# What is the Statue of Liberty's hairstyle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 24, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-statue-of-libertys-hairstyle/699468 "2014-09-24T22:02:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vashbul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Vashbul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vashbul)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-statue-of-libertys-hairstyle/699468/1 "2014-09-24T22:02:43Z")
When you think of the Statue of Liberty, it’s almost always as a straight-on front view, with that pointy tiara silhouetted against the sky. I found a video taken from a helicopter circling above and to the back. Her hair seems to be fixed in this odd sort of tuck or knot, with curls or rolls on the side where the crown is attached. [Here’s](http://s21.postimg.org/n9tev4hp3/statue_of_liberty_hair.jpg) a screenshot. [Another](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2447/3562303158_74358e0610.jpg?v=0) view, this time looking up. I tried to find out what this hairstyle was called. Someone suggested it was the [Gibson Tuck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSARin9SJrY&playnext_from=TL&videos=axucbAljrv4), but I don’t think so. I’m curious to know, she being such an iconic figure and all. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-statue-of-libertys-hairstyle/699468/2 "2014-09-26T03:23:06Z")
I think the hairstyle is supposed to be a classical Greco-roman hairstyle, influenced by styles such as the Gibson Tuck. BTW, IMO, the woman in the video does not do a very good Gibson tuck. Here’s a static shot of a much better sample: [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mG\_BHLLNj9E/UxMbV3saQHI/AAAAAAAAA08/OUfNo64kymQ/s1600/TripleHairsMINI.png](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mG_BHLLNj9E/UxMbV3saQHI/AAAAAAAAA08/OUfNo64kymQ/s1600/TripleHairsMINI.png) Images of classical Greco-roman hairstyles similar to that worn by “Lady Liberty”: > **[Tansyrr – Design by Nrdly](https://tansyrr.mysites.io/)** > **[Tansyrr – Design by Nrdly](https://tansyrr.mysites.io/)** [![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z-nO95dfZ9g/URWOeQ9ZdKI/AAAAAAAAMVo/Fv0MW7J5Bkk/s640/Antinous_Mandragone_profil.jpg) ](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z-nO95dfZ9g/URWOeQ9ZdKI/AAAAAAAAMVo/Fv0MW7J5Bkk/s640/Antinous_Mandragone_profil.jpg) [http://www.hairselect.com/gallery/ancient\_roman01.jpg](http://www.hairselect.com/gallery/ancient_roman01.jpg) According to online articles I skimmed, Lady Liberty was originally designed to wear a Phrygian cap, just like the character of [Marianne](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne). Sample: [http://www.anselm.edu/academic/history/hdubrulle/Nationalism/archival%20material/graphics/Marianne%20Cock%20coin.gif](http://www.anselm.edu/academic/history/hdubrulle/Nationalism/archival%20material/graphics/Marianne%20Cock%20coin.gif). The cap was vetoed because…politics. So now she wears a crown. Now it’s somebody’s turn to come in and tell me how wrong I am. But hey, at least that way you’ll finally get your question answered. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-statue-of-libertys-hairstyle/699468/3 "2014-09-26T04:06:56Z")
Looks like she’s wearing a hair net. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-statue-of-libertys-hairstyle/699468/4 "2014-09-26T04:23:15Z")
Lunch-Lady Liberty! ---
**Author:** ![Vashbul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Vashbul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vashbul)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-statue-of-libertys-hairstyle/699468/5 "2014-09-26T08:53:51Z")
Yes, that last Greco-Roman statue looks close. Of course, statue hair need not obey the laws of physics. I would not be qualified to judge the correctness of a Gibson tuck. The photo you posted seems a lot more complex - more of a knot, like a Swedish woman would have. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-statue-of-libertys-hairstyle/699468/6 "2014-09-27T02:36:11Z")
[Liberty spikes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_spikes), obviously.