Every 4 years I look to the elite athletes performing in the World Cup for some amazing soccer, Oscar-worthy dives, and a new hairstyle to set trends for years to come.
This year, though, I’m a bit baffled by the hairstyle of choice. If you haven’t noticed, here’s what it looks like:
Shaved sides leading up to a near-mohawk crop of greased-up hair on top, each section delineated by a straight line.
I just…I just don’t get it.
First, it doesn’t seem particularly functional. A shaved head in soccer is very functional, especially in warm weather. However, I get that these athletes like to add some sense of style while they’re on the world stage.
But this just looks kind of odd to me. Is this a big style elsewhere in the world and I just don’t know about it. Are businessmen on Wall Street marching to their jobs with shaved sides and a pile of grease on top? Are hipsters in Geneva visiting the barber once a week to keep that line razor-sharp?
I guess anything is better than this:
My friend, who is a stylist, pointed out this look to me a few months ago. That line is called a ‘hard part’ and the style is a recent trend. I have actually seen the cut on men here in Portland. It’s definitely more towards the hipster than the businessman end of the spectrum.
Kristin: Thanks for the inside scoop! Very interesting that this is a trend. I like to think that I appreciate a wide variety of hairstyles–I even thought the semi-mohawk look at the last world cup was cool–but I could not see myself emulating this new “hard part” style.
I think it looks good. It’s basically a Madmen’s haircut with more shaved sides.
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Lots of male celebrities are doing this. Justin Timberlake, Adam Levine, David Beckham, etc.
And who’s that Brazilian player? He always has some outlandish haircuts. It suits him well.
That’s Ronaldo. 🙂
Wow–I didn’t even connect the dots on this one, but a friend of mine just got this haircut. A group of people were talking about it the other day as we noted how different it was. Jamey, as a truly devoted World Cup fan, I assume you’ll be sporting this from here forward?
I’ll try, Trev, but it won’t be easy.