Hair cuts

[Historyteach24]

Alright so I may need to let it grow out a bit more eh?

 

[hatguy1]

Alright so I may need to let it grow out a bit more eh?

You might explore that and ask your barber/stylist not to trim it short there. See if it helps.

 

[brylcreem boy]

Very classy haircut Benny. What kind of pomade do you use to style it?

This my typical cut, has been for years:

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There are a lot of Rockabilly guys with this style of haircut, not sure how that works, seeing as the style is 20+ years before Rockabilly. What happened to the Elvis-via-Tony Curtis look etc? Anyway, the sides and back of my hair are tapered down to a number 1, at the top it is long enough to reach my eyes when combed forward.

 

[herringbonekid]

 

[herringbonekid]

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

Good to see a FL member in the line up. djgo-cat-go, looking sharp.

 

[ChrisT]

I love the "tight contour"

 

[herringbonekid]

i do the angled sideburn thing (not really a sideburn but don't know the terminology for it):

 

[scotrace]

i do the angled sideburn thing (not really a sideburn but don't know the terminology for it):

Asking for that next time.

 

[sola fide]

What should I tell my barber to do if I wanted to get a haircut like Gable's here:

I suggest you bring that picture and ask your barber what he or she calls it and tell him that is what you want. If you like the outcome, take picture for next time.
Good luck
Mike A

 

[Rogera]

You are defintely right, I recently got a short back and sides faded to 0 down low and for a couple days after the cut I had used royal crown hairdressing but instead of slicking the part back i kept it more slanted toward the side and I got "Heil Hitler" 2 different times in 3 days. it was really annoying its not like I had the little moustache

Sorry to pull this old post up but I was going back through old posts thinking about changing my haircut up and saw this. I just have to say I thought "hey it's Indiana Jones" was annoying!

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

"My" barber won an international American Crew competition this week (first picture in the slide show). He does a real good fade and I think it's a good sign that classic styles are chosen over the more modern "bed hair" and fluffy looks. I just hope he doesn't rise the prices now. haha

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

There is no reliable date on the pictures (typical for tumblr) but I guess 30s or 20s...

 

[Fastuni]

Great chart! I assume early 30s, with the modest Pompadours.

 

[herringbonekid]

i don't think i've ever heard a man from the UK refer to his hair as a 'pompadour'. anything swept up and back seems to always be called a 'quiff'.

 

[Benny Holiday]

Very classy haircut Benny. What kind of pomade do you use to style it?

Missed this thread for a while somehow, so apologies for the belated reply BB. I use Yardley English Lavender Brilliantine, holds nice and smells great. I combine it with Tuscany cologne and it's been my signature scent for over 20 years. When I was a young'un all the girls loved it, not sure how many dates it got me though! My wife still loves it after 14 years so I can't be doing too bad!

 

[The Good]

A few of those pictures do have pointed sideburns. That's something I've taken to doing over the last few months. I've more or less been getting the same or similar haircuts for four years, by now. It's tapered sides and back, with the front down to the bottom of my eyebrows. I usually get a cut between a month and a week, or an additional week later.

 

[Luftwaffles]

Figured I may as well show my hairstyle up close. I use a combo of Groom 'n' Clean and various pomades (Generally Murray's or got2b)

 

[Enrico Alessio]

I'm from Italy and during the 50s and 60s we used Brillantina Linetti

But I have some problems...the day after I put it, it makes a bad looking effect, like greasy and dirty hair...How to solve it?

 

[Retro Spectator]

Before I used Brylcreem, I slicked my hair back without any product. As a result of my wavy hair, it poofed up. Last October, I started using Brylcreem. However, this January, I switched to a left side part, and I showed my hair stylist this picture of Jimmy Stewart, but I asked her to change the part to the other side. However, I was wondering if I could get that style cut shorter, or cut to work better with Brylcreem.