During that period, side partings were sometimes shaved into the hair.

Boys are most likely to have side partings, and girls centre partings.

Fashion a severe side parting and comb hair flat to the head.

The first was about 6ft tall, of slim build, with dark hair and a well-combed side parting.

Side parting hair is popular, and ponytails are often worn when exercising or playing sports.

Losing the side parting and over-long fringe would not only make him look younger but also more up to date.

Although natural, the Bedford crop was usually styled with wax to form a side parting.

The side parting gives a man certain gravitas... even if his life is falling apart.

Clean, straight hair was brushed into side partings.

His bodyguards and the male models, with their obligatory Fordian deep side partings, are all in black.

First, comb through a mousse or gel and create the shape (deep side parting, hair swept back from the sides, flat on top).

There's a definite nod to the Forties with the lower side parting, but there are elements that are a bit more contemporary, too.

He wears a dark suit and sombre tie and has white hair carefully combed away from his side parting.

The style mostly worn with bangs, but could also be worn with a side parting.

It also became fashionable to sport curly hair with a "zig-zag" side parting and blended highlights around 2002/03.

These boys had side partings, adidas T-shirts, straight jeans and Pods shoes.

I wear a side parting.

How did this outdated form, these hideous men in evening dress with side partings, manage to be more upsetting than punk bands?

Mohammad Asif has clearly had a trim and currently sports a side parting which wouldn't look out of place in Shoreditch.

But it is not the first time Mr Peston's mop - a conservative side parting - has come under scrutiny.

You can be wearing the same old tweed jacket but, trim your hair, slick it back into a side parting, and you'll revolutionise other people's perceptions.

Dior's models had the severe side partings and scraped back chignons that have become a default follicle setting at serious shows.

Side parting and a sovereign ring, Fila jumper and 10 John Player cigarettes.

Everything about him is tailored, from his conversation to his haircut - a neat sweep of fair hair combed from a side parting.