Jennifer Aniston's Shag
- The twenty something sitcom FRIENDS/NBC/1994-2004 started a
haircut craze in the early 1990s when actress Jennifer Aniston
in the role of coffee bar waitress Rachel Green sported an
extremely popular shag hairstyle described as "a little bit
below the shoulder and layered all over...longer on the top,
then shags toward the bottom." Her hairstyle was created by
Chris McMillan of Los Angeles' Estilo salon (who also created
the stylish cuts for the show's other female casts members).
Salon great John Sahag invented the shag haircut 25 years
earlier. Other celebrities to sport the shag look included
Goldie Hawn, Victoria Principal, Jane Fonda in the movie
Klute (1971) and former Wella Balsam model Farrah
Fawcett-Majors (the one with the gorgeous, flowing blond hair
with a feathered shag cut) when she costarred as Jill Munroe on
the detective drama CHARLIE'S ANGELS/ABC/1976-81. TRIVIA NOTE:
Another account claims that Aniston's famous "Rachel" hairdo
was created by accident when a friend cut her hair with a razor.
"Do you know
how long it took me to get ready tonight?
TWO HOURS! Used to be I'd slap on some lip-smacker,
five
minutes I'm out the door. Now I've got to start with
an
undercoat of foundation, then primer, then sealant;
and every
half hour I'm in the bathroom to respackle!"
