BOC Week 5: Trends in Men's Styles

In the 1950’s the Greaser and Preppy looks were a big part of mainstream men’s fashion and hairstyles. The Greaser’s hair was long and slicked back into a pompadour, the Preppy look was a little shorter than the Greaser’s and had a little bit of a comb over. In the 1980’s guys were growing out their hair even longer, a trend taken from the rise of rock music. The look was a bit grungy looking and usually uneven. In the 90’s is when we started to see a more contemporary look come into mainstream culture. Men were more clean cut and haircuts such as the fade and taper cuts were made a comeback and are still very much alive today. The 2000’s brought new trend’s to men’s hairstyles, one called the faux-hawk. Reminiscent of the British punk Mohawk earlier decades, the faux hawk was not as wild but still went against normal contemporary hairstyles.