Quintessential ’80s Hair Styles and Senior Pictures

Good God. I love the music of the '80s, but the hair... is anyone who was a teen in '80s happy with how their hair looked back then? Perms? Yes. Teasing? Love it. Giant cans of Aqua Net. Mullets? Can't get enough of them. This is a look at the top '80s hair styles... and my bogus senior pictures.

I was reading an article on stylecraze.com that '80s hair styles were making a comeback in 2025. Maybe it will happen! I know this much... I'm never getting another perm.

Not all senior pictures are created equally... especially not in the '80s. First off, there were no digital pictures. We saved data on floppy discs IF you had the one computer class our high school offered, but digital pictures? Michael J. Fox and his flying time machine seemed more likely in our future. Second, some people were lucky enough to go to actual professional places.

There was one photographer in our town that was THE photographer to go to. Of course, I did not go there, I went to the place my mom set up for me. Her cousin's daughter, Judy, was learning photography and has access to a studio, so I went there. Being spoiled, I wasn't happy about this, but off I went. To be clear, I now appreciate Jude for taking my pictures, but they're still 80's senior pictures, so here we go...

I made the mistake of thinking I could use this picture in our yearbook. Being an editor on the yearbook committee, I personally cropped this picture tightly so it just looked like a black background. But when the book came out... There I am. Holding the black curtain. Did you need to get behind this black curtain? Let me hold it to the side for you. I should be happy. This dorky pose draws attention away from my '80s hair style... bangs for days and some nice big hair.

I was not the only one sporting bangs. It was one of the most prominent '80s hair styles. Here is an overview of the other gnarly trends:

The most famous mullet of the '80s was worn by Billy Ray Cyrus, but mullets weren't just worn by men. This future blond-bombshell sports a mullet in 1984.

Yes, Pam Anderson had a mullet. And she probably got it because she was influenced by Pat Benatar.

The most famous of feathers for actors were Farrah Fawcett and John Stamos. Screamin' Scott loves Farrah Fawcett... He has an autographed poster. Farrah is a little more curly than feathered in this picture, but she and John Stamos were beyond hot in with their choice of '80s hair styles.

And we're back to my senior photos. The hands near the face was a very popular pose in 1988. Also featured, my '80s hair style of choice: giant bangs and the perm. I got ONE perm in 7th grade and for whatever reasons, it never fell out. I had giant curly hair from that day forward. Also, why pluck your eyebrows? What could that possibly do to help one's appearance? #Swatch

You know who else had a perm and bangs? Jon Freakin' Bon Jovi and his entire band. And they weren't the only ones. Nearly every rock band sported this '80s hair style.

Def Leppard: 2 mullets, 2 perms, and 5 bangs and they were '80s bad asses.

I hope you enjoyed a look at some of the biggest (literally) hair styles of the '80s. I'll go now. I'm still trying to solve my Rubik's Cube that I got in 1985,