# Ridiculous Hairstyles (Men and Women) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935 "2013-10-11T01:11:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/21 "2013-10-11T14:47:18Z")
> [@saje](#): > > Longish hair pulled back in a ponytail with a center part? No, the hairstyle I’m thinking of never involves a ponytail. It’s a style of short hair. It’s just sort of the general shape it is in that comic. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/22 "2013-10-11T14:50:59Z")
No man in the history of hair has ever looked good with a combover. Do I really need to provide examples? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/23 "2013-10-11T14:51:59Z")
[Like this?](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oGgAMkm2Mfc/TC1eeb_bOjI/AAAAAAAAEyE/MWHRGD30Vl8/s1600/Beaded%2BLarson%2B001.jpg&imgrefurl=http://nylondaze.com/tag/gary-larson/&h=1600&w=1264&sz=309&tbnid=R-eByjNoUaCl5M:&tbnh=94&tbnw=74&zoom=1&usg=__U_e02s1DGsoAEw-TeLY-yNbappQ=&docid=ymFhn0_jEhj3BM&sa=X&ei=JxBYUuX-IpLQ8wTO4IHwDA&ved=0CC8Q9QEwAQ) I kind of doubt it but that panel makes me smile anyway. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/24 "2013-10-11T15:03:32Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > [Like this?](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oGgAMkm2Mfc/TC1eeb_bOjI/AAAAAAAAEyE/MWHRGD30Vl8/s1600/Beaded%2BLarson%2B001.jpg&imgrefurl=http://nylondaze.com/tag/gary-larson/&h=1600&w=1264&sz=309&tbnid=R-eByjNoUaCl5M:&tbnh=94&tbnw=74&zoom=1&usg=__U_e02s1DGsoAEw-TeLY-yNbappQ=&docid=ymFhn0_jEhj3BM&sa=X&ei=JxBYUuX-IpLQ8wTO4IHwDA&ved=0CC8Q9QEwAQ) I kind of doubt it but that panel makes me smile anyway. Kind of, but the point is more towards the back of the head than on top. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/25 "2013-10-11T16:08:02Z")
What do people think of short sides but normal top (for both men and women)? Like [http://www.mens-hairstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Men-short-back-and-side.jpg](http://www.mens-hairstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Men-short-back-and-side.jpg) It’s very popular now. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/26 "2013-10-11T17:51:05Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > What do people think of short sides but normal top (for both men and women)? Like [http://www.mens-hairstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Men-short-back-and-side.jpg](http://www.mens-hairstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Men-short-back-and-side.jpg) It’s very popular now. Ick on men, absolutely awful on women. I dislike this ponytail with a poof on top that has been popular lately. [![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0dg3nFWZsws/UJH0M1sMN1I/AAAAAAAAEbA/j55uStwMVl4/s1600/nicolescherzingerhairstyles_pouffponytailhairstyle.jpg) ](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0dg3nFWZsws/UJH0M1sMN1I/AAAAAAAAEbA/j55uStwMVl4/s1600/nicolescherzingerhairstyles_pouffponytailhairstyle.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/27 "2013-10-11T20:09:40Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > What do people think of short sides but normal top (for both men and women)? Like [http://www.mens-hairstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Men-short-back-and-side.jpg](http://www.mens-hairstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Men-short-back-and-side.jpg) It’s very popular now. I love that haircut! Especially when it’s very crisp and 1920s – so chic. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/28 "2013-10-11T20:39:14Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > What do people think of short sides but normal top (for both men and women)? Like [http://www.mens-hairstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Men-short-back-and-side.jpg](http://www.mens-hairstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Men-short-back-and-side.jpg) It’s very popular now. I like it. (Well I should, since that’s the style I currently have.) I think it looks really cool on women. I’ve received so many compliments from strangers after I cut my hair in that style. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/29 "2013-10-12T02:21:51Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > I like it. (Well I should, since that’s the style I currently have.) I think it looks really cool on women. I’ve received so many compliments from strangers after I cut my hair in that style. I always wonder - how do you change your hairstyle when you get sick of it? You can’t just let this grow out, right? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/30 "2013-10-12T04:11:31Z")
> [@Mixolydian](#): > > For men: > > I thought this was called a frohawk or a brohawk, but it must have another name…pointed down the center or to a peak, as displayed in this pic of Mike Wallace, NFL wide receiver… > > [Pointed head](http://www.hdwallpaperspot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Picture-42.png) Another one for young men that I have seen is one I call the Tintin - like the French boy detective, fairly short all over but longer and flipped up in front, like [this](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.picgifs.com/clip-art/cartoons/tintin/clip-art-tintin-369483.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.picgifs.com/clip-art/tintin/&h=306&w=350&sz=18&tbnid=EK2MljKK2s51fM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=142&zoom=1&usg=__1WYZmLCn6rm75gy1HJHIUnJPKO4=&docid=EfVaLnC0lTOvXM&sa=X&ei=d8pYUou8N4Hvswb39YDACw&ved=0CDQQ9QEwBA) (the cartoon, not a photo). I think both of these are designed so that young men can show off that they still have plenty of hair in places where they will probably lose it later to male pattern baldness. I say this because I don’t have hair in those places. No, I am not bitter. [Here](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www-hollybaby-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/121911_tin_tin_544111219215649_excl111219221654111219221847.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://hollywoodlife.com/2011/12/19/tintin-hairstyle/&h=377&w=544&sz=29&tbnid=AsBCyChSsh7bRM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=130&zoom=1&usg=__LrelReN-6rl7FNTljSoqMmbOuIg=&docid=vzyfdlo085OI7M&sa=X&ei=W8tYUo3HJoPNtAah7oGQCg&sqi=2&ved=0CCsQ9QEwAA)’s another picture from the movie of a couple of years ago. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/31 "2013-10-12T20:58:54Z")
Almost all the styles in the thread are what I like to call “reverse mullets,” which I don’t understand at all. They are all like inside-out mullets or the mullet at the top instead of the back and combed backwards. I generally don’t find any women with short hair attractive, and I place mulleted women in this category. What I do find interesting though, is some of these shorter women’s hairstyles remind me of a style popular with a clique of girls in my high school in the mid 90s. I think most kids referred to them as “Yo girls”- they were white teen girls with short, usually thick hairstyles, huge hoop earrings, and baggy clothing. ---
**Author:** ![palacheck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e57/32.png) [@palacheck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palacheck)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/32 "2013-10-12T23:12:27Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > What do people think of short sides but normal top (for both men and women)? Like [http://www.mens-hairstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Men-short-back-and-side.jpg](http://www.mens-hairstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Men-short-back-and-side.jpg) It’s very popular now. That style reminds me of Jimmy Darmody from Boardwalk Empire. I have no idea if these were actual styles in the 1920s… ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/33 "2013-10-12T23:58:27Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > I love that haircut! Especially when it’s very crisp and 1920s – so chic. I like it on men. Short, bristl-y soft on the sides, longer on top…RAWR! ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/34 "2013-12-06T12:12:40Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > What do people think of short sides but normal top (for both men and women)? Like [http://www.mens-hairstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Men-short-back-and-side.jpg](http://www.mens-hairstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Men-short-back-and-side.jpg) It’s very popular now. I don’t know how this ever became trendy but it’s absolutely awful and it’s the kind of thing that 20-30 somethings who are wearing it will look back in 20 years and go “wtf was I thinking?” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/35 "2013-12-06T12:41:29Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > There’s a woman’s hairstyle which I really dislike, that makes the woman look like she has a ong pointy head at the back. Not sure what it’s called, though, so I can’t link a photo, but it sort of looks like the woman in the first panel of this comic: [http://fborfw.com/strip\_fix/2013/10/thursday-october-3-2013.php](http://fborfw.com/strip_fix/2013/10/thursday-october-3-2013.php) Something like [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFI6KgYyf2E), maybe? (Warning: Link is to video.) ---
**Author:** ![ghostman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ghostman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghostman)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/36 "2013-12-06T17:18:52Z")
not much to add except for [angles matter](http://badspot.us/img/PonytailTheory.html). ---
**Author:** ![Depakote\_Chopra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@Depakote\_Chopra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Depakote_Chopra)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/38 "2013-12-06T18:17:23Z")
What is it with gurlz today and the Skrillex haircut ? It’s totally un-feminine. ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/39 "2013-12-06T21:26:48Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > What do people think of short sides but normal top (for both men and women)? Like [http://www.mens-hairstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Men-short-back-and-side.jpg](http://www.mens-hairstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Men-short-back-and-side.jpg) It’s very popular now. I think its kind of douchey on men, but LOVE it on women. I love short hair styles on women. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/40 "2013-12-06T21:47:12Z")
> [@depakote chopra](#): > > what is it with gurlz today and the skrillex haircut ? It’s totally un-feminine. +1,000,000! ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935/41 "2013-12-07T01:44:18Z")
No girl or woman has ever looked good with a topknot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935.md?page=3)