Even George Northwood, master of the bob, has seen a change: customers are coming in looking to swerve that un-done Alexa Chung style he has made famous for what he calls “a shaggier, softer, blended mullet”. The sense of optimism for the summer is palpable on salon floors.
“If the customer has the right attitude and style, who’s to say they can’t carry it off? Ultimately what we’re seeing a lot of at the moment is people being much braver – they want something fresh and they want something new.” “There’s no age limit on this style,” says Cowie, who debunks the fashion diktat that if someone is old enough to remember a trend the first time round, they can’t wear it when it comes back. Rather than accessorising their mullets with pickup trucks and sleeveless vests, as per the cliche, contemporary shullet wearers are more likely to be women – of all ages – united by the post-lockdown urge for radical hair change. Think Miley Cyrus in 2021 – a pixie-ish modern mullet – rather than her father Billy Ray Cyrus in 1991, sporting what came to be generously described as “business in front, party at the back”. The shullet demands more deliberate and layered snipping, and should make your hair look bouncy and wispy. Just to be clear, this is not the long, unstructured slick currently being worn by Tony Blair and Paul Weller. Rihanna has been experimenting with a new-style mullet since the 2010s.
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