Daisy Jones & The Six – A Look at Maryann Hennings’ Hair

If you’ve watched the first season of Daisy Jones & The Six on Amazon Prime and immediately wished for some blunt bangs and shaggy layers, you are not alone. The show’s hair department head Maryann Hennings (whose credits include Where the Crawdads Sing and Brooklyn Nine-Nine) was in charge of helping to tell the story of small town band Daisy Jones’ euphoric highs and tumultuous lows through a series of ’70s inspired looks.

Daisy is a character with many interesting and conflicting traits, but one that stands out is her alluring voice. Fitzgerald often describes her as a siren, referencing the legend of Sirens from The Odyssey and their ability to lure men in with their beauty. Her husky, rich voice serves to further establish her as both beautiful and dangerous, while connecting her to less-tangible qualities like wealth and the American Dream.

It’s a part of her that many people who disagree with how Daisy is portrayed in the novel call into question, particularly when it comes to the way she’s described as shallow and selfish. This characterization, and others like it, are often the basis for claims that the book is misogynistic.

But that’s a discussion for another day, and what we want to focus on today is how her hair is used as a tool to convey a number of important ideas about her character. In particular, Daisy’s choppy, wavy locks are a sign of her lack of stability and control in her life.