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New modern hair designs have been created while it has been inseparably related to art styles. Among them, geometric abstraction seeks absolute purity, thus consisting of horizontal and vertical forms with no compositional elements. One of the reasons that geometric forms are well received in these modern times is that they are well arranged and have regular impressions, compared to figurative forms. Geometric hair designs can be defined as works that express abstract forms or inner elements of designers intermingled with their pure formative intention and whose artistry enabling to arouse innovative, novel or visual interest. This study analyzed twentieth-century abstract art styles and artworks for the aesthetic and philosophical investigation of abstraction in art and used such analysis to examine geometric abstract expressions depicted in modern hair designs. As empirical data, it analyzed the works that had won“British Hairdressing Awards.”The study showed that modern geometric hair designs were characterized by clarity, simplicity, repetition and classical tendencies and underlined the formativeness of designs themselves when creating geometric hair design. By investigating modern hair designs through specific art styles, this study could seek for the creative development of design and the expansion of its scope.