Haircut unplundered

I'm looking forward to seeing 'Starter for Ten' (although on current working mum form it's likely to be only as an inflight movie or some time next year on pay per view) for the  not very profound reason that I too started university in 1985, which is when the film is set.  But this publicity photo bothers me - unbelievable though it may seem in this current long hair hegemony, most of us girls wore our hair short then, with lots of gel.  Scarves would not be dangling round the neck but wound in the hair.  And BIG earrings.  And either no make up or very obvious make up - kohl eye liner, bright lipstick, loud eye shadow.  Think Bananarama, Madonna, Yazoo.

I've double checked via Google to make sure my memory is not faulty and it's not.

"Young women wore wild earrings, often long or of peculiar design. Shoulder length earrings often contrasted with hair that was chin length or shorter. "

While we're on the subject of long hair hegemony, an American friend of mine, who has recently moved from the Netherlands to Surrey, told me she knew she was going to like me because I had short hair, like her. She was feeling very alienated by the universal long blond hair that all the middle aged mums in Surrey seem to feel is de rigeur.