Now, The Poodle Cut - For Men -- M. Raymond looked ever so pretty when his perm was finished and the pins were out. It had taken a long time, and a perm is always wearying, but it was worth it. His head was just a mass of Tony little "black curls, swept neatly back over the ears. Shaggy - but sweet, M. Raymond, who runs a London women's hairdressing salon, intends to try to persuade others to adopt what he calls the "Poodle Style. March 09, 1951. (Photo by Daily Mirror).