Nothing says sleek sophistication better than the soft, but severe cut of the cropped bob.
From its first inception during the 20 s 'Castle crop,' when women lopped off their crowning glory for a taste of freedom and frivolity, to the severe geometric points of the 60 s Sassoon cut, the bob represents assertive femininity. But when women won the vote, ladies loosened the constrictive corset, skirt hemlines rose to the knees, and girls cropped their hair into the short style of the bob. The flapper shook things up, and in her chin-length cut, she infected a moralistic, conservative society with a daring new do. American dancer Irene Castle had cut her locks as a bold move towards freedom and equality with men. Many ladies followed, requesting the chic Castle crop from their local haircutters.