This is a pretty well-known photograph (taken by Dutch photographer Theo van Houts in 1968), but I think this is the first time I’ve seen it in colour. And actual colour too, I don’t think it’s been colourised. Looks like natural 1968 colour. I’ve seen this a bunch of times on Tumblr and elsewhere, and no wonder; the sheer gigantism of that hair is truly epic. Apparently the girls were Thai, which makes me wonder how that hair would’ve been received in Thailand in 1968; I gather that country did undergo quite some modernisation during the 60s because of America’s presence in Vietnam (cos that little affair was still ongoing), but I imagine it would’ve been a little too avant-garde even so…
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