The Jheri curl, also spelled "Jerry" curl by many, is a hairstyle that was created in the early 1980's by a professional hairstylist named Jheri Redding. The Jheri curl quickly became a popular hairstyle amongst African Americans, including celebrities like Michael Jackson, Rick James, and Eddie Murphy. The style does not require a lot of maintenance. All you have to do is keep the curls moisturized and get a "touch up" every two months.
A friend called her mother's hair style a "Jeri Curl" and I was at once reminded that I had one too - in 1978 when the photo was taken. I didn't know what it was later called! I was ahead of the times and it was just a curly perm back then.
It was awful when it grew out!
Here I am grilling burgers in an old tire rim with my kids and their friends still wet from swimming.
My mom was born in 1934. Were you born about the same time? It's funny that you both got your hair curled that tightly. My mom really didn't ask for a Jeri curl....we just tease her about it because that was what it looked like. She always thought she could get more months out of the perm if it was so tight it made her eyeballs pop out. lol And, it did last longer...but you see her picture now...she has straight hair. We always tried to get her to let it go straight back then. I guess she was a creature of habit because those perms started way back! As you will see in my 50's pictures. Love your Jeri curl! You look cute.
ReplyDeleteI was born in 1936. It was the first and the last perm I ever had. I have naturally wavy hair.
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