Is “bland” dead?
Au naturel
“In the new trends, there is a lot of volume, textures and curly hair,” explains Ophelia Nagar, the owner of the Menz Club barbershops, which will be launching new styling products this fall to respond more to this trend. Yes, she also participated in OD South Africa!
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In its heyday, the fade could be worn with a lot of length on top of the head, as was the case with the undercut. Nowadays, we rather opt for a natural look, with the sides of the skull having a little more volume and thickness to be better paired with the top, where we will be able to work the hair to give it texture. This is more of a gradual shave, which is more subtle than before.
“Fashion is all about naturalness and movement rather than over-styled effect. The fade is therefore not part of the current trends, but it is used for cuts. For example, a crop top, so a cut with curly hair on top, can be paired with a fade, depending on the client's morphology.” – Ophelia Nagar
A question of face
The barber said it: you have to adapt the haircut to each person's face. If 90% of the men who passed through her salons came out with a blandness a few years ago, this is no longer the case today. As there are more and more diversified cuts for men, the possibilities to adapt them according to the profile, the style and the face are multiplying.
It is therefore the shape of the facies that should guide, at least in part, the type of fadeor gradual shaving to choose from. “Many will opt for the gradual, which is like a fade, but a little longer and keeping an angle on the sides, explains Ophelia Nagar. It's very clean all around the ears and the back of the neck, the effect is much more natural and it adapts better to the client's morphology.”
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It's that a fade that leaves the sides bare is not a master key. People with narrower faces, for example, will often benefit more from a gradual shave, which will leave more lengths.
The good news is that if you just realize that you are officially out, your cut should be easily recoverable in the hands of a professional.
