‘It looked stunning on Joanna Lumley!’: 10 writers on their biggest hair disaster

From bowl cuts to extreme mullets, punk dos to bad dye jobs, a terrible hairstyle can never be forgotten – even decades after it has grown out It’s the late 1990s. Big, round, feathered fringes are a huge deal at my primary school. Most of my friends have one, influenced by Britney Spears or Emma Bunton. I, too, have a fringe. Mine, as you can see, appears more inspired by Kevin Keegan circa 1993. Continue reading...

By Kate Lloyd, Rich Pelley, Jeffrey Ingold, Carys Afoko, Joel Snape, Viv Groskop, Paula Cocozza, Polly Hudson, Daniel Lavelle and Alexi Duggins