Medium: jaw to shoulders
The lob, the shag, the mullet and shoulder-length curls. 29 hairstyles.
🇬🇧 United KingdomShampoo and set
A classic UK styling method using rollers and lotion.Styled · Any hair · 1930
WorldDread perming
A chemical treatment to create or maintain dreadlocks quickly.Styled · Straight hair
🇺🇸 United StatesAfro
A rounded style of combed-out natural hair.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1960
WorldPayot
Sidelocks worn by Orthodox Jewish men based on religious law.Styled · Curly hair
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreMullet
An asymmetric haircut with short hair at the front and sides, and long hair at the back.Cut · Any hair · 1980
WorldFrench braid
A three-strand gathered plait from crown to nape.Braid · Any hair · 1871
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 morePerm
A chemical or thermal treatment that sets permanent waves or curls into the hair.Styled · Curly hair · 1872
WorldBun
A hairstyle where hair is gathered and coiled into a circular shape on the head.Updo · Any hair
WorldChignon
A knotted hairstyle worn at the nape or back of the head.Updo · Any hair
🇫🇷 France and 2 morePompadour
High-volume hair swept up and back from the forehead.Updo · Any hair · 1950
🇪🇬 EgyptSidelock of youth
Ancient Egyptian braided side hair worn by royal children.Braid · Any hair
WorldRinglet
Curled locks of hair formed by wrapping strands around a tool or twisting them.Curls · Curly hair
WorldComb over
A hairstyle for balding men that uses long hair to cover thinning areas.Styled · Straight hair
🇩🇪 GermanySuebian knot
A historical male bun worn by the Suebi and other Germanic tribes to signal status and identity.Updo · Straight hair
🇬🇧 United KingdomPageboy
Straight hair hanging below the ear with an inward turn.Cut · Straight hair · 1950
🇯🇵 JapanNihongami
Traditional Japanese hairstyles characterized by elaborate updos, side wings, and wax styling.Updo · Straight hair
🇺🇸 United StatesDevilock
A punk style featuring short sides and a long front section combed forward.Cut · Any hair · 1970
🇷🇼 RwandaAmasunzu
A traditional Rwandan hairstyle featuring crescent-shaped hair crests.Styled
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreDucktail
A 1950s men's cut with a central rear parting.Cut · Straight hair · 1950
🇺🇸 United StatesJheri curl
A glossy, wet-look perm popular in the 1980s among Black communities.Curls · Curly hair · 1980
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreRattail
A long strip of hair at the napeCut · Any hair · 1980
🇻🇳 VietnamCurtained hair
A parted fringe with short sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 1980
WorldLob
A medium-length haircut falling at or just below the shoulders.Cut · Any hair
🇬🇧 United KingdomVictory rolls
A 1940s women's hairstyle featuring voluminous side rolls shaped like the letter V.Styled · Straight hair · 1940
🇺🇸 United StatesShag
A layered, unisex haircut featuring feathered top sections and thin edges.Cut · 1969
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreBouffant
A puffy, rounded hairstyle with height at the crown.Styled · Any hair · 1950
WorldAsymmetric cut
A haircut where one side is longer than the otherCut · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesHalo hairstyle
Horizontal bands of light colour wrapping around the head.Styled · Any hair · 2013
WorldStep cutting
A graduated haircut featuring distinct horizontal layers that create a stair-like effect.Cut
🇳🇬 NigeriaKoroba
A Yoruba braid styled like an upside-down basketBraid · Any hair
🇯🇵 JapanFrench twist
An elegant updo where hair is twisted vertically against the head.Updo · Any hair · 1940
🇺🇸 United StatesThe Rachel
Voluminous layered cut popularised by FriendsCut · Straight hair · 1995
🇺🇸 United StatesAfro
A rounded style of combed-out natural hair.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1960
WorldPayot
Sidelocks worn by Orthodox Jewish men based on religious law.Styled · Curly hair
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreMullet
An asymmetric haircut with short hair at the front and sides, and long hair at the back.Cut · Any hair · 1980
WorldFrench braid
A three-strand gathered plait from crown to nape.Braid · Any hair · 1871
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 morePerm
A chemical or thermal treatment that sets permanent waves or curls into the hair.Styled · Curly hair · 1872
WorldBun
A hairstyle where hair is gathered and coiled into a circular shape on the head.Updo · Any hair
WorldChignon
A knotted hairstyle worn at the nape or back of the head.Updo · Any hair
🇫🇷 France and 2 morePompadour
High-volume hair swept up and back from the forehead.Updo · Any hair · 1950
🇪🇬 EgyptSidelock of youth
Ancient Egyptian braided side hair worn by royal children.Braid · Any hair
WorldRinglet
Curled locks of hair formed by wrapping strands around a tool or twisting them.Curls · Curly hair
WorldComb over
A hairstyle for balding men that uses long hair to cover thinning areas.Styled · Straight hair
🇩🇪 GermanySuebian knot
A historical male bun worn by the Suebi and other Germanic tribes to signal status and identity.Updo · Straight hair
🇬🇧 United KingdomPageboy
Straight hair hanging below the ear with an inward turn.Cut · Straight hair · 1950
🇯🇵 JapanNihongami
Traditional Japanese hairstyles characterized by elaborate updos, side wings, and wax styling.Updo · Straight hair
🇺🇸 United StatesDevilock
A punk style featuring short sides and a long front section combed forward.Cut · Any hair · 1970
🇷🇼 RwandaAmasunzu
A traditional Rwandan hairstyle featuring crescent-shaped hair crests.Styled
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreDucktail
A 1950s men's cut with a central rear parting.Cut · Straight hair · 1950
🇺🇸 United StatesJheri curl
A glossy, wet-look perm popular in the 1980s among Black communities.Curls · Curly hair · 1980
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreRattail
A long strip of hair at the napeCut · Any hair · 1980
🇻🇳 VietnamCurtained hair
A parted fringe with short sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 1980
WorldLob
A medium-length haircut falling at or just below the shoulders.Cut · Any hair
🇬🇧 United KingdomVictory rolls
A 1940s women's hairstyle featuring voluminous side rolls shaped like the letter V.Styled · Straight hair · 1940
🇺🇸 United StatesShag
A layered, unisex haircut featuring feathered top sections and thin edges.Cut · 1969
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreBouffant
A puffy, rounded hairstyle with height at the crown.Styled · Any hair · 1950
WorldAsymmetric cut
A haircut where one side is longer than the otherCut · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesHalo hairstyle
Horizontal bands of light colour wrapping around the head.Styled · Any hair · 2013
WorldStep cutting
A graduated haircut featuring distinct horizontal layers that create a stair-like effect.Cut
🇳🇬 NigeriaKoroba
A Yoruba braid styled like an upside-down basketBraid · Any hair
🇯🇵 JapanFrench twist
An elegant updo where hair is twisted vertically against the head.Updo · Any hair · 1940
🇺🇸 United StatesThe Rachel
Voluminous layered cut popularised by FriendsCut · Straight hair · 1995
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Mullet: Wordzandguitar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Comb over: Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo, Public domain, source
- Sidelock of youth: Unknown artist, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- The Rachel: ABC Television, Public domain, source
- Payot: Mark Neyman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Perm: Louis Calvete, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Suebian knot: Bullenwächter, CC BY 3.0, source
- Ringlet: Margaret Sarah Carpenter, Public domain, source
- Jheri curl: Olugold, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bun: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nihongami: 都新聞社 Miyako Shinbun, Public domain, source
- Afro: Jason Melcher, CC BY 2.0, source
- French braid: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chignon: www.GlynLowe.com, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pompadour: Pearson Scott Foresman, Public domain, source
- Pageboy: Jacometto Veneziano, Public domain, source
- Devilock: mitchbuchannon, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lob: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ducktail: Rockbillyboogie, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Curtained hair: Jacques-Émile Blanche, Public domain, source
- Bouffant: Bain News Service, Public domain, source
- Shag: ABC Television Network ., Public domain, source
- Asymmetric cut: Xiaweiyang, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- French twist: SWinxy, CC BY 4.0, source
- Halo hairstyle: Papipacify, CC BY-SA 4.0, source