on December 14, 2024, 9:55 pm, in reply to "Short Hair "Won" the "Haircut Wars"... at least for Millennials?"
#1 The required unwanted haircut - long to short
#2 The Shirt and Tie required
Perhaps these are so intertwined because, in my experience at least, an overbearing father that had his idea what a man should look like - and that meant a proper businessman haircut, and wearing a suit, shirt, and tie to important events. Having grown up in the 60s, short hair and wearing a shirt and tie was not on the list for many young men - me included. My mom let me grow my hair down to my shoulders, but my dad went ballistic. They were divorced and he had not seen me for 2 yrs due to business. The summer I went to stay with him, he decided I needed a haircut took me to the barbershop where he told the barber to neaten me up - that meant getting the hair cut above the collar, off the ears, and parted on the side. And, as was fashionable at the time, slicked down with hairtonic. Vitalis or Wildroot or a bit of both if I remember correctly. A drastic change that's for sure. All summer while working at my dad's company, I was forced to maintain the hairstyle. Bi-weekly trips to the barhershop. Once I was back living with mom, I threw out the hairtonic, let it grow, and ditched the side part. Since then however the thrill of the required haircuct never left me.
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Many of us may remember growing up during the "haircut wars", when young guys wanted to rebel against the conformity of the short-haired establishment, and our fathers. It's become pretty clear within the last couple decades, though, that young men (Millennials and Gen Z) largely prefer -- not only short hair -- but VERY short haircuts nowadays, and get their hair cut far more often than their Boomer or Gen X counterparts. It's not unusual for my Millennial counterparts to get their hair cut every two weeks, which is how often my father's generation would get theirs cut in the 50s and early 60s.
It's funny that, now that long hair is ostensibly more acceptable and free of its political connotations, guys still moved back to fades, parts, buzzes, Ivys, etc. Part of me thinks it's a bit of a backlash against the "gender neutral" movement -- the move to obscure or eliminate distinctions between men and women. I think it's also why a lot of young guys now sports beards. Like short hair, beards are a way for young men to express an unambiguously masculine appearance. There's also a huge gym culture now, and I think the desire to reclaim the masculinity that the previous generation tried to neutralize is a big part of why so many guys hit the gym to get jacked nowadays.
(I kind of wish this would extend a bit further into clothing. I hate the "athleisure" and overly-casual trend in clothing, and would love a return to suits in more casual contexts, or at least slacks and collared shirts/ties.)
I think the youngest (teens, early 20s -- younger Gen Z) are moving in the opposite direction, though, and sporting more flowy, shaggy hair, similar to what we had in the 90s. But Milliennials seems to be sticking to their fades and shorter styles.
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