Bowl cut

A bowl cut, also known as a pot haircut or mushroom cut, is a haircut where the hair is cut short on the sides and back and allowed to grow long on the top, looking as though someone put a bowl on the head and cut off all the visible hair. Perhaps the most famous bowl cut wearer was Moe Howard, who wore it as part of his Three Stooges persona.

Related Topics:
Haircut - Moe Howard - Three Stooges

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Historically this haircut was popular among common people of various nationalities as an easy and relatively neat cut by a non-professional. Indeed, it was done by putting a cooking pot of a fit size to the level of ears, and all hair below the rim was cut or even shaven off. In some cultures it was a normal type of haircut. It other cultures the bowl cut was viewed as an attribute of poverty: the person could not afford himself to visit a barber.

Related Topics:
Cooking pot - Poverty - Barber

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The bowl cut is a forerunner of the Beatle haircut, which is slightly longer and less bowl-like.

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During the 1990s, this haircut was generally seen on young boys and teenagers.

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