What drives any trend? They like it. They’ll probably look back on it in ten years time and wince, but damn, I’m glad there’s no photos of me as a seventeen year old around.
Just one of those things I think. At some point some famous guy probably wore it, the girls loved it, the boys acquired it believing they’ve unlocked the key to sexyville, and on it went. Just one of those trends that social media spreads even further.
I mean, even Clark Kent in the latest Superman movie has it.
It gained traction during lockdown when (1) most children and teenagers weren’t at school and (2) most people couldn’t get a proper haircut. They had their first opportunity to grow out their hair, and depending on its texture that was typically either the alpaca thing or a mullet.
When the schools fully reopened, they had far more important things to worry about than gendered style/uniform rules.
As with most trends, I imagine a famous person or two were seen having that haircut and people who like that famous person copied them, then their friends start copying them so that they ‘fit in’.
It won’t be long before another style becomes all the rage.
Happens in every generation and every age during that generation.
It’s already started to change to be fair the next teenager group will have something different. As the early 2000’s fashion is returning I’m not going to be surprised if longer hair and such isn’t going to be around the corner
To paraphrase what I’ve told my mum over the years: my style is meant to be appealing to people my age, not middle aged men on Reddit.
If it helps them feel good, find partners, be trendy etc then that’s all that matters. Nobody cares if older people think it looks dumb, it’s not for them.
When I was a kid 99% of lads just had a 2 all over, anything else and you were a mosher/goff. I would have killed for Meet Me at McDonald’s to have existed then.
The same thing that made mullets cool in the 80s. This is your old man yells at cloud moment, OP. You’re getting old. You cannot relate to the youth and their likes any more. That’s fine. Just enjoy what you want and stop worrying about teenagers haircuts haha
I remember around ten years ago where everyone had their hair slicked back hard. It was what barbers assumed you wanted without asking and it was bloody awful. Hated it.
60 year old woman with extremely curly hair, I’d love a haircut like that but I don’t think the OH would let me. Back in the day it was called the Fun Boy 3 haircut.
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Meet Me at McDonald’s is a better name
They should have Nike ticks shaved in the back of their hair like we had in the 90s and 00s eh, then they’d look cool
Style always changes. They think it looks good.
I have a fun game called:
Tell Me Your Age And I’ll Point Out Dumb Trends From Your Youth Too
Jeremy Haircut decreed that it be so.
What drives any trend? They like it. They’ll probably look back on it in ten years time and wince, but damn, I’m glad there’s no photos of me as a seventeen year old around.
Broccoli hair!
Not gonna act like we didn’t all have patterns and tram lines etched into our hair
At their age I had greasy curtains. They looked shit too.
Just one of those things I think. At some point some famous guy probably wore it, the girls loved it, the boys acquired it believing they’ve unlocked the key to sexyville, and on it went. Just one of those trends that social media spreads even further.
I mean, even Clark Kent in the latest Superman movie has it.
It gained traction during lockdown when (1) most children and teenagers weren’t at school and (2) most people couldn’t get a proper haircut. They had their first opportunity to grow out their hair, and depending on its texture that was typically either the alpaca thing or a mullet.
When the schools fully reopened, they had far more important things to worry about than gendered style/uniform rules.
I’m more curious about the return of mullets
Lack of taste?
Starting with the old Hitler youth haircut that was popular in 2019.
Growing out in 2020 leading to Lockdown bowl haircuts with dad’s ball hair trimmers.
Mums and sisters practicing perms at home before trying themselves.
After a couple of years, it’s widespread enough to be a normal haircut, that people ask for.
Trends change over time. That haircut is currently popular, in a few years some other haircut will be popular.
At least it’s not the mullet with the shitty moustache trend.
As with most trends, I imagine a famous person or two were seen having that haircut and people who like that famous person copied them, then their friends start copying them so that they ‘fit in’.
It won’t be long before another style becomes all the rage.
Happens in every generation and every age during that generation.
What’s driving any haircut trend for teenagers?
Every few years we get a new “silly” haircut for youngsters. The more grown ups tell them they don’t like it, the more kids will get them.
Imitators imitating each other – Like all similar things.
I dunno, but it’s certainly aLlaming.
(Jeez that took me way longer than I care to admit, but I’m happy that I camelid up with a pun)
Kids are stupid. Me and my mates all had curtains back in the late 90s, we were also stupid.
My 16 year old brother has one, he said he thinks it looks good, who am I to judge? At his age I had some shite haircuts too, style changes.
Congratulations, you’re officially old. Your slippers will be in the post
I had a flat top in the 80s for one haircut and I thought it was the biz. Nuff said.
Beaker from The Muppets is an icon
Personally, I think it looks pretty great. Certainly better than the curtains we all had in the mid 90s.
Kids have hairstyles old people don’t like. Get over it.
Trends seem to last 5 minutes these days.
Except this one. It’s been around for over 5 years, unfortunately
The same thing that drove us all to have the bowl in early 90s or spiky hair in the late 90s early noughties. Trends.
It’s already started to change to be fair the next teenager group will have something different. As the early 2000’s fashion is returning I’m not going to be surprised if longer hair and such isn’t going to be around the corner
I had the mid 1990’s bowl head undercut with curtains…..
Im now bald as an egg, furnished with the classic wrap around toilet seat on the back and sides.
You’re only young once, let them look like tits.
To paraphrase what I’ve told my mum over the years: my style is meant to be appealing to people my age, not middle aged men on Reddit.
If it helps them feel good, find partners, be trendy etc then that’s all that matters. Nobody cares if older people think it looks dumb, it’s not for them.
Same hair was popular in the 80s.
When I was a kid 99% of lads just had a 2 all over, anything else and you were a mosher/goff. I would have killed for Meet Me at McDonald’s to have existed then.
Dear Reddit,
What am fashion?
Bit weird that you’re so invested in looking at teenage boys to notice this
It was a thing in the mid 80s, in NI at least. Looked stupid af back then too.
Saying that, arguably the most ridiculed haircut of all time, the mullet has made a comeback. Whats driving that exactly? Lol
Let people enjoy having hair they can.
The same thing that made mullets cool in the 80s. This is your old man yells at cloud moment, OP. You’re getting old. You cannot relate to the youth and their likes any more. That’s fine. Just enjoy what you want and stop worrying about teenagers haircuts haha
Stupidity?
It’s just the current trend.
I remember around ten years ago where everyone had their hair slicked back hard. It was what barbers assumed you wanted without asking and it was bloody awful. Hated it.
The hair cuts you see as normal and fashionable would have looked as strange and silly to people older than you.
Centre parting in my days. We all had these trends as we grew up.
They’re slowly undergoing a metamorphosis into becoming grandma’s.
I thought it was called broccoli hair and nothing against it, but I also want to know who/how it started
60 year old woman with extremely curly hair, I’d love a haircut like that but I don’t think the OH would let me. Back in the day it was called the Fun Boy 3 haircut.
They like it.
If it’s the one I’m thinking of, it’s because it’s good at covering a receding hairline which is far more common these days due to stress.
The stress is caused by more obvious reasons