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[Botolph]

Is there a difference between the proper Ivy cut and the 'skinhead collegeboy' cuts seen circa 1968/69? @Man-of-Mystery recently told me the tendency was for the same hair length all over. But the original Ivy cut is often dubbed 8-4-2, which implies big differences in length.

Here's another Ivy League cut: the Harvard.

 

[covskin]

They all look like the 'short back and sides' haircut to me, just variations on how short at the back and sides and how long on the top.

 

[Bela Kun]

Here's another Ivy League cut: the Harvard.

Yup - there's different hair lengths and tapering, and in the picture I posted earlier the hair fades to nothing in the back. Is that not how some skins had their hair cut in the 60s?

 

[Inkss]

Is there a difference between the proper Ivy cut and the 'skinhead collegeboy' cuts seen circa 1968/69? @Man-of-Mystery recently told me the tendency was for the same hair length all over. But the original Ivy cut is often dubbed 8-4-2, which implies big differences in length.

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[covskin]

Just had a google of "short back and sides" to find the results look nothing like I remember it. It wasn't clippered, it had a smooth transition, was still fairly short on top and it did have a parting.

 

[Bela Kun]

Just had a google of "short back and sides" to find the results look nothing like I remember it. It wasn't clippered, it had a smooth transition, was still fairly short on top and it did have a parting.

Yes, in our decade so-called undercuts have taken over. It's the stereotypical hipster hairstyle, which I believe was originally inspired by the 'Mad Men' TV series and is now ubiquitous beyond hipsterdom. No smooth transitions there.

Anyway, I'm still wondering if the picture/graphic I posted resembles 60s skinhead haircuts or if skins wore less refined 'same length all over' versions of the Ivy league cut (without the tapering, fading, etc).

 

[Man-of-Mystery]

Whenever anyone says "short back and sides" I think of this song from New Zealand.

 

[Botolph]

Whenever anyone says "short back and sides" I think of this song from New Zealand.

I think of this guy

 

[flyfronted]

 

[DonkeyJacket1]

What website????

 

[DonkeyJacket1]

Custom chinos by the disguisery in laaaaarndan, £350 quids

doubt a pair of sta prest cost that much in 1969, anyone remember the original price?

 

[Man-of-Mystery]

I have to say they look nice, though.

 

[flyfronted]

What website????

They are made to measure here
http://www.thedisguisery.co.uk/the-...ob9zPqpezNAI8ZNU24o8rFdPXRg71BREay2tlYIcBAjFw

 

[The Saint]

Custom chinos by the disguisery in laaaaarndan, £350 quids

doubt a pair of sta prest cost that much in 1969, anyone remember the original price?

A bespoke tailor would charge less than that too. .

 

[Inkss]

Custom chinos by the disguisery in laaaaarndan, £350 quids

doubt a pair of sta prest cost that much in 1969, anyone remember the original price?

I think £21 in 1969 was quite a lot of money for a pair of trousers if a weekly grocery shop was about £2.