Hairstyles of the 1920s created more controversy in hair fashion than in any other period of American culture and one hairstyle, known simply as "the bob," would be at the center of this great debate. Bob haircut was first introduced during the Great War. The bob haircut would eventually cause a revolution in the way women would wear their hair. "The New Woman of the 1920s" described Irene Castle, Mary Garden, and Mary Pickford's decisions to adopt, or not to adopt the new style.
The bob hair was simply a blunt cut, level with the bottom of the ears all around the head. Bob hair was worn with the hair brushed off of the forehead. Bob hair was a simple look but an extreme departure from the feminine looks created by Gibson called Gibson Girl. When a woman had her hair cut short, she began wearing long necklaces and short skirts. Irene Castle, dancer, started the bob hair for convenience before entering the hospital for an appendectomy. She knows that she would forever trigger a......
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