Saturday, April 11, 2026

All-Star Hairstyles B

Shelley sporting the "Casual Chic" look
for Good Housekeeping magazine,
August 1983

By August 1983, Shelley had become an established Hollywood star. She had received critical praise for her work on stage and had a Martin Scorsese film under her belt (where she worked opposite Robert De Niro). She had also finished a couple of TV movies with respected Hollywood veterans George Segal and Dick Van Dyke. Her latest TV series was to premiere that October. So Shelley would regularly appear on magazines and newspapers at the time. In August 1983, she appeared on the pages of Good Housekeeping magazine, in a spread called "29 All-Star Hairstyles: Modeled by Celebrities and Their Sisters." Shelley appeared with her youngest sister, Babe, in the spread sporting the latest hairstyles. (For more, check out: Shelley and Babe) One hairstyle Shelley sported was the "Casual Chic." Shorter hair for women was the height of chic during the early 1980s and that included the bob cut. Whether slicked-back (ala Zoƫ Tamerlis in Angel of Vengeance) or tousled (ala early Madonna) or smother (ala Molly Ringwald), the bob was a popular look. Shelley wore various lengths and versions of the bob throughout the 1980s, and was, of course, was always very chic.

how to achieve Shelley's hairdo,
the "Casual Chic" look,
from Good Housekeeping magazine, 
August 1983