50 Years of David Bowie's Hairstyles in 5 Seconds

By Max Berlinger

A half-century is an awfully long time, and yet if you count backward from 2014 all the way to 1964, you get a pretty comprehensive look at David Bowie?s iconic, genre-defying career. The only thing that can rival the performer?s musical contributions to the cultural canon is, of course, the shockwaves his rebellious fashion sense created. And, as you?d expect, for each of those singular looks came a hairstyle that was equally as noteworthy. Now, artist?Helen Green?has compressed all these tonsorial experiments down into one tightly edited .gif, thus displaying maximum impact of the rock star?s grooming choices within a minimal time frame. It certainly proves that 50 years can go by in a flash and that Bowie made the most of that period. Rest in peace, David Bowie.

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photo: Helen Green