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Styles mostly worn by men. 77 hairstyles on EveryHairstyle so far.

Men's hairstyles have often been shaped by rules: of armies, schools, faiths and governments. For much of the 20th century in the West, men wore short, tidy cuts made at the barber's, from the crew cut to the side-parted regular haircut. Other times and places favoured long hair and topknots, and music and subcultures have regularly pushed men's hair longer, taller or sharper.

The barber's cut

The regular haircut, short at the back and sides and a little longer on top, has been the standard Western men's cut since the late 19th century. The crew cut and the Ivy League were favoured by American college men in the 1950s, and the flattop by servicemen. Black barbering gave the world the fade, cut from skin to length with no visible line, and the line-up, sharp edges at the hairline.

Topknots and long hair

Elsewhere men grew their hair long. Samurai shaved the front of the head and tied the rest in a chonmage; married Korean men wore the sangtu topknot; Chinese men under the Qing wore the queue. Long hair for men returned in the West in the 1960s, and in Czechoslovakia long-haired young men, the máničky, were treated with suspicion by the communist authorities. The man bun and long top of the 2010s are the latest return.

Famous mostly men hairstyles

Regular haircutShort back and sidesCrew cutA short college and military cutPompadourThe swept-up style of rock and rollCaesar cutA short cut with a forward fringeIvy League haircutA longer crew cut with a partingFlattopHair cut flat on topTemple fadeA fade at the temples and napeChonmageThe samurai topknot

Further reading

KindCutBraidUpdoPonytailLocsNaturalCurlsShavedFringeStyledWrappedAdorned
Hair typeStraight hairWavy hairCurly hairCoily and kinky hairFine hairThick hairAny hair
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🇯🇵 JapanChonmage Traditional Japanese topknot worn by men, historically by samurai and now by sumo wrestlers.Updo · Straight hair · 1603 🇺🇸 United StatesCrew cut A short, graduated men's haircut with upright top hair.Cut · Thick hair · 1920 WorldComb over A hairstyle for balding men that uses long hair to cover thinning areas.Styled · Straight hair 🇬🇧 United KingdomPageboy Straight hair hanging below the ear with an inward turn.Cut · Straight hair · 1950 🇩🇪 GermanySuebian knot A historical male bun worn by the Suebi and other Germanic tribes to signal status and identity.Updo · Straight hair 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreDucktail A 1950s men's cut with a central rear parting.Cut · Straight hair · 1950 🇯🇵 JapanPunch perm Tightly curled Japanese male hairstyle from the 1960s.Curls · Straight hair · 1960 WorldWings A layered cut where side hair flips out like wings.Cut · Wavy hair · 1830 WorldBig hair A hairstyle style defined by large volume and significant space around the head.Styled · Curly hair · 1960 French crop 🇫🇷 France and 1 moreFrench crop Short men's cut with faded sides and a blunt fringe.Cut · Straight hair · 1920 Mop-top 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreMop-top A bowl-shaped cut with a straight fringe, popularised by the Beatles.Cut · Straight hair · 1963 Slicked-back hair 🇺🇸 United StatesSlicked-back hair A flat, glossy style combed straight back from the forehead.Styled · Straight hair · 1920 Two-block haircut 🇰🇷 South KoreaTwo-block haircut Long textured top with short tapered sidesCut · Straight hair 🇺🇸 United StatesMohawk A haircut with shaved sides and a central strip of upright hair.Cut · Straight hair · 1970 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreDucktail A 1950s men's cut with a central rear parting.Cut · Straight hair · 1950

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