The Mullet haircut is very up to date, but It has a very remote origin. There are many styles that we mix from previous times and update with precise and tight cuts to our current times, and we love how the imagination and taste for the classic evolves.
Its synchrony is based on making the front is long and arrive in the same tune to the nape area. The part of the sides will be short, but not shaved reaching make it a classic cut and that on many occasions has come to be hated for its form.
80s mullets
This is where the essence of this style grows from. Her mane is manifested with great volume and her upper part is also kept with that large very voluminous pompadour. We can remember Andre Agassi as the tennis player who promoted his haircut and led men to break with the established. athletes always they have been the icon of all trends on her hair.
Origin of the Mullet style
Its origin is somewhat mysterious, although it is said that it may have arisen since the Egyptian era with the sphinx, something unlikely, for others it was born as a result of the Mojúl fishermen in the southern United States. If it is true that it began in the 70s with the fashion of glam-rock. Ziggy Sardust popularized the Mullet with his red mane.
Rather Ziggy made a declaration of principles since in the 80s his popularity rose with David Bowie. Although her voluminous hair and the long hair at the back of her might seem somewhat feminine, her drive made her become something that she stood out as. masculine, functional and fun. We analyze the different Mullet cuts depending on their variations:
classic mullet cut
This cut is characterized by its great volume and where the high bushy bangs, recreated with personality and using the fixing spray and hot air. Then its back part is adapted with a small straight hair, long or short and making this hairstyle always remain unchanged with a lot of patience.
Contrasted and voluminous mullet cut
This version has been acquired over the years, becoming one of the most demanded since it is mixed with other types of more current versions. It follows keeping the classic cut and her top of the head is crowned with the Pompadour touch. In this hairstyle the sides of the head extremely short and the rear part is combed well and fixed with a little wax.
Mullet and Fade
These two styles are very current and therefore can be mixed. The upper part remains, almost without touching it and respecting much its length. Although you can comb back in the form of a pompadour, it can also be combed forward creating lots of volume and letting some of the hair fall over the forehead.
The sides or sides of the head they shave with that Fade style and the rear part is respected leaving a burst fade style. You can leave that small mane that protrudes below the neck or respecting a small cut without great length.
curly mullet
The Mullet is also versioned for curly hair It reminds us of the bob cut with curls and of course it is a cut worth highlighting with precision. To ensure that the curls are well placed in their place, it is recommended to make the cut when hair is dry and not wet.
From left to right: Mullet with volume, Mullet Fade and Mullet with curly hair
Mullet with high contrasts
This cut has always been flattering great contrasts between the short and long areas. The upper area is created with that great volume in the form of a pompadour or it is left more very short, disheveled and with a mini fringe. The idea is to make it contrast with the other areas of the head.
can be left some sides cut to the great end and at the nape you can leave a great length or explosion of hair. If the top area is long, the back part can be cut very firmly and always with a great trim.
Mullet with fretwork and degrafilado
This cut is for those who want to challenge their style and mark it with personality. The Mullet cut that is acquired with the sides closely shaved can be decorated with beautiful frets. They have to be drawings with thick lines so they don't get lost over time.
The blunt cut comes from the hand of the Z generation. The great generations of now are committed to giving a much softer appearance with the frayed sides.
From left to right: Mullet with fretwork, Ungrafted Mullet and Mullet without bangs
Mullet without bangs
His cut continues to mark that technicality, with long hair at the back of the head and contrasting with the front. In this case the fringe does not appear, either because it is combed back or because it is cut so that it does not fall forward.