I get so tired of people thinking that the beehive hairdo originated in Baltimore or was only worn in Baltimore just because it was in a John Waters movie. Once and for all it was NOT a "Baltimore thing". From this article:

"The hairstyle made its debut in 1960, and was conceived by Margaret Vinci Heldt, then a stylist for the Chicago-based Modern Beauty Shop magazine. Inspired to showcase something different for the February 1960 issue, Heldt conceptualized the new hair design.

"I went home, and I thought, 'What am I going to do that hasn't been done before?" Heldt, now 92 and retired, told the Associated Press in January.

Heldt waited until her family was asleep one night before she started styling the hair on a mannequin head, trying to emulate the shape of a small black velvet hat.

"Before you know it, something was coming out," she said. "And I thought, 'I like this.'"

The magazine, now called Modern Salon, dubbed the look "the beehive.""