# What's the name of the style of art you see on windows at hair & nail salons? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-the-style-of-art-you-see-on-windows-at-hair-nail-salons/734356 "2015-10-11T20:57:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gracefulfatsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@gracefulfatsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracefulfatsheba)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-the-style-of-art-you-see-on-windows-at-hair-nail-salons/734356/1 "2015-10-11T20:57:30Z")
For years, I have always been fascinated by the decals you see on the windows of hair and nail salons. They have a very distinctive artistic style that strongly recalls the 1980s. They’re extremely outdated but you still see them everywhere, in every city. The style is so particular. A good example is the lady on the cover of [Duran Duran’s album “Rio.”](http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/1f/80/4b/1f804bd5661b61e898ebfeb8b2d4d63f.jpg) Here is [another good example](http://www.youjustmademylist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/nagel_hair_salon.jpg) of the style. Does this style have a name? Does anyone have more information about its history? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-the-style-of-art-you-see-on-windows-at-hair-nail-salons/734356/2 "2015-10-11T21:19:58Z")
[Patrick Nagel](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Nagel) ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-the-style-of-art-you-see-on-windows-at-hair-nail-salons/734356/3 "2015-10-11T21:32:53Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > [Patrick Nagel](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Nagel) Could you be more precise? ---
**Author:** ![gracefulfatsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@gracefulfatsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracefulfatsheba)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-the-style-of-art-you-see-on-windows-at-hair-nail-salons/734356/4 "2015-10-11T21:37:54Z")
Thank you. I will have to buy a Patrick Nagel book. Did he invent this style or just help popularize it? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-the-style-of-art-you-see-on-windows-at-hair-nail-salons/734356/5 "2015-10-11T21:44:59Z")
some commercial art styles, like Beaux Arts or Art Nouveau, did merit names, and even lesser ones like Googie. I’m open to education if the easily recognizable and imitated style of Nagel has its own name. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-the-style-of-art-you-see-on-windows-at-hair-nail-salons/734356/6 "2015-10-11T23:55:33Z")
Since this is about art styles, let’s move it to IMHO. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-the-style-of-art-you-see-on-windows-at-hair-nail-salons/734356/7 "2015-10-11T23:58:03Z")
> [@gracefulfatsheba](#): > > Thank you. I will have to buy a Patrick Nagel book. Did he invent this style or just help popularize it? As the link says, his style is derived from [Art](http://mylusciouslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Pictures-of-art-deco-vintage-1920s-fashion-illustration.jpg) [Deco.](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/2e/f8/e5/2ef8e55352169f31c2f0a3354ea079dd.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-the-style-of-art-you-see-on-windows-at-hair-nail-salons/734356/8 "2015-10-12T00:11:13Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Could you be more precise? More precise, and probably NSFW: [Patrick Nagel.](https://www.google.com/search?q=patrick+nagel&espv=2&biw=1249&bih=540&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIybW6wdK7yAIVBDQ-Ch1W1AlK) ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-the-style-of-art-you-see-on-windows-at-hair-nail-salons/734356/9 "2015-10-12T00:16:53Z")
> [@gracefulfatsheba](#): > > Thank you. I will have to buy a Patrick Nagel book. You’ll want [Nagel: The Art of Patrick Nagel](http://www.amazon.com/Nagel-Art-Patrick/dp/0912383119). ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-the-style-of-art-you-see-on-windows-at-hair-nail-salons/734356/10 "2015-10-12T00:41:31Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > As the link says, his style is derived from [Art](http://mylusciouslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Pictures-of-art-deco-vintage-1920s-fashion-illustration.jpg) [Deco.](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/2e/f8/e5/2ef8e55352169f31c2f0a3354ea079dd.jpg) Thank you for the qualifier “derived from.” [link to an Erte website](http://www.erte.com) ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-the-style-of-art-you-see-on-windows-at-hair-nail-salons/734356/11 "2015-10-12T01:08:50Z")
> [@Randolph](#): > > You’ll want [Nagel: The Art of Patrick Nagel](http://www.amazon.com/Nagel-Art-Patrick/dp/0912383119). Why the fuck is this link redirecting to a rover @ ebay link? It’s clearly an amazon link. What the hell, SDMB? ETA: It’s not my machine. The link is redirecting from multiple browsers on multiple devices. It’s something within your guys’ system.