The Progression Of The Cone

A pictorial review of the cone's fashion statement in history.

by: petercat.harris

The Ancients: Elongated Skulls were the FAB FAD

Practiced through cultures worldwide by binding the head to a board.  Notables such as the Incans, Mayans, Egyptians, Native Americans and Siberians left evidence of this coveted high verticed look. If you wanted that 'smarter than a bookworm' look, nix Coco Chanel and sport a board.

Image 120027, from Professor Giuseppe Orefici's research at Cahuachi (Peru), courtesy BBC Horizon (1998 program).

Nefertiti: Egyptian Queen

The Modish Medieval Model: When women shaving their bangs off for that elongated look was 'wenchin' 

                                                                     Portrait by: Rogier Ven Der Weyden

AND THEN... Cone fashion revisited the Dark Ages only to resurface again in the 20th Century with a downward spiral attached to its legendary fame surrounding superior intelligence. The cone now had an uncanny semblance to a waste basket.

Circa 1960: When rotating your hips to "The Twist" and sporting a Rocket hat was Hip; the cone makes a comeback, but as comebacks usually do, it flopped. Can you spot the infamous cone in this fashion spread?

                                                                                         Yeah, Baby!

The 90's seemed like a long tunnel with no point, the cone was still recovering from the bad rap it got from the 60's but the cone just may have reached its zenith in this decade.

                                                    The Coneheads from SNL

Somewhere on the timeline of human history the cone lost its mojo, it was demoted from its association with superior intelligence only to be cast in utter fashion faux pas for the weekend entertainment seeker.

Now maybe the cone can relate to Oblio, from the land of point.

                                                                        The Cone in the Corner