Louise Brooks was the Platonic ideal of a silent film ... and if you've ever considered getting your hair cut into a flirty bob, you have her to thank. Brooks played a major part in popularizing ...

1920s actress Louise Brooks is credited with popularizing the bob hairstyle during the flapper era. But her sharp chin-grazing cut wouldn't have been complete without the blunt bangs that fell ...

From blunt bobs to abundant afros, we've rounded up some of the best curls, cuts, and swirls from the 20th century in order to discover the best hairstyles from the past. Actress Louise Brooks was ...

Little did I know that the hair cut I loved so much was so influenced by one of the biggest stars of the 1920s. Born Mary Louise Brooks in 1906 to parents who let Louise and her siblings raise ...

Popularised in the 1920s by American actress Louise Brooks, the short bob became a ... the bob is once again enjoying a renaissance. “Few hairstyles have withstood the test of time quite like ...

Mary Louise Brooks was an American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. She is regarded today as an icon of the flapper culture, in part due to the bob hairstyle that she helped popularize ...

Louise Brooks, with her sharp bob haircut ... Brooks’ sleek, lacquered black helmet of hair has inspired countless imitations - Anna Karina in Jean-Luc Godard's Vivre Sa Vie (1962), Melanie ...

During her teenage years touring with her then-band Supercute!, this notion was manifested in her hip-grazing hair and a doe-eyed gaze adorned with intentionally kitschy makeup statements.

Louise Brooks was the Platonic ideal of a silent film ... and if you've ever considered getting your hair cut into a flirty bob, you have her to thank. Brooks played a major part in popularizing ...

Louise Brooks, with her sharp bob haircut ... Brooks’ sleek, lacquered black helmet of hair has inspired countless imitations - Anna Karina in Jean-Luc Godard's Vivre Sa Vie (1962), Melanie ...