Jane Fonda's Shag:
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axxellien — 16 years ago(June 05, 2009 02:42 PM)
John Sahag was credited with inventing/transforming the ultimate in stylish hairstyles: Check out actress Jennifer Salt's wicked Shag in Woody Allen's "PLAY IT AGAIN SAM" 1972, & "SISTERS" 1973 with margot Kidder. Jennifer Salt would fly from L.A. to Sahag's NYC salon just to have Her shag trimmed & styled!! Another take/offshoot on the Jane Fonda version was Barbara Feldon' in the 1972 tv movie: "Getting Away From It All" cool!! La Fonda herself sported a longer cersion of Her "KLUTE" haircut in 1972's "TOUT VA BIEN" with Roger Vadim. I have a Haircutting book written/illustraded/drawn in 1976, by New York City Hairstylist, in which He showcases the "JANE FONDA SHAG"!!
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axxellien — 16 years ago(June 05, 2009 02:56 PM)
For a British version of the Shag. Youtube: ''FOLLYFOOT" with Gillian Blake as Dora, 1971-74!! The ultimate in Feathered, Layered Haircuts!! Terminally cool & sexy!!Very Elegant!! David Cassidy wore a version in the last season of "The Partridge Family" 1973-74. Unisex hairstyle very popular with Rocker Dudes!!
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TheMemphian — 16 years ago(July 25, 2009 05:18 PM)
I just bought the 2005 rerelease of this book and in it's cover photo, Diane Arbus has always reminded me of Klute-Jane Fonda Shag hairstyle/leather pants. The photo was taken sometime in 1971 and Arbus committed suicide about a month after Klute was released (summer of 71). I've often wondered if she saw the movie and was influenced. I'm certain she would have related to Bree Daniels.
This link may not work, but It's the portrait by Eva Rubinstein, Arbus' student.
Diane Arbus: A Biography
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Diane-Arbus/Patricia-Bosworth/e/9780393326611
"What rotten sins I've got working for me. I suppose it's the wages." -Bedazzled (1967) -
cookiela2001 — 16 years ago(March 06, 2010 01:40 PM)
I'm sorry, but I've always detested this haircut. (Carol Brady wore a variation of it, too.) I understand it's appeal to women at a time when they were taking on a more forthright, no-frills positionbut it's a blunt look that just doesn't look very good on anyone except for 12-year-uld boys, IMHO.
Donna Mills wears it in
Play Misty for Me,
as well.
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bill-520 — 14 years ago(November 30, 2011 09:50 AM)
I'm sorry, but I've always detested this haircut. (Carol Brady wore a variation of it, too.) I understand it's appeal to women at a time when they were taking on a more forthright, no-frills positionbut it's a blunt look that just doesn't look very good on anyone except for 12-year-uld boys, IMHO.
Donna Mills wears it in Play Misty for Me, as well.
Yes, Donna Mills wore the same cut in "Play Misty for Me", as did Judy Carne (of "Laugh-In" fame) back in the early 70's.
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zwolf — 12 years ago(August 29, 2013 10:19 AM)
I agree, it's freakin' awful. It looks like what happens when a toddler gets ahold of a pair of scissors. I even found it hard to believe that Fonda would've been successful at picking up men with that escaped-idiot-on-the-loose hairdo.
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kdk7 — 10 years ago(April 04, 2015 11:21 PM)
Gotta agree with you on this one. It's pretty hideous to me, no matter who's wearing it even David Bowie. Watching Klute for the first time tonight, it was just a bit too distracting, and i never really got into Jane Fonda's famously lauded performance (though i've never thought she was much of an actor anyway she's always rubbed me the wrong way). Good film otherwise though, even though it is lesser Pakula, the director of some of my very favorite films.
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xdayton — 10 years ago(April 07, 2015 07:02 PM)
Normally I'm anti-shag, but Jane's is gorgeous. She looks so beautiful in this film, and the hair frames her face perfectly. It also was so new at the time, really groundbreaking in the age of long hippie hair.
I think the real problem came later with the feathering, when people feathered the sides of the shag back and then glued it into place with hairspray.
Then again, I like Keith Partridge's shag too. Sometimes those flowing locks just worked in the early '70s. I so wanted one. -
cinles — 11 years ago(August 01, 2014 10:10 PM)
The only thing wrong with this hairstyle is the same with all layered hairstyles - the growing out part. If this haircut was cut properly, like Jane Fonda in this movie or Donna Mills in Play Misty for Me, it was beautiful. But it was a hard cut to get right. Mrs Brady's haircut was a mullet.