop tops, pixies, and shags, plus Anna Wintour, and more. Dorothy Hamills famous wedge hairstyle served two purposes that helped her while she was competing on the ice. I'm not sure about the timeless bit - although it possibly draws on Joan of Arc's martyrdom cut, it seems more 1970s Purdey to me. Dorothy Hamill was a 1976 figure skating Olympian and introduced the world to the wedge haircut.

It was a dangerous time and we wanted to make Javier timeless and dangerous at first sight." Her hairstyle received national attention and many little girls in the USA cut their hair short so they could look like Dorothy.

The classic 'Dorothy Hamill Haircut' short hair style became very popular after Hamill won Olympic gold in 1976. Le Blanc says that his inspiration was from the crusades, "when knights and Muslims were murdering each other, and this was a typical haircut. Dorothy Hamill, the 1976 Olympic Ladies Figure Skating Champion, was known for her famous wedge haircut. He is a Canadian hairdresser from New Brunswick called Paul LeBlanc who has previously styled hair on movies such as Star Wars and Casino, and who shared an Oscar with make-up artist Dick Smith for his work on Amadeus.
