We all have a memory or two of a bad haircut.
Sometimes our moms made us have a bowl cut to look a perfect white American boy and sometimes the barber just went rogue leaving the ‘victim’ in tears. Not to mention the hair colors which shifted from blonde to green after one wash.
However, if you think that Mullet, the epitome of fashion back in the 70’s and 80’s, is a story of past already, you might not be very correct.
Mullet is back and more people are liking it than you think.
As reported by some of the renowned hair artists across the UK, this classic style is reviving and is about to have its second era soon.
Idalina Domingos, a hairdresser at a salon in London, told the Guardian that she regularly receives customers to have a Mullet cutting.
The 24-year-old said: “I cut at least one or two a week. There are these modern mullets, people are coming round to the idea. It’s a fun haircut to have and it’s only going to get more popular.”
Jackson Acton, a hairdresser working in Peckham, said: “You can’t go wrong with a mullet. I’ve done a lot of them in the last year for both girls and guys.”
If you have no idea what a Mullet looks like, try to remember the hairstyle Vincent Vega had in Pulp Fiction.
To describe in plain words, Mullet is characterized by shorter hair on the front and sides but longer at the back.
Mullet was at its peak in the 70’s and 80’s. The fashion was made mainstream back then by celebrities like Rod Stewart, Lionel Richie, and David Bowie.
The hairstyle in question has now regained its popularity – just as much as it had back in the 1980’s.
The return of Mullet can be associated with the revival of the 1980’s life in media, like in the TV series Stranger Things. But there might be more factors at play.
Dominic Johnson, from performance and visual culture department at Queen Marry university, London, says the revival of Mullet has somewhat political reasons.
Speaking to the Guardian, he said: “It sounds silly but it’s tied to a longer tradition of using whatever means are available, whether that’s a haircut or wearing lipstick, or changing the way you use language, in order to attach to a particular identity.”
According to the Creative Director at New York’s Vacancy Project, Masami Hosono, the ‘step-mullet’ is the future.
Speaking to the Teen Vogue, Hosono said: “It’s very interesting because mostly hair trends come from 60-80’s, but I feel like step mullet is a 00’s thing.
“I really think it comes from people who cut their own hair… Kind of accident-based, DIY, just chopped your step with kitchen scissors.”
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