In Star Trek, characters generally have pointy sideburns.
Clearly a production decision was made in the 60s. What's the history of this?
(Related question: Is there any in-universe explanation or reference to why pointy sideburns persisted for so long?)
Answer
There is a section on this in "The Making of Star Trek", by Stephen E. Whitfield.
According to the story, the producers (that was basically Gene Roddenberry) wanted 'futuristic' hairstyles. However the actors pointed out that they had to live in the real world, and weren't going to spend their off days looking like freaks from the future. The pointed sideburn was the compromise.
There isn't a record of exactly who came up with the idea. Presumably some combination of Roddenberry and the hair department.
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