Shorter still than the shingle was the Eton crop; Josephine Baker's signature sheer. The Eton was the shortest of all 1920s hairstyles, and by the late 20s, it was taking the fashion world by storm. Although the Eton Crop was as close as a 20s woman would get to shaving her head, the style wasn't necessarily masculine. It could be masculine, feminine, or androgynous. Etons, based on the look of Eton schoolboys, had all of the more conservative men and women in a frenzy. If a woman's hair could be this short, whatever next??

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