New year new trim? Why not spruce up your Barnet with a trippy bit of buzzcut art, a bright and bold gradient design, or a take on Picasso’s \u2018The Weeping Women\u2019 (yes that has been done) here are some artists taking the clippers to lockdown mullets all over the world and creating personas through the medium of hair art. Read more here in Nice Trim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Main Illustation by Ellie Darby-Prangnell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n With the invention of manual clippers in the late 19th-century, cropped almost to the skin hairstyles became more achievable and neater looking. Adopted by the military and in prisons, for cleanliness and practicality, the low maintenance hairstyle became synonymous with tough hypermasculine characters. As a symbol of strict conformity and stripping of identity, the style has also been used historically on women as a form of shaming. In comes the 1960’s and the skinheads who took pride in their buzz cuts to oppose the long-haired hippies. In the 90’s the style was picked up by women controversially at first but as the years went on the style has become a lot more common helping release people from gendered stereotypes and explore their identity past their hair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Electric clippers were invented in 1921 and within a year were being sold all across America making short hair cuts even easier to achieve and particularly more customisable. With the endless possibilities that changeable blad guards made, more interesting styles became possible, leading to the popularity of the intricate fade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n