5 Key Hairstyle Trends From The AW17 Men’s Fashion Weeks
The #menswear circus has officially packed up and gone home. The final fashion week wrapped up in New York this month, giving us all some much-needed breathing room to sort the wheat from the chaff and swot up on the street style. Though, unlike the clothes shown, which we’ll have to wait for several months to drop in stores, hair trends are far more immediate. This means that now is the time to replace your 2016 buzz cut with a 2017 French crop, à la Christopher Shannon, or start growing out your locks to achieve some Acne-inspired seventies shag come summer. All that leaving your head hurting? Don’t worry, get clued up on the cuts from London, Paris, Milan and New York, and find out from some of the UK’s best barbers how to recreate the runway looks at home, with our guide to the five standout snips.
1. 1970s Shag
Gender-bending barnets were the order of the day at big hitters like Acne Studios, Prada and Alexander McQueen this season. As predicted for 2017 by our experts at the end of last year, shoulder length locks in the style of Game Of Thrones’ Kit Harington are becoming increasingly common for men. “It’s a modern version of the 1970s and 1980s shag style,” says Ruffians artistic director Denis Robinson. (Related: The Biggest Men’s Hair Trends For 2017, According To Barbers) To achieve the look, you’ll first need to grow your hair, after which Robinson suggests asking for “an Alexa Chung for boys”. Any stylist worth their hairspray will understand that this means: “Internally cut layers, where texture adds volume to the hair, maintaining a heavy feel,” he adds. The good news about this style, Robinson continues, is that “layers are cut to work with the head and face shape of the individual.” This means any man whose hair is more Alessandro Michele than Andre Agassi can have a personalised version of the style. Depending on the hair, two different approaches need to be taken when it comes down to styling. For fine hair: “Apply some salt spray to the roots when wet and blast dry away from the scalp until almost dry,” says Robinson. Those with thicker hair are advised to towel dry until just damp then “scrunch pomade into the hair and complete the process with a diffuser [attachment on the hair dryer].”
