"It always looked fantastic! It didn't hang in you eyes, it didn't hang in you mouth, and it had all the right parental parameters for low maintenance." Parents of Erika Adams, Racked National's Assistant Editor: Mom, taken back: "Uh…well the early '70s weren't a good time for hairstyles." Mom: "What are you talking about? You were a beautiful child."
Mother of Laura Euler, Editor of Curbed Hamptons: "Bad hairdo says who? This was a popular hairstyle at the time, and I thought it was absolutely adorable-still do." Mother of Callia Hargrove, Racked's Junior Social Media Editor:
People would stop me all the time because of your hair and your glasses and the way I dressed you- you didn't look like other kids. You just had these soft, pretty curls, and you looked ADORABLE. I don't really remember getting your hair cut that often! It's not like I kept it short on purpose. "You had a lot of hair, and as it grew longer, it just got curlier. Mother of Julia Rubin, Racked's Features Editor: It proves I loved you because I let you express yourself." Clear evidence of bang mutilation at an early age. "Kiddo, you started cutting your bangs at age five, so I lost control of how your adorable wavy brown hair looked. Mother of Nicola Fumo, Racked Market Editor: Most of the time it was a glorious bowl cut. Sometimes it was overly aggressive bangs. To start making sense of it all, Racked asked our coworkers at Vox Media to send through pictures of themselves as kids and to ask their parents to defend their choice in haircut. You can also see what we’re up to by signing up here.Ĭhildhood haircuts: Parents love them, their grown children are confused by them. The archives will remain available here for new stories, head over to Vox.com, where our staff is covering consumer culture for The Goods by Vox. Thank you to everyone who read our work over the years.
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