The Shingle came a little after Thurman and Brooks made marks with their bobs. It presented a more masculine and androgynous appeal to its wearers. For all intents and purposes, the Shingle was, after all, a man's cut. Actresses such as Aileen Pringle and Leatrice Joy sported the Shingle in different ways; Pringle's conservative sheer a stark contrast to Joy's choppy barber cut. Joy cut her hair into a Shingle for her gender-bending role in Cecil B. DeMille's The Clinging Vine, a satirical film that rocked the nation.

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