Looking at the fashion history of art especially the women’s hairstyle and make-up. It started with more innovation and change after the beginning of 20th century. The major reason is the invention of special purpose tools and health care, chemical and medical advances in this time. And the convenience of traffic, film, television and the popularity of newspaper and magazines also push the progress of hairstyle and make-up. And all of them have evolved a variety of changing hairstyle and make-up. I focus on the United States, the represent of Western, and Taiwan/China, the represent of Oriental. And we will discuss the features of hairstyle and make-up for each decade during 20th century. We also pointed out the different between Western and Oriental about them. Not only Western and Oriental but also the Taiwan and China will be discussed the differences.
In addition the differences of art of hairstyle and make-up between Western and Oriental, I also try to point out more history, social, political factors that may cause the effect of hairstyle and make-up. After we are clear about the reason and why then we can easier to know the trend of hairstyle and make-up in future.
