Temple fade (hairstyle)

The temple fade, also known as a Brooklyn fade, low fade, or blowout, is a haircut that gained popularity in the early 2000s.

"Blowout (haircut)" redirects here. For the process to get sleek hair, see Blowout (hairstyle).
The temple fade haircut has short sides and a long top.

Overview

The hair is tapered from the scalp to 1 cm (0.4 in) in length from the edge of the hairline up 2 cm (0.8 in). The rest of the hair is left the same length, usually 2–5 cm (0.8–2.0 in), depending on the preference of the client.

Regardless of its origins, the blowout's popularity was very strong, but peaked and declined sharply (although not into obscurity). It was popularized most notably by the "Gotti Boys" on their reality TV series Growing Up Gotti, and by popular viral video "My New Haircut". It was trendy mainly in the larger metropolitan areas of the Eastern United States, such as New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Boston, Providence, Rhode Island, Chicago, Illinois, Cleveland, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan.

The blowout is featured prominently on the 2009–2011 reality TV show Jersey Shore. This show has spawned blowout-themed parties, pub crawls, and viewing parties. On the show, Pauly D is a proponent of this hairstyle. He has appeared in viral videos showing others how to create and maintain a blowout.[1]

Jersey Shore's popularity piqued new interest in the blowout cut and spread throughout the United States, to cities including Baltimore, Detroit, and Cleveland.[2] Several how-to video tutorials to produce the styles and modified forms have been made. It is a popular hairstyle in the American Hip hop and House Music subcultures; as well as internationally in countries such as the UK and France.

See also

References
  1. Strzemien, Anya (21 December 2009). "'Jersey Shore' Star Pauly D Reveals His Hair Secrets! (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  2. "Jersey Shore Haircuts From Mike, Pauly, Vinny and Ronnie". LiveAbout. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
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