Chitty Chitty Bad Bangs: The Scourge of 1982

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You don’t see much of this style these days. Little wispy bangs curled and spiraled like a double helix. Those of you in your 40s may also recall the curse of the add-a-bead necklace back in the day: one was supposed to wear it UNDER the collar, but like Bad Bangs shows us here, it would often pop out from under the collar.

I’m pretty sure this is Pam Dawber during her Mork and Mindy days, but that has not been confirmed. In any event, she is distracting from her two bang pieces with this horizontal stripe (probably boatneck).

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This next lady looks pretty self-satisfied, having shoved her curled partial bang off to the side of her forehead, where it will not interfere with activities of daily living.

WHS82-004Each of these lovely ladies can console themselves that they were not donning the Dorothy Hamill cut, so popular in 1976, a full SIX YEARS PRIOR. Poor Paula cannot say the same.

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Way to keep the 70s in the 80s, Paula.

13 thoughts on “Chitty Chitty Bad Bangs: The Scourge of 1982”

    1. You must have so many vixens bewitching you with that style. I believe my mother-in-law used that tactics on her sons to keep them pure through high school. It worked.

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