David Beckham in cool military haircut
Military haircut is the name to a hair cut which involves cutting the hair very short. Even though military hair cut is basically a short hair cut but still there are a number of variety hair cuts that can be put under this category. In a military hair cut, men are supposed to keep their hair short for obvious reasons. But this does not mean that non-military men can not flaunt a military hair cut. One of the major reasons that men like to wear a military hair cut is that it emphasizes the features of the face and makes it look more attractive.
One of the many military haircuts is the high and tight cut. In this hair style the hair is cut to one sixteenth on an inch. Many men like to support this hair cut because it emphasizes the cheek bones and makes the features more attractive. Another form of the military hair cut is the flat top hair style. In this hair style the hair at the top is kept standing. The hair at the top is given a flat appearance and hence the name flat top hairstyle. The hair at the sides and the back is totally shaved off. The unshaved hair is kept as short as half an inch or up to one inch. This hair style is recommended for those men in military who like to keep it a bit long. The standing hair at the top gives it a bit long look. Read more »
A crew cut is a type of haircut in which the hair on the top of the head is cut relatively short, graduated in length from the longest hair at the front hairline to the shortest at the back of the crown. The hair on the sides and back of the head is usually tapered short, semi-short or medium. A very short crew cut is sometimes referred to as a butch cut or buzz cut. A long crew cut is referred to in the US as an ivy league crew cut or ivy league. A typical ivy league might be graduated in length on the top of the head from one and a half inches at the front hairline to one half inch at the back of the crown. A typical short crew cut might have a similar proportional graduated difference in the length of the hair on the top of the head. If a short crew cut is three quarters of an inch at the front hairline, the length of the hair at the back of the crown might be one quarter of an inch. A crew cut where the hair on the top of the head is graduated in length from the front hairline to a chosen point on the mid to back part of the crown as a flat plane, of level, upward sloping or downward sloping inclination is known as a flat top crew cut or flattop. Crew cuts, flattop crew cuts, and butch cuts are all traditionally groomed with hair control wax, commonly referred to as butch wax.
The term was most likely coined to describe the haircut worn by members of the Yale rowing crew in the 1890s. The name drew a contrast with football players of the time, who wore long hair to compensate for the flimsy leather helmets. According to a history by helmet manufacturer Riddell, the championship Yale football team switched to crew cuts in 1895, which became the style for football as well as crew and “remained in fashion for nearly 70 years”.
The crew cut was adopted by the United States armed forces during World War II, and became a civilian fashion for men throughout the 1950s.
By the mid-1960s, the crew cut was generally seen as a mark of conservative political opinions, as opposed to the longer hair styles favored by those with more liberal views.
