From the Magazine
February 2017 Issue

The Trumps Versus the Kennedys: A Study in First Families

J.F.K. had boyishly luxuriant hair. Trump is . . . boyishly crayon-colored?

No offense to Ron and Nancy, but the Trumps will ostensibly be the most glamorous clan to occupy the White House since the Kennedys. (They’ll surely be the glossiest.) Can our new First Family usher in its own Camelot-like era of excitement, intellect, culture, and elegance?

Photographs from Brooks Kraft L.L.C./Sygma (Kennedys), by Dimitrios Kambouris (Blue Steel), Scott Legato (Ted Nugent), from The New York Daily News Archive (Boyishly Luxuriant), by Hy Peskin (Touch Football), Art Rickerby/The Life Picture Collection (Pink Pillbox Hat), from Tetra Images (White House), all from Getty Images; By Paul Morigi/Wireimage (Trumps).

An Illustrated History of Donald Trump’s Hair. Warning! Don’t Read Before Lunch!

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By NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images.
In this photo from 1976, Trump shows off plans for the future Grand Hyatt on East 42nd Street to a city official. Considering the era and the man, this is a remarkably tasteful, organic-looking hairstyle. Nevertheless, the hard-charging young developer appears to be studying the older man’s pate-management techniques with an eye, as always, to the future.