The mullet… straight out of the 1970s and 1980s, colorful decades in terms of trends, the cut has once again become a flagship in France for two years. If its origins come from the country of surfers, Australia, it is now the rugby players who make it a trademark but also fashion enthusiasts, “avant-garde” and influencers on social networks. “We do a lot of this cup for athletes, especially rugby players and footballers, but also for young people who want to laugh with friends. We also have those who simply want to follow the trend,” confirms Jean-Pascal Collin, master barber in Toulouse.
From David Bowie, to the most popular footballers, the “long neck” made its show in the 1980s where some fans wanted to look like their idols before passing into the hands of our famous Tecktonik dancers in the 2000s.
Between fashion effect and redneck effect, the mullet cut has as many followers as detractors. On the one hand, some have decided to make it a phenomenon of fashion, originality and capillary freedom by breaking the “classic codes”. On the other hand, there is the Jeff Tuche effect: a cut that is not serious and that represents a social class that does not have the right codes, especially aesthetic ones.
Whether we like it or not, the mullet cut is, in any case, back with a very special place since competitions have been squarely devoted to it for a few years. The first official French championship is also organized in Toulouse this Saturday, June 3.
“Represent France in the European championship”
A few months after the consecration of a Toulousain as European champion of the mule cut, a couple from the Pink City embarked on the organization of this official competition. It is about Hervé Boibessot, famous barber of the Pink City for twenty years and his wife, Audrey, organizes at the Wasteland of Montaudran, on Saturday June 3* from 5 p.m. the first official French competition. “This competition is affiliated with the European Championships in Belgium of the mule cut [qui aura lieu dans la Creuse en octobre]. “, specify these specialists of the scissor.
If several championships already exist in France, “we are the only ones to be recognized and declared: we will thus be able to represent France in the European championship”, explains the couple who spare no effort to create a real festival around this competition. “There will be barbers on site if someone wants to get a mullet haircut to enter the competition at the last moment, for example, but also a tattoo stand. It will be a little retro and vintage but above all family and good living”.
The rules to follow for a 100% mullet haircut
If this hairstyle looks straight out of a child’s imagination, the mullet cut respects very specific codes. Jean-Pascal Collin, master barber at “In the name of my father” in Toulouse gives us some advice, in video, to make it a success.
According to him, for the sides the trick is to stop mid-ear. For the top, make way for unbridled creativity because several options are available to you: either a lock on the side, or styled in a brush, or put a little forward, “but the real mullet cut is the brush on the above and the length at the nape of the neck”. For a trendy mullet, “you have to do a cut called shaggy. A little shorter on the sides, with length on the back and a straight fringe on the front. “. Ready ?
* At 5 p.m. at the Friche de Montaudran