The Way We Wore

It's always fascinating to look back at fashion statements and trends of yesteryears and realising how foolishly ppl bought into those now-glaringly-cringe-worthy looks just because they've been pronounced "in vogue" by influential fashion magazines then.


Source: GQ

The lesson to be learnt here is thus: Don't trust everything you see in magazines.

This month, GQ looks back (regretfully) at some of the "lapses in style judgement" that were made over the past 50 years, one of which was this


Photo: Arline and Marvin Oberman; Beatles photo courtesy of Capitol Records

The year: 1966. The Beatles’ Revolver came out, psychedelia was just around the bend, and we, a tad out of step, asked four Manhattan hairstylists to tame the mop tops. “If François Di Giorgio had Paul McCartney in his chair,” we wrote in our February ’66 issue, “he would cut his hair medium-length, give it a short part and the slightest of waves across the front to create the rounded ‘Fantastique’ cut.”

All I can say is: The hairstylists ought to be shot.
It's almost like they've gotten the 'Before' and 'After' order reversed.

For more faux pas, see here.