MANILA, Philippines?Farrrah Fawcett?s tousled hairstyle was the most requested look when Fanny ?TF? Serrano began his hair-and-makeup business in the 1980s.

?The request came from all social classes, sosyal at masa. They all wanted to look like her,? said Serrano, who opened his first salon in 1981 at the El Niño Apartelle in Cubao, Quezon City.

Fawcett, sex symbol and 1970s TV star (?Charlie?s Angels?) died Thursday (Friday in Manila) after a three-year battle with cancer. She was 62. Her iconic hairstyle?created by Santa Monica (California) stylist Allen Edwards?was sought by women everywhere in the world. It became so popular that, until now, it?s known simply as The Farrah, according to www.makeovertrends.taaz.com. It even made a recent comeback.

Hairdresser Ricky Reyes shared Serrano?s view: ?In the ?80s, every young woman and homosexual wanted to be Farrah Fawcett. She was one of the most influential women in the world of style, along with Twiggy and Mia Farrow.?

While The Farrah may appear carefree and easy, Serrano said, it?s actually difficult to maintain. ?I don?t recommend it to clients who have a very busy lifestyle.?

The cut, Serrano said, should be ?soft, feathery, and not blunt.? The curls could be achieved with a set of ?hot rollers? or a blow dryer, he added.

?Filipinas are naturally gaya-gaya,? said Reyes. ?But the cut doesn?t look good with black hair. You have to have brown hair, at least.? He added that the modern interpretation of Fawcett?s hairstyle has curls that are ?more relaxed.?

In a recent pictorial for a hair magazine, Serrano related, he was instructed to recreate The Farrah. ?I was also told to do contemporary hairstyles popularized by Katie Holmes and Victoria Beckham. My point here,? he stressed, ?is that Farrah?s look will never go out of style.?

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