What begins as vanity can then be gradually turned into habit.
The Screwtape Letters – C. S. Lewis (1942)
There has always been throughout history a lot of emphasis placed on the notion of looking good, dressing well, keeping clean, neat, tidy and presentable and both young men and girls did everything they could to do so. Fashions of the day are coveted and have a huge influence on some but, this is not, as is popularly thought in society today, an advertising ploy, with airbrushing leading the innocent and susceptible into an unobtainable ideology.
Through the ages the young are taught the art of coiffuring, regardless of how much parents may protest that they do not. It is natural to mould children to the same standards that we were raised to … brushing teeth, washing, making sure our hair is clean and combed through at least, manicuring nails, etc. etc. The degree to which these things are taken often depends on the way our families have been conditioned and once the seeds are set then the actions become second nature. However, when they were young and should someone deviate from the norm it is often pondered as to from where those new ideas stemmed.