What is the opposite of a mullet?

[treestar]

Barrista has hair parted in center that hangs straight down, about two inches below her shoulders.

But when she turns around, she has it cut short in back!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. an actual hairstyle?

[treestar]

4. I don't know, I've never seen this one before!

I wonder if there is a name for it or if she is the originator!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. no i mean, the opposite of a mullet is an actual hairstyle.

[treestar]

7. Then if you want one, what do you tell your stylist?

I want a ______.

Not that I'm thinking of getting one. :rofl:

Maybe it should be called a tellum.

[datasuspect]

2. the moronet

[mitchum]

3. A slinghead...

that's what I called mine back in the prehistoric 80s

[treestar]

5. Did you wear it like that?

And it goes back to the 80s?

Did anyone else, or were you unique and original?

[mitchum]

9. Many people wore them, but you shouldn't really part it...

as you say this young lady did. The true slinghead had the bangs falling over and way down past the eyes. Consequently, you had to sling your head in order to see. Hence the name...:)

[last_texas_dem]

8. Maybe the undercut

Long in front/on top, short or shaved in the back. Interestingly, I think both the mullet and the undercut reached their peak of popularity around the same time, although the undercut seems to have died a more quiet death. I think the mullet has become a part of pop culture, but you rarely actually see them anymore.

[treestar]

14. What was the time period generally of greatest popularity?

This is a matter of great cultural importance!

[last_texas_dem]

15. I would say that both cuts

came to prominence in the eighties, peaked in the early nineties, and started fading in popularity by the end of that decade, with the mullet falling out of fashion a little more quickly. However, while the undercut seems to have existed very little prior to the eighties, the mullet has a rich and varied history dating back to President James K. Polk. haha

[treestar]

17. It almost seems they wore pseudo mullets in the late 18th century

Then pulled their back long hair into a ponytail of sorts, and tied it with a bow!

[mitchum]

18. I always suspected that the undercut had its origins in "the Sassoon"...

the hairstyle that first brought Vidal Sassoon to prominence back in the 60s. It was clipped close on the backs and sides with much longer asymmetrical bangs parted to the side in the front.

I also can't believe I have wasted brainpower pondering that notion :)

[FloridaJudy]

31. What is worse

I actually wore that cut, back when it was popular. And I thought it looked cool. Jeez, was I ever a dork.

[unpossibles]

20. I must live too close to Kentucky

because I have not noticed the mullet ever going out of style among some....

We've been playing the mullet game for well over a decade: one punch for a mullet, two for a femullet, and an extra one for accessories such as white jeans, a pager, no shirt, or cowboy boots. We usually call "game off" at State Fairs, Walmart, and other places where mulletude runs high because it could get ugly really quickly.

Also, in my very informal investigations, I have discovered that mullet wearers consider themselves to have "long hair" and are unaware of the term somehow.

Favorites:
The Kentucky Waterfall - long and straight in the back, usually feathered on top
The Soccer Rocker - straight in back, spiked on top
The Animull - feathered and usually on a person who struts and fluffs their hair while strutting
The Defullet - bald on top with formerly long hair making a 'default mullet', also known as a "skullet" in more extreme cases

[last_texas_dem]

28. One of the best terms I've heard for the mullet is

"The Missouri Compromise"! I've always though that one was pretty clever. The "Skullet" always cracks me up as well...

I, too, see the mullet more often than I figure much of the U.S. does because I live in southeast TX. However, it seems to have had slightly more staying power with women than with men. I think the shaved head has replaced the mullet among Southern "redneck" men as the hairstyle of choice. I actually tend to respect mullet wearers in theory because they sport the hairstyle they choose more out of convenience than because they are worried about fashion; I just think the mullet is too unfortunate of a style to go for, even out of convenience!

In defense of the mullet sporters who think they simply have long hair, as a guy who has grown his hair long from a short haircut a few times, there is an unfortunate stage along the way in which your hair doesn't look too far away from a mullet if you simply let it all grow without getting the back or sides trimmed up. That's always one of the toughest stages to get through! haha

[unpossibles]

33. growing hair out

very true, but my friends that I am speaking of already had like 2-3 feet of hair in the back for years when they made the comment.

And yes, the shaved head is the new mullet around here too, but I still spot 'em.

[Kali]

29. ...

:spray: great start on a hilarious discourse


skullet :rofl:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

30. Stylin' in Normandy, 1066

A lot of Normans in the Bayoux Tapestry have the back of the neck/head shaved. No mullets there.

:rofl:

[unpossibles]

10. the haircut I used to have

I called it the anti-mullet. Some call it the TonyHawk if it's shaved on the sides too, or Devil Locks if it's just long in the very front. I've had all of them (except the mullet of course). It was the progressive haircut dujour of the 80's and 90's.

[mitchum]

11. "Devils locks" also known as "the bangs of death"

:)

[unpossibles]

13. oh yes!

At my brother's first wedding, I had that cut (again). Trying to get them to stay out of my face (for once), I eventually used a whole bunch of hair products to try to make them stick to my shaved head, and the resulting pics were hilarious, like some sort of plastic helmet head. Luckily (?!) the marriage didn't last, so the pics were quickly forgotten.

[slj0101]

12. The devilock.

technically, though, it would be the "Newsted," which was long on top, shaved on the sides and back-

[no name no slogan]

16. The emo

[NashVegas]

22. Good To See Nothing Has Changed in 25 Years

Having a hair cut like that, especially in a town where mullets would later come to rule, was indeed an exercise in learning how to either talk your way out of fights or learning to throw a punch.

Looking at the text that goes with the graphic, my first thought is: "Fuck you and the Molly Hat-shit you rode in on."

[no name no slogan]

23. Heh. I look Emo, and even I punch those stupid Emo fuckers

because sometimes you just gotta punch something

[rug]

19. I don't know but what is this called?

[u4ic]

24. Cousin Itt?

:shrug:

[vixengrl]

25. The Very Wet Look?

:)

[mzteris]

21. delete

someone beat me to it.

wah.

[PassingFair]

26. The "Skullet"

[TK421]

27. crew-cut

cut short everywhere :shrug:

[Wiccan Warrior]

32. Bald? n/t