Throughout the years of Loudoun County High School, an abundance of hairstyles and colors are inevitable. You’ll never go a year where everyone has the same style. Whether it’s mullets in the 1980s or afros in the 1970s there is always a new trend.

Librarian Tonya Dagstani reflected on styles over the last three decades.  “Back in the 1980s girls had long hair. It was jiggy and different. Mullets and Kid ‘n Play styles were pretty popular. Guys just seemed more adventurous than girls when it came to hair.” said Dagstani.

Not every teacher has done something as drastic, including: science teacher Kayla Urban. “I have pretty boring hair. I keep it highlighted most of the time, though. I do like how the faculty can get really creative with their hair,” said Urban.

 Judith Shepard who attended this school in 1964 through 1967 had a few interesting details about the styles back then. “In addition to adding colors, such as pink, purple, and blue, they colored streaks and the tips of their hair. They put much more effort,” she said when asked if she thought faculty put in more work in their hair then they did back then. “They changed it a lot more and take more time with makeup and hair” said Shepard.

Toni Rader, an English teacher who has been here for over 20 years,, replied in good detail what hair was like back then. Female teachers spent more time and less products on their hair, except the popular technique, curling. “It’s like a pendulum, some years it goes to extremes and then comes back. Like 80s movies, the popular ‘afro’ was also a growing trend with people of color,” she said. According to Rader, faculty and people in general, are more adventurous and less judgmental.