A young man at a salon has his quiff neatened up after having his hair permed, while another admires his finished appearance in a mirror. For both, the look of rebellion is complete.
This fascinating set of images shows that it wasn't just the women of 1950s' Britain who sat patiently with their hair in rollers and hairnets.
Taken in 1953, the photographs reveal that men were crazy for quiffs and curls - inspired by their idols, such as Elvis Presley and James Dean.
The style would be embraced by Teddy boys - a uniquely British phenomenon closely tied to American rock n' roll - and was a far cry from the military buzz cuts of the preceding war years.
One picture shows a young man with his hair set in perming rods before having them removed to reveal wavy locks, while another sees a stylist concentrating on his work while he sports a similar style to the man whose hair he is cutting.
The black and white photographs were taken at Leonard Pountney's salon in Hounslow, west London, in October that year, and may well trigger a 'wave' of nostalgia for some readers...
A hair stylist applies the finishing touches to a customer at Leonard Pountney's hair salon in October 1953. The youth culture of the time was inspired by the likes of Elvis Presley and James Dean. After WWII and post-war years of austerity, the 1950s were a time of comparative prosperity, which greatly influenced fashion
The pompadour greased-up style was all the rage in the Fifties. The young men of the era became more hair conscious and started thinking in terms of hair styling - including permanent waves - as they experimented with a variety of looks
A man studies various options before entering the salon, in Hounslow, west London. The hair quiff was officially named 'The pompadour' - and was inspired by Madame de Pompadour, a mistress of King Louis XV in the 18th century
The customer has his hair washed before it is styled. A permanent wave, commonly called a perm or 'permanent', involves the use of heat and/or chemicals to break and re-form the cross-linking bonds of the follicle structure
Afterwards, the hair is given a quick trim before the styling begins. The pumped-up quiff was seen as a post-war reaction -a two-finger salute - to the military buzz cuts and flat tops of the war years
The man has the perming rods removed to reveal the wavy locks of hair. The development of hair-styling products - in particular, setting sprays, hair-oil and hair-cream - influenced the way in which hair was styled. The typical quiff was less showy than the top-heavy pompadours
The hairstylist sets the hair with rollers and solution to create the permanent wave. The photographs serve as a record of a time when popular music, daring fashions and a high birth rate contributed to the boom of teenage culture
A hairnet is placed over the hair while it is dried with a hairdryer after the perming process has finished. In contrast, mature men's hairstyles were always short and neat, and generally maintained with hair-oil
The stylist finishes off shaping the quiff. The year 1953 marked the release of classic film East of Eden, starring a similarly coiffured James Dean, who would tragically die in a car accident just two years later
With the look complete, the customer admires himself in the mirror. The style would be embraced by the Teddy boys - a uniquely British phenomenon closely tied to American rock n' roll
Once the hair is washed and cut, a hairdryer is used. Celebrities who sported a quiff at the time including singing sensations such as Eddie Cochran and Cliff Richard
A pair of young men leave Leonard Pountney's salon after having their hair styled. Meanwhile, women's hairstyles of the 1950s were generally less flamboyant than those of the 1940s, with a 'natural' look being favoured - although this too was often achieved by perming, setting, styling and spraying
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