History Main / SeventiesHair

As we all know, the [[TropeCodifier Hair Codifiers]] for TheEighties were [[EightiesHair the ladies]]. Well, the Hair Codifiers for TheSeventies were [[SpearCounterpart the gentlemen]].

Yeah, it's the sideburns. They were undoubtedly the defining feature of Seventies male hair, in addition to hair that was worn naturally thick--straight at first, and "hippie-ish" just like SixtiesHair during the first half of the decade (since the early seventies was really TheSixties Part II) but increasingly frizzy during the second half (a preview of EightiesHair) as the decade wore on, perhaps thanks to the influence of glitter rock, or possibly the Black Power movement. The other "very 70s" hairstyle is the Afro, immensely popular in the 70s (though it started in the late [[TheSixties Sixties]]) for most African Americans, but [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy even white guys with curly hair tried to have one]]. Afros in fiction often tend to be [[FunnyAfro exaggerated for comic effect]]. Other "very 70s" hairstyles are [[UsefulNotes/{{Punk}} mohawks and spiked hair]].

* Vitals: TheSeventies was both [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbdKg8RYi24 the wild and the "let it be" looks.]]

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'': Kai Shiden is the most blatant for the Federation side with his moptop, as well as Sleggar Law's sideburns. On the Zeon side, Char has a mild late 70s hairdo, as well as Garma Zabi. Dozle Zabi has a fine pair of sideburns.

* The DistantEpilogue to ''Manga/KidsOnTheSlope'' takes place in the 70s, marked by the now adult Kaoru having long hair.

* A lot of Franchise/MarvelUniverse heroes who had short hair in the 60s such ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/IronMan and even ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk suddenly got longer hair with noticeable sideburns. The women generally got feathered hair or in the case of ComicBook/GwenStacy long straight locks with a fringe (which has become her iconic look). The undisputed king and queen of SeventiesHair however is of course ComicBook/LukeCage with his [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSQLp4_w9zrNaX2DiC5UqpfhmJdHWY6dIIA3A&usqp=CAU 70s perm]] (that he sadly shaved off decades ago) and [[ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon Misty Knight]] with her permanent [[AfroAsskicker Afro]].

* ''Film/{{Hair}}'', obviously, especially the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dyl0j3WU6Y#t=0m38s title song]] (even though it came out in TheSixties).
* Film/JamesBond: While Bond himself largely averted this, the films from this decade still showed marked cases of 70s hair.

* ''Film/LogansRun'' filmed in 1976 could easily be the TropeCodifier for this with 70s hair galore. Logan 5 and Francis 7 played by Creator/MichaelYork and Richard Jordan have long puffy hair with with serious sideburns, Jessica 6 played by Creator/JennyAgutter has a gorgeous feathered bob and Creator/FarrahFawcett herself appears as Holly 13.

** ''Film/RogueOne'' of course being being a direct prequel to ''Film/ANewHope'' has [[ShownTheirWork 70s touches]] to the hairstyles of the main characters and background characters. Besides the [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQDAT2MAqgNYy1fVCk_80WevgWogsjdCpzFZQ&usqp=CAU long hair and moustaches]] of the Rebel pilots, Jyn has a relatively similar hairdo to Leia with a bun at the back and long at the sides to cover her ears and Cassian has 70s tousled hair and a moustache.

** The Fourth Doctor's dense, feathered, [[QuirkyCurls preposterously curly]] 1970s [[AfroAsskicker 'fro]], which Creator/TomBaker even had to have permed at one point, worn with big, orange sideburns. Like the Third Doctor above, the sideburns get progressively bigger over the course of the 70s. Lampshaded in the Time Trips novella ''The Death Pit'', set in 1978, in which another male character expresses jealousy over the Doctor's fashionable curly hair.

* Music/BrianMay still has his hairstyle from TheSeventies, too. It is mostly grey and a bit thinner now.

** Much as Big Boss's hair in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' is a bit [[EightiesHair 80s]], EVA has a sort of feathered late-70s shag rather than anything more suitable for 1964.
** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps'', the young Roy Campbell is rocking a terrific layered 70s mop.
* In ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'''s RetroUniverse setting, everyone has 70s-appropriate hairstyles. Almost all the male characters have at least medium-length hair, with a few appropriate exceptions for {{Sociopathic Soldier}}s, shaved-headed racists, old men, little kids, and one character who is a ComicBookFantasyCasting of [[Music/{{Scooter}} H.P. Baxxter]]. Kim, who keeps his hair in a classic WWII-style short-back-and-sides cut as part of his overall vintage fighter pilot aesthetic, seemingly subverts this trend, but 1940s/50s revival styles were a [[PopularityPolynomial notable fashion subculture]] in the decade. Nevertheless, it reinforces him as the [[NobleMaleRoguishMale neat and well-groomed foil]] to your player character, who has a greasy shoulder-length mop and [[GoodHairEvilHair gigantic muttonchops]].
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsColdWar'' has Arash Kavidar, one of the main antagonists, has typical 70s hair complete with a PornStache. Given that it was set in 1981, but the actual 80s hairstyles did not caught on yet. Russell Adler and Arash, both more heroic characters, also had typical 70s haircuts.

* Being a PeriodPiece that takes place in ''UsefulNotes/TheSeventies'', ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'' has a lot of characters who sport these. This includes, but isn't limited to Sue, Bill, Kevin, Vic Reynolds, Cutie Pie, Brandy Dunbarton, Phillip Bonfiglio, Greg Throater, Reid Harrison, [[ThoseTwoGuys Carl & Red, Lex & Bolo,]] Father Pat, and Nuber's gang.

* ''[[ComicBook/SunnySeries Sunny Side Up]]'':
** Sunny gets her long hair cut at the start of the summer to resemble Dorothy Hamill's iconic style, the Wedge. She hates it.

Women's hair was also "hippie-ish" (long and straight) for the first half of the decade and puffy and combed-over during the second half (also a preview of EightiesHair). Outside of this wiki, when referring to "70s hair", people usually mean that sexy feathered hairstyle associated with Creator/FarrahFawcett, Kristy [=McNichol=], and Music/StevieNicks. Usually when referring to what's called '70s hair on this wiki, terms like "{{Disco}} hair" or the "mod haircut" are used.

* In the wake of the October 7 Hamas attacks and mobilization of [[IsraelisWithInfraredMissiles Israel Defense Forces]] reserves, and noting the timing of the attacks (exactly 50 years after the Yom Kippur War), it became something of a fad among reservists (who have much looser regulations on shaving and haircuts) to grow out a '70s style 'stache, which then spread to the rest of Israeli men.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E6LikeAngelsPutInHellByGod Like Angels Put in Hell by God]]", Louis de Pointe du Lac sports an afro in 1973. The male bartender at Polynesian Mary's has long, thick, wavy hair which is parted down at the center, which was typical for the era.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E6LikeAngelsPutInHellByGod Like Angels Put in Hell by God]]", Louis de Pointe du Lac sports an afro in 1973.

* ''Series/TheBradyBunch'': From ultra-conservative hairstyles during the second half of the first season (which fell in 1970), the hair eventually grew longer and far more fashionable for the era starting with the season. First, Robert Reed's hair was fashionably thick starting in the 1971-1972 season, and Barry Williams began perming his hair; Florence Henderson's hair also grew more fashionable. By Season 4 (1972-1973), Maureen [=McCormick=]'s hair was longer and very chic for the times, and Reed began wearing perms and Williams alternated between straight (with 1970s thickness) and perms. The final season (1973-1974) saw Chris Knight also perm his hair and Eve Plumb wear her hair long, although there were a handful of episodes where both [=McCormick=] and Plumb wore their hairs in buns. But even in the early years that fell within the 1970s, guest stars and other bit characters were seen wearing fashionable hairstyles, so indeed the Bradys lived in the real world, becoming far more obvious as the years wore on.

* Music/BrianMay still has his hairstyle and much of its color from TheSeventies, too.

Yeah, it's the sideburns. They were undoubtedly the defining feature of Seventies male hair, in addition to hair that was worn naturally thick--straight at first, and "hippie-ish" just like SixtiesHair during the first half of the decade (since the early seventies was really TheSixties Part II) but increasingly frizzy during the second half (a preview of EightiesHair) as the decade wore on, perhaps thanks to the influence of glitter rock, or possibly the Black Power movement. The other "very 70s" hairstyle is the Afro, immensely popular in the 70s (though it started in the late [[TheSixties Sixties]]) for most African-Americans, but [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy even white guys with curly hair tried to have one]]. Afros in fiction often tend to be [[FunnyAfro exaggerated for comic effect]]. Other "very 70s" hairstyles are [[UsefulNotes/{{Punk}} mohawks and spiked hair]].

** Much as Big Boss's hair in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'' is a bit [[EightiesHair 80s]], EVA has a sort of feathered late-70s shag rather than anything more suitable for 1964.