Spring/summer 2010 trends for men's hairdressing
From the sleek and the groomed to the textured and wearable, there are two key camps for men's hair trends this spring/summer.
Here a selection of leading hairdressers reveal the key looks that your male clients will be wearing this season.
"More and more men are putting a lot of time into their grooming and styling and a haircut can really dictate the overall look. Men enjoy experimenting with products and colours and this season there is an influx of men that want to be unique and recognised for their style. We loved the most recent catwalk collections by Tom Ford and Dior Homme - it's great to take a classic haircut of really clean lines and give it a modern twist with a subtle colour."
Leanne Brown and Simone Spencer, West Row Hairdressing, winner of L'Oreal Professionnel Men's Image Award
"Spring/summer is all about men's fringes. They are either long and sweeping to the side, with the rest of the cut being short, or a heavy fringe giving the rest of a cut a pageboy feel. Fringes are styled up loud and proud with lots of gel. Colour for men is glossy if you are dark, or a tousled beach blonde."
Karine Jackson, Karine Jackson, London
"Men are definitely returning to the precision cut - we are seeing sharper, slicker looks with strong partings which have been evident on the catwalks. Long locks and texture is out - short, sultry and sleek is in."
Bruno Marc, Marc Antoni, Reading, Berkshire
"Continuing with a retro-revival, men's hair continues to embrace natural textures, so straighteners are not required for this season; it's all about using the right products to manipulate and encourage the hair's natural movement. As seen on the catwalk, tailored and neat sides and back, with a very groomed appearance is definitely a big trend, with drier more natural textures on top, enhancing grown-out kinks and curls. The undercut is still a key look, with bold accented lines and heightened quiffs for a more movie star edge. These variations in texture require a mixture of key seasonal products - strong wax for molding and manipulating shapes and ideal for clean hair lines, gel for that wet-look on sides and back, and finally styling dust for that dry and voluminous effect on top."
Sacha Mascolo-Tarbuck, Toni & Guy
"Hair fashion mirrors classic tailoring seen on the catwalks, starting with 50s-inspired rockabilly moving on to the short-back-and-sides with accentuated length on top. It started with 40s and 50s look, and it's moved on with length through the top which is more adaptable."
Mark Woolley, Electric Hairdressing, London
"Hair trends for men are forever fluctuating between the extremely manicured hair that reflects heavy amounts of tailoring on the catwalk, and the rough and ready hair that was commonplace when the catwalk was showing more rock 'n'roll elements. We are this season in the mid point of that fluctuation again, and as you can see in the spring/summer 2010 shows by Burberry Prorsum and Dior, the tailoring is becoming slightly more dishevelled, and therefore the hair will be going with it. Imagine a perfectly coiffed, slick and masculine style after an eight hour shift and three large scotches. Think the last half hour of Casino - natural colour, neat, but rough around the edges."
Alfie Booth, Andrew Collinge, Manchester
