Hair-Do Dating Cues Circa 1944

Listen up, ladies: you can’t just wear a bow willy-nilly. Hair ribbons are complicated beasts. Take hair ribbons seriously. How else will the boys know your intentions?

I know, right? Now tell your friends!
Hair-Do Dating Cues Circa 1944
Baby Praying Mantis

The following images appeared in the March 15, 1944 issue of Life as part of a piece entitled “High School Fads.”

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