1789 A "close cut" takes on new meaning during the French Revolution, when aristocrats lose their hair to jailers and their heads to the guillotine. Suddenly, short hair is in. The passion for hair cropped "à la victime" travels from France to England. In both countries, the fear of big hair coincides with renewed interest in classical styles, ever-fresh on statues. Women revive the Greek "lampadion" and "melon." As for men, the entire English army cuts off one another's ponytails in ten minutes in 1808. In France, Napoleon wears his hair short and combed forward -- Roman emperor chic.