S
ome first ladies have been
icons of style while others tend to keep things very
conservative. The nation has
always paid close attention to how
its president’s wife wears her hair.
(We’re confident that soon we’ll be
able to share first man style, too!)
Here’s a timeline of first lady hair
from the beginning of the country to
today.
1809-1813
Dolley Madison’s portrait shows
her hair pulled into a tall updo
with plenty of curly tendrils hanging around the ears and in back.
1797-1801
A portrait of Abigail Adams shows her wearing a popular style bonnet over tightly curled
hair.
1961-1963
Jackie Kennedy was
known for her youth and
her fashion sense while in
the White House and after.
Here, she wears her hair in
a short coiffed style.
Jackie, Hillary, Laura Images from Imagecollect.com
Abigail Image from Wikipedia
Madison, Arthur, Cleveland, Reagan Images from Library of Congress
Dolley Image from Evert A. Duyckinick
1881-1885
Ellen Hurndon Arthur wears a middle part
with pigtail braids pulled up into an elegant updo. We kind of want to recreate
this look.
1913-1921
Ellen Axson Wilson wears her
long hair in a loose top knot.
1981-1989
The late Nancy Reagan kept her
brunette hair short and tall.
1885-1889
Frances Folsom Cleveland in
a twisted updo.
1993-2001
Hillary delivers a speech on health
care reform in 1994. She wears a
short bob style with bangs.
2001-2009
Laura Bush kept her hair
short and sweet, letting
it fall just below the ears.
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