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A haircut that peaked in medieval courts and your mom's 1994 school photo.
means A smooth, chin-length hairstyle with ends curled under, named for the young male servants who first wore it as a uniform cut.
from Comes from 'page,' the term for a boy in training for knighthood who served in a medieval or Renaissance household — fetching, carrying, assisting. Part of their standardized look was this neat, blunt-cut hair, often with bangs, practical for a kid running errands all day. The style's name outlived the job itself: by the 20th century 'pageboy' had nothing to do with actual pages and everything to do with the haircut, which cycled through fashion repeatedly, including a notable revival in mid-20th-century hairstyling before becoming a retro photo-album staple.
- origin
- Named after young male servants who wore it
- shape
- Blunt bangs plus inward-curled ends, like a helmet
- revival
- Keeps resurfacing whenever bobs get boring
- other meaning
- Also the actual job of escorting royalty