She brought back the mullet almost singlehandedly at the end of 2019, and now Miley Cyrus is catapulting a new hybrid haircut into the stratosphere: the pixie mullet, or “pullet”, if you will.
Now, Cyrus has delivered a twist on one of her most iconic cuts: the mullet. On Sunday, she posted a series of raunchy pictures to Instagram debuting what appears to be her shortest mullet to date, with the caption, “My Sunday Best”.
Other names are slightly more self-explanatory: the hairstyle is also known as the "Kentucky Waterfall" or the "Mississippi Top Hat" in parts of the US, and the "Bouncing Cobra" in parts of West Wales. In Germany it is known as the "Vokuhila" (vorne kurz, hinten lang= short at front, long at back).
To put this in the simplest terms, a shullet is an extreme shag. This haircut trend is the meeting point between a mullet and a shag. The shullet maintains the volume, texture, and fringe of a shag, but isn't afraid to go super short around the face and chop things up a bit.
The study also named Rod Stewart's blow-dried masterpiece the best celebrity mullet of all time, narrowly edging out David Bowie's red shock of locks as Ziggy Stardust. Bowie tied for second place with 80s icon Pat Sharpe, with “Roadhouse” star Patrick Swayze next in line, followed by footballer Chris Waddle.
Mullets, it seems, are “back”. Again. In recent years celebrities including Miley Cyrus, Lil Nas X and Rihanna have sported “parties in the back”, while swathes of TikTok users have made videos showing off theirs (the hashtag “mullet” currently has more than 10 billion views on the app).
The name itself wasn't coined until recent times, with the Oxford English Dictionary crediting the Beastie Boys' 1994 classic Mullet Head for common popularisation. But as we know, the infamous cut often referred to as the 'Kentucky Waterfall' existed way before that.
Ailsa, who describes the Australian mullet as a "way of life", agrees. "Australians love mullets because we consider ourselves to be larrikins," she says. A larrikin, similar to a ratbag, explains the BBC, means a cheeky rule-breaker in today's society, but in the 1800s meant urban, working-class youths.
With a softer look and less-harsh transition between lengths, the once extremely polarizing cut has returned with a refreshing rebrand. Now dubbed the "shullet," the short-up-top, long-in-the-back style resembles more of a cross between a shag and a mullet that beautifully suits both poker-straight and curly hair.
The jellyfish haircut is made of two very distinct, separated layers: one resembles a classic bob (you can customise it however you want making it blunt, choppy, or – if your volume allows it – even slightly layered) with the lower sections of your hair left to hang long and flowy underneath.
(Larson and Hoskyns 13) Mullet itself has slang terms such as the Kentucky waterfall, the camero cut, the beaver paddle, the ape drape and the neck warmer just to name a few.
The shark mullet (Squalomugil nasutus), also known as the sharp-nosed mullet, popeye mullet, or skipjack mullet, is a species of ray-finned fish from the grey mullet family Mugilidae.
As celebrity and editorial hairstylist Neil Moodie explains: “A wolf haircut is a mix of the shag haircut and a mullet, but generally created on longer hair. It has shorter choppy layers on the top and longer choppy layers around the sides and back.”
She brought back the mullet almost singlehandedly at the end of 2019, and now Miley Cyrus is catapulting a new hybrid haircut into the stratosphere: the pixie mullet, or “pullet”, if you will. Straddling the line between a mullet and a pixie cut, Cyrus is displaying the new chop courtesy of her mum, Tish Cyrus.
This mullet mushroom haircut features a choppy fringe which can be customised according to your face shape and hair texture. While the fringe is fuller, the sides are typically shorter (or buzzed if you're going old school) and the back of the hair is longer but with loads of layers and texturising.
“The mullet needs no specific gender, age, face shape or hair type to work; all it needs is the right attitude. Everyone and anyone can rock a mullet. They are a strong look, but as long as you've got the confidence, you can flaunt it,” Jarred continues.
The key to a good mullet is balance. Ask for a length at the back that you're most comfortable with and then use that length to inform how short you'd like the sides and top.
Wolf cut hairstyles are a mix of two popular current haircut trends, aka the shag haircut and the mullet. Both these trending hairstyles feature a mix of layers and bangs. While the mullet is a short haircut, the shag haircut can be short, long, or mid length. When put together, it results in unique wolf haircut looks.
The mullet is a hairstyle that we Aussies have claimed as our own. It's got history, it's Larkin, it's wild and these days it comes in endless variations. The hairstyle is more popular today than ever before and we believe that the mullet is truely the most "Australian" hairstyle of all time.
While many tend to embody the mullet as a hairstyle embedded in the Australian culture, the roots of the mullet name can be traced back to the song 'Mullet Head', released by US hip hop band the Beastie Boys in 1994, according to the Oxford Dictionary.
Sea mullet, also known as flathead grey mullet, are the largest mullet found in Australia and live in estuaries and inshore waters. A versatile fish, the flesh is meaty and oily, substantial even. It is excellent smoked, baked, in a casserole, poached, or steamed. The roe of mullet is considered a delicacy.
That's right! Chic pixie mullets are one of the cutest styles we're looking forward to in 2023. This short haircut offers more volume and texture than a traditional pixie.
If you're looking to add some edge to your style, a good mullet could be the way to go. If you're someone that likes to be on the cutting edge of style, or you've just always wanted one, now is the time to get in on it.
1980s. In Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1980s, mullets were "everywhere", according to Tess Reidy writing at The Guardian in 2019. The 1980s were also the high point of the mullet's popularity in continental Europe.