Afros 101

Hey all, I need to apologize for the lack of blogging activity lately. Chalk it up to an inspirational lag combined with simply too much to get done during the week. Thank goodness for my coworker who lent me a cute little book called Fashion of the 70s. It's a collection of quirky beauty and fashion ads from the decade, showing off the good, the bad, and the downright hilarious. I plan on scanning as much as possible and saving them for future post inspiration (including enough to do a third installment post of Beefcake: Sexy Advertising Studs of the 70s.) 

For now, this Duke style chart from 1972 caught my eye. Even though the afro hairstyle lives on in various forms today, I just don't think it looks as cool as it did during its heyday - when else could you ask for the "Atom" style and leave knowing the back of your 'do looks exactly like an atomic bomb cloud?