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Jurchen men, like their Manchu descendants, wore their hair in queues. In 1126, the Jurchen ordered male Han within their conquered territories to adopt the Jurchen hairstyle by shaving the front of their heads and to adopt Jurchen dress, but the order was lifted. [26]
"Haircut" is a short story by American writer Ring Lardner, first published in 1925. [1] It is told from the perspective of a loquacious barber as he recounts the story of a town prankster named Jim Kendall. The story is a bleak satire on warped small-town morality and considered Lardner’s most famous work outside of sports writing. [2]
This was the case particularly for male prostitutes, who would not be considered as a suitable object of homoerotic desire for older men (wakashūdo or shūdo) after reaching adulthood. In 1685, the shogunate reportedly cracked down on the so-called o-wakashū (senior youths) who delayed their coming-of-age ceremony until their middle 20s.
A regular haircut in Western fashion is a men's and boys' hairstyle featuring hair long enough to comb on top, with a defined or deconstructed side part, and back and sides that vary in length from short, semi-short, medium, long, to extra long.
A dome-shaped short haircut with the bottom razored into a V shape. Step cut: A measured style in which the hair takes the form of cascading steps. Surfer hair: A tousled hairstyle. Tail on back A men's hairstyle made by growing the hair out in the back like a small tail. It is widely seen in India. See Rattail. Updo
Popular music and film stars had a major influence on 1950s hairstyles and fashion. Elvis Presley and James Dean had a great influence on the high quiff-pompadour greased-up style or slicked-back style for men with heavy use of Brylcreem or pomade. The pompadour was a fashion trend in the 1950s, especially among male rockabilly artists and actors.
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Conk hairstyle. The conk was a hairstyle popular among African-American men from the 1920s up to the early-to-mid 1960s. [1] This hairstyle called for a man with naturally "kinky" hair to have it chemically straightened using a relaxer called congolene, an initially homemade hair straightener gel made from the extremely corrosive chemical lye which was often mixed with eggs and potatoes.