Long 1950's hairstyles?

[Kiri]

I'll always be a 40's girl at heart, and that's my main style, but I do have a couple 50's dresses and skirts, and I'd love to wear them. However, my hair is on the longer side, and I haven't seen any long haired 50's styles. There must have been some people with long hair though! I know I could mix my periods and still do 40's hair, but I genuinely like to be as period accurate as possible, especially with hair. I don't want to cut my hair, because I love doing long haired 40's styles. So I guess I'm just asking if there are any long haired 50's styles out there?

 

[Puzzicato]

Considering your age, I think the high ponytail is cute and appropriate!

 

[MissHannah]

There are lots of fifties updos. A french twist always looks fifties. You can sweep your bangs to the side or do a little pomp.

 

[Puzzicato]

Alice bands were also quite popular, I think!

 

[Grant Fan]

I would say a high ponytail with a cute scarf tide in it. Also I know this will sound silly but watch Greece to get ideas. A lot of girls in that who have big hair have long hair.

 

[Toni]

Bettie Page was pin-up Queen of the 50's, she had long hair and bangs...maybe you could try fake bangs and curl the ends under kind of pageboy style...

 

[Amie]

Beatnik chicks like Juliette Greco wore her hair long and she looked ultra hip. It's kind of hard to see her hair in some of these pics, but you get the idea. Her hair was extremely beautiful and luscious in the film Orphee, which I think came out in '50 and she wore her hair similarly throughout the era.

 

[The-Blue-Star]

http://rapunzelsresource.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/faux-short-pony-tail/

I hope this helps. This girl is wonderful. She has a really big index of beautiful styles. This one might be what you're looking for. My hair is just past my tailbone and I use this style all the time, it really works well and stays put all day. Let us know how it goes.

 

[Penny Dreadful]

I also find that if your hair is especially long you can do a french twist and leave the ends of the hair at the top to fall loose, it looks like a shorter ponytail just like in that last link. It's very cute! You can in turn make this look a little bit 60s by making a "poof"/pomp at the top and pinning the ends under. It's probably not very authentic but I found it looks fairly "Joan Holloway"