Eton crop

Eton crop

The Eton crop is a type of short, slicked-down, blunt crop hairstyle.Vargas, Whitney. "Head Start." "Elle" (Sept. 2007): p190.] It became popular during the 1920s because it was ideal to showcase the shape of cloche hats. It was worn by Josephine Baker, among others.

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