Margaret Vinci Heldt, who became a hairstyling celebrity after she created the famous beehive hairdo in 1960, has died at age 98. Ahlgrim Funeral Home in the Chicago suburb of Elmhurst said Monday ...

Margaret Vinci Heldt, now 92, came up with the towering style in 1960 after she was asked ... secretary Joan Holloway, favours a beehive, and has made the hairdo as cool as she has curves.

But it was the almost impossibly tall, cone-like style that looked like a beehive that made her a household name in early 1960. Just think: A hairdresser who finally makes a name for herself via ...

As the 92-year-old retired hairstylist tells it, Modern Beauty Shop magazine (now Modern Salon) was looking for a new design, something different to feature in its February 1960 issue. She came up ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Margaret Vinci Heldt, who became a hairstyling celebrity after she created the famous beehive hairdo in 1960, has died at age 98. Ahlgrim Funeral Home in the Chicago suburb of ...

Before the headlines about the singing star were devoted only to her drug and alcohol addictions, Winehouse’s 1950s chic and sky-high beehive hairdo inspired designers like Karl Lagerfeld.

CHICAGO — Margaret Vinci Heldt, who became a hairstyling celebrity after she created the famous beehive hairdo in 1960, has died at age 98. Ahlgrim Funeral Home in the Chicago suburb of ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Margaret Vinci Heldt, who became a hairstyling celebrity after she created the famous beehive hairdo in 1960, has died at age 98. Ahlgrim Funeral Home in the Chicago suburb of ...