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Styles worn across genders. 37 hairstyles on EveryHairstyle so far.
Many hairstyles are worn across genders. Locs, afros, buzz cuts, ponytails, mullets and undercuts are worn by people of any gender, and many styles that began with one group have spread to everyone. Hair rules about gender vary widely between cultures and have changed fast in the past century, so a style seen as men's in one place may be women's or anyone's in another.
Styles without a gender
Locs and afros have been worn by both men and women from the start, as have box braids and cornrows. The buzz cut, once a recruit's cut, became a choice for women in the 1990s. Ponytails are worn by athletes of every gender. The mullet, the curtain fringe and the undercut, each first popular among men, have been worn widely by women since the 2010s, and the bob and the pixie by men.
Changing rules
Many schools, armed forces and workplaces once set different hair rules for boys and girls or men and women, and some still do. Rules on length for boys, especially, have been challenged in courts in the United States, Britain and elsewhere, with mixed results. Gender-neutral pricing, charging by hair length and time rather than by the client's gender, has spread among salons in several countries.
Famous anyone hairstyles
Further reading
WorldHair stick
A long, thin accessory used to secure hair buns and updos.Adorned · Any hair
WorldDread perming
A chemical treatment to create or maintain dreadlocks quickly.Styled · Straight hair
🇮🇳 IndiaHead shaving in Hinduism
A ritual act of head shaving in Hinduism for purification, mourning, and devotion.Shaved · Any hair
🇸🇩 Sudan and 4 moreDreadlocks
A hairstyle of rope-like hair strands formed by matting or twisting.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1970
WorldBangs
Strands of hair cut to cover the forehead and fall over the eyebrows.Cut · Any hair · 1880
🇺🇸 United StatesMohawk
A hairstyle with shaved sides and a central strip of longer hair.Shaved · Any hair · 1970
🇺🇸 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
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreBob cut
Short to medium haircut ending at the jaw or shoulders.Cut · Any hair · 1909
WorldBowl cut
A short haircut with a straight fringe and even length around the head.Cut · Any hair · 1400
WorldBraid
Interlaced strands of hair used for style and social signalling.Braid · Any hair
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreUndercut
Long top hair with shaved or buzzed sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 1910
WorldLob
A medium-length haircut falling at or just below the shoulders.Cut · Any hair
🇻🇳 VietnamCurtained hair
A parted fringe with short sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 1980
WorldShort hair
A general category for haircuts kept above the shoulders or chin.Cut · Any hair · 1920
WorldLiberty spikes
Long, thick upright hair spikes resembling the Statue of Liberty crown.Styled · Any hair · 1970
WorldAsymmetric cut
A haircut where one side is longer than the otherCut · Any hair
🇫🇷 FranceTitus cut
Short layered cut with curls from late 18th-century FranceCut · Curly hair · 1791
WorldBackcombing
A styling method that creates volume by tangling hair near the root.Styled · Any hair
WorldFrosted tips
Short spiky hair with bleached ends.Cut · Any hair · 1998
WorldCrochet braids
A protective hairstyle using a latch hook to attach synthetic hair to cornrows.Braid · Any hair
Sub-Saharan AfricaAfrican hair threading
A traditional sub-Saharan African technique using thread to wrap and braid natural hair.Braid · Any hair
WorldHair straightening
A technique to flatten and smooth hair texture using heat or chemicals.Styled · Curly hair · 1950
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Bob cut: 147 Company, CC BY 4.0, source
- Dreadlocks: Richard Mortel, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mullet: Wordzandguitar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Braid: Ciell, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Head shaving in Hinduism: Napoleon is back, CC0, source
- Hair straightening: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ponytail: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Afro: Jason Melcher, CC BY 2.0, source
- French braid: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Buzz cut: Fadi El Benni of Al Jazeera English, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Undercut: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Box braids: Randen Pederson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Lob: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Curtained hair: Jacques-Émile Blanche, Public domain, source
- Liberty spikes: THOR, CC BY 2.0, source
- Asymmetric cut: Xiaweiyang, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Titus cut: Adrien Pierre François Godefroy, Public domain, source
- Bangs: Circle of Girolamo Mocetto (Active 1490-1530), Public domain, source
- Mohawk: Duke.emerson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Backcombing: Alexander Blum, Public domain, source
- Bowl cut: Audun Gjerdi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hair stick: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Short hair: Alex Neman, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- African hair threading: Judeylive, CC BY-SA 4.0, source