Eton crop
Short hairstyle for women
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The Eton crop is a type of very short, slicked-down crop hairstyle for women.[1]
Popularity
The dancer Irene Castle, fashion designer Coco Chanel, and actress/singer Polaire wore "bobs" in the 1910s. By the mid-1920s this hairstyle had become mainstream.[2]
The Eton crop became popular during the 1920s because it was ideal to showcase the shape of cloche hats.[1][3] It was worn by Josephine Baker, among others.[1] The name derives from its similarity to a hairstyle allegedly popular with schoolboys at Eton.[4]
In culture
A critic reviewing a collection of society portraits notes: "Hairdressing is in a state of transition. There is an Eton crop, there are many soft shingles, and there are a few heads where the hair is being let grow."[5]
In June 1927 Margot Asquith, Lady Oxford, derided: "Women with neither backs nor tops to their heads, and faces as large as hams, appear at the King's Drawing Rooms with the nuque of their necks blue from shaving...".[6]
It was the haircut of choice for the more masculine lesbians in the lesbian subculture, particularly in England, during its time of popularity.[7][page needed]
