166 SEPTEMBER 2019
VOGUE BE AU T Y
KRISTIN-LEE MOOLMAN
IF YOU SPENTa good portion of the 80s glued to a hairdresser’s chair coercing
your poker-straight tresses into corkscrews, you have reason to be a little apprehensive
about the return of the perm. You’d better brace yourself, however, because the curl-
inducing protocol is having a revival. But it’s not as you remember it. Instead, hairstylists
from backstage at the shows to salons around the world are using the technique to
achieve everything from a voluminous wave to a beach-like tousle. A notable exclusion,
though, is the Shirley Temple ringlet synonymous with perms of decades past.The perm has sprung back into salons, but
not as you know it. By Remy Rippon.