Was just telling someone the anecdote about Harrison Ford wearing a cowboy hat in American Graffiti so as not to have to cut his hair. “His long hair…well, normal for 1972/3…well, longish…by today’s standards…What are today’s standards, anyway?” I’ve lost sight of the baseline of long hair on men. What say you?
In the back of the head, once the hair goes below the collar it’s long.
In the front once the hair goes past the eyebrows it’s long (sorry Zac and you emo kids)
On the sides, once it covers the ears, it’s long
Yeah, I was almost going to say “Send Justin Bieber to boot camp!” instead of “Semper Fi!” Go ahead and vote now, if you like.
When I met my husband, he had what I considered “long hair.” The back of the head hit his collar, the front was about at his chin. Then he kept growing it… it got pretty long. Unfortunately, he lost his job around then (the restaurant he worked for closed) and cut it shorter to help with the job search.
Over the ears or touching the collar is long. Too long, if you ask me. Get a damn haircut! And get off my lawn you hippie!
Husband has long hair - a full ponytail that goes almost to his waist.
I’d call anything longer than shoulder length technically “long hair” but really IMO it doesn’t count as long until it’s almost to your shoulderblades.
Anything shorter than your collar is “short hair” and is by default less attractive than if it were longer.*
only applies to white/latino/asian guys*. Black guys are working from an entirely different hair aesthetic, and can look totally hot with pretty much any hairstyle except cornrows or a Jheri curl mullet.***
**unless their hair is thinning and/or greasy, in which case, yeah, keep it short.
***If the time is 1986 or previous, Jheri curl mullet is fine. Cornrows never look good on men.
IA with this, but I’m 24, so I don’t know if I’ve got my lawn threatening privileges yet.
Really, it just almost always looks…greasy on a guy if his hair has much length at all. No me gusta.
I’ll give slight exception to folks like Bieber, because to me, the problem is the bottom edge on the back— Biebs and guys with that hair cut keep the back trimmed up, but when the back hangs, it just looks awful and unkempt.
Are you kidding? A brush cut is “long”! Hooah!
I agree with you on the first two, but i don’t think just covering the ears is long. And the bangs are just long bangs, not long hair without the back.
Emo kids?
Sorry, but I prefer to grow it in an early Beatles look.
Why? Because (at my age) I can.
I know a lot of guys my age that can’t, and sometimes I’ll tousle my hair and say to them, “Mine, all mine!” When they flash that “I’d like to kill you” look, I know I’ve been successful at bugging them.