This Was A Thing: The Retro Podcast

83: "The Rachel" Haircut; Or, The One With Sun-Kissed Layers


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Join us for a jaunt down memory lane – a.k.a., Central Park West – as we take a trip to see the nicest apartments ever to be rented by supposedly down-and-out New Yorkers. That’s right, we’re visiting Monica, Joey, Chandler, Ross, Phoebe, and, of course, Rachel. And if there’s one thing that endeared viewers to Jennifer Aniston’s waitress-turned-fashion executive, on top of her sarcasm and “will-they-won’t-they-okay-yes-they-will” dynamic with Ross, it’s her season one hairstyle that took every salon in the country by storm.

Rob teaches Ray about the iconic “Rachel” haircut, including the designers responsible for the layering and colors that made it so sought after; Jennifer Aniston’s mixed feelings on her dramatic ’do; what “balayage” is; other famous follicle fandoms from past TV shows; and how the “Rachel” always seems to be making a comeback, despite only being on Friends for less than a season.

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Ray Hebel

Robert W. Schneider

Mark Schroeder

Billy Recce

Daniel Schwartzberg

Gabe Crawford

Natalie DeSavia

ARTICLESEPISODE CLIPS

Jennifer Aniston, “Friends” Reunion, and Her Iconic Hairdo - The Graham Norton Show on BBC America

ADDITIONAL MUSIC & SOUND EFFECTS

“Happy Bee”

• Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

• Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Additional Sound Effects from Final Cut ProiLife, and Logic Pro

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