Curtains

Haircut
Curtained hair or curtains is a
hairstyle featuring a long fringe
divided in either a middle parting
or a side parting, with short (or
shaved) sides and back.
Popular with the biggest Hollywood
celebrities, curtains were one of
the hottest 90s men’s hair trends.
 Curtained hair generally applies to
males, although an alternative
name, the undercut, is used for
both male and female haircuts
following this style. Variations on
this haircut have been popular in
Europe, North America, and Japan
throughout the 20th century and in
the 21st century, peaking between
1986-2001.
During the late 1980s centrally parted hair, derived from the
bowl cut, made a comeback among fans of new wave,
synthpop, and electronic music as an alternative to the mullets
and backcombed hair worn by glam metal bands.

In the UK, curtains were popularised during the early 1990s by

the Baggy or Madchester scene as well as contemporary
Shoegaze and Britpop bands such as The Happy Mondays,
Inspiral Carpets, early Blur, The Beautiful South, and the Stone
Roses. It was also popular in the UK because of David
Beckham's hair in the late '90’s.

A longer, collar-length version of the haircut went mainstream

in the early to mid-1990s and was worn by many celebrities,
most notably Tom Cruise.

During the early 2020s the haircut had a resurgence in

popularity, driven largely by the social media platform TikTok.
As a result, the haircut has become favored among youth, and
is considered an attractive hairstyle for males. This came with a
general revival of 90s fashion by TikTok users.
Actors who have worn the longer version of curtained hair
include Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 2,Brendan Fraser in
The Mummy Returns, Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic, River
Phoenix in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and David
Duchovny in earlier seasons of The X-Files.

Many manga and anime characters, such as Dragon Ball

protagonist Trunks, James from Pokémon's Team Rocket,
Fullmetal Alchemist's Edward Elric, Levi Ackermann from Attack
on Titan, Vinsmoke Sanji from One Piece, and Naruto's Sasuke
and his older brother, Itachi Uchiha have this haircut. Japanese
video game characters with this haircut include James
Sunderland from Silent Hill 2, Squall Leonhart from Final
Fantasy VIII, Sothe from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Raziel
from Legacy of Kain, Leon S. Kennedy from Resident Evil 4, Kyo
Kusanagi and various other characters from The King of
Fighters, and Link from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Most male K-Pop stars utilize this haircut, such as BTS, Monsta
X, NCT, EXO, etc.