Who Invented the Flat Top?
"The Flattop Was All About Self Expression and Being Different," Explains the 35 Year-Old Barber Mike Vegas, Who First Cut His Own Hair into the Style in 1988...
"The flattop was all about self expression and being different," explains the 35 year-old barber Mike Vegas, who first cut his own hair into the style in 1988 after seeing Big Daddy Kane rocking it on Yo! MTV Raps.
Where did Flat Tops come from?
The flat top haircut is one of those trends that came into the men's hairstyle scene with a bang and has consistently stuck around since. This style first made an appearance in the 1950s in a military-inspired form, wherein the sides were shaved and the top stood straight up in a short, clean, and uniform style.
When was flat top popular?
The flattop has maintained a contingent of dedicated wearers since it was introduced. It was very popular in the 1950s, but faded in popularity with the emergence of longer hair styles in the late 1960s and 1970s. It had a brief reappearance in the 1980s and early 1990s, before dropping off again.
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