Hot or not? My question refers to the mini mullet the planet’s most desirable men—including Paul Mescal and Harry Styles—seem to be turning to en masse this year. When I posed this same question to my Instagram community recently, the answer was a resounding not , save for a handful of wrong’uns (some of whom I call friends), who, incorrectly, responded positively to the trend. Despite the general consensus, the world seems to have gone mad for this divisive haircut, and many incredibly good-looking A-list men are dabbling with it.
Paul Mescal was one of the first in the public eye to sport the business-at-the-front, party-at-the-back style, with a mussed-up curly mane on top and mini mullet caressing the nape of his neck. Admittedly, the cut marries well with Mescal’s personal blend of A-list laddishness, complete with short shorts and a chain. As for Styles, his fans had already mourned his decision to replace his boyband-friendly “short back and sides” with a buzz cut not too long ago.
His number one has since grown out, but those signature curls returned with an unwelcome companion in tow...
a lengthy flick at the nape of his neck, just like Mescal’s. The haircut—which he paired with oversized aviator sunglasses and a striped tee while out in Rome earlier in the summer—is one that evokes questionable looks that were popular in the ’70s. Styles pulls it off.
.. but only just.
Need I bring Austin Butler, another of the hottest men alive, into the sordid.