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A shape-up, also called a line-up or an edge-up, is a hairstyle that involves cutting along the natural hairline to straighten it. Edge-ups are typically found among men and short-haired women. The haircut grew in popularity during the 1980s, typically among those who have Afro-textured hair, and became the precursor to other stylish haircuts ...
Pixie cut. A pixie cut is a short hairstyle, generally short on the back and sides of the head and slightly longer on the top, with very short bangs. It is a variant of a crop. The name is derived from the mythological pixie. [citation needed]
Hairstyle. Chinese woman with an elaborate hair style, 1869. Traditional hairstyle of a Japanese bride. A hairstyle, hairdo, haircut, or coiffure refers to the styling of hair, usually on the human head but sometimes on the face or body. The fashioning of hair can be considered an aspect of personal grooming, fashion, and cosmetics, although ...
This is known as a “horseshoe flattop” or “shoe”. Regardless of the form, the flattop is usually cut with electric clippers, using both the clipper-over-comb and freehand techniques on the top and detachable blades on the back and sides. [1][2][3][4] Flattops are typically groomed with wax pomade (known as butch wax in the 1950s [5 ...
Hi-top fade is a haircut where hair on the sides is cut off or kept very short while hair on the top of the head is grown long. [1] The hi-top was a trend during the golden age of hip hop and urban contemporary music of the 1980s and the early 1990s. [2] It was common among young African American males between 1986 and 1993 and to a lesser ...
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
A buzz cut, or wiffle cut, is a variety of short hairstyles, especially where the length of hair is the same on all parts of the head. Rising to prominence initially with the advent of manual hair clippers, buzz cuts became increasingly popular in places where strict grooming conventions applied. In several nations, buzz cuts are often given to ...
Chonmage. A 19th-century samurai with a chonmage. The chonmage (丁髷) is a type of traditional Japanese topknot haircut worn by men. It is most commonly associated with the Edo period (1603–1868) and samurai, and in recent times with sumo wrestlers. It was originally a method of using hair to hold a samurai kabuto helmet steady atop the ...