Ducktail

The Ducktail was a haircut style popular during the 1950s. It was also called the Duck's Butt, Duck's Ass, or simply D.A. (DA). The actual name was Duck's Ass, but propriety called for the name Ducktail to be used in mixed company.

The combing technique

The style required that the hair be combed back around the sides of the head. The end of a rattail comb was used to make a central part at the back of the head, resembling to many, the rear end of a duck. In addition, the hair on the top front of the head was deliberately disarrayed so that untidy strands hung down over the forehead.

Related Topics:
Hair - Comb - Duck

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The ducktail hair style contributed to the term "greasers": to accomplish this look, lots of hair grease was required to hold the hair in place. This was still the era of hair creams, so it only required an increase in the amount to make hair remain in the desired style. This was before the era of hair sprays, and, of course, "real men" did not use sprays anyway.

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To insure that the hair was just so, the wearer often touched up the D.A. many times during the day by running his greased comb through it.

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