Hair Style for Safety WWII

In the early 1940s, American film actress Veronica Lake changed her trademark peekaboo hairstyle to encourage women working in war industry factories to adopt more practical, safer hairstyles. Veronica Lake was a popular American film actress who enjoyed both popular and critical acclaim, especially for her femme fatale roles in film noir with Alan Ladd during the 1940s. A stray lock of her shoulder-length blonde hair during a publicity photo shoot led to her iconic hairstyle which hid one eye, and was widely imitated
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica... ).

Clipped from the US News Review, Issue 5, available at the Internet Archives.

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[LisaFreemontStreet]

You DO know there is a whole bunch of us that have done just that? ;-) These girls do still exist.

[NCOProductions]

OHHH MY GODDD I wish I could see some chicks that looked like Veronica. DAMN IS SHE HOT. Most every girl now days dress slutty or weird. I think we need to go back to the 40s again. good times

[ibn Salama]

The stars work for the government in "culture manipulation".. nothing patriotic about it!!

[Gravelforknees]

I think Disney's Sleeping Beauty must have been based on her. They have such similar faces.

[Greer Linsday]

Hahah "valuable time is wasted"

[carolingianVI]

Check one movie of Veronica and you'll be hooked. My Goodness was she special!!

[sneezepal]

Veronica Lake was a fine-looking chick. Imagine any of today's self-centered stars changing their hair for the better of all. Not.

[LisaFreemontStreet]

p.s. I am not sure what a harlot in your world dresses like but I'm pretty sure my clothing of choice wouldnt qualify. ;-)

[LisaFreemontStreet]

While I do know girls who have tattoos (not sure what you mean about the pagan harlot statement so I'll just skip it), I don't. And neither do many of the ladies that visit my channel for styling tips. ;-)

[PersonalJesus348]

Yeah with god awful tattoos and some strange idea that back in the day looking like a pagan harlot was acceptable.

[magneticdraw]

@ 0.09 is she bold on the sides?

[Corinna Guzman]

Although I agree with the bit about welfare check collectors, the workforce seen in this video was very different. The women in this video were required to work, to hold up the fort, if you will. While the men were away fighting in the war, some women were the ones building the weaponry and airplanes. As soon as the war was over, the working women went back to their homes and tended to their husbands and children, to what is now known as the 50s housewife.