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Crop (hairstyle)
A crop is a short hairstyle worn with the hair cut very close to the head.
It is frequently sported by both men and women, though - interestingly
enough - the style is usually only named as a crop when sported by a woman.
Fashionability
The crop first became fashionable during the 1920s, as many of the flappers
who had cut their long hair short were trying these as well as the early
bobs. The Eton crop, one of the shorter and more drastic cuts of its day,
was the most popular.
The crop became fashionable again in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with
one of its most notable wearers being Princess Diana. The crop also was big
in the mid 1990s, as many former long-haired celebrities felt the urge to
cut their hair.
How to cut a crop
A crop involves layering and tapering of the hair so it will be closely cut
to the head. The hair is typically pre-cut to a short length, and then cut
shorter from there using either scissors, a razor, or sometimes clippers,
depending on what the person is looking for (more of a choppy look, super
short length, etc.)
Crops usually require regular trims, usually between 4 to 6 weeks, to keep
them clean.
Famous people who have worn this style over the years
* In the 1959 movie, A bout de souffle, Jean Seberg wears a cropped
hairstyle, as does Mia Farrow after she gets her hair cut at Vidal Sassoon
in Rosemary's Baby (1968).
* In 1983, on the cover photos for the Eurythmics albums, Sweet Dreams (Are
Made of This) and Touch, singer Annie Lennox sports a bright orange cropped
haircut.
* For the movie Sphere, Sharon Stone wore a crop. Since that time, her style
when it comes to her hair has varied, but she does occasionally sport this
look.
* In the mid 1990s, Ashley Judd cropped her long hair and has kept it for
the most part short since then.
* Demi Moore cropped her hair for her role in Ghost, because according to
her E! True Hollywood Story she read for the role and thought that her
character should have short hair. She also sported a crop for a short time
during her grow-out from her G.I. Jane headshave.
* Gwyneth (then Heather Karmal) cut her waist-length hair to Princess Diana
length (and even brought along a crew from The Sun to document it).
* In the beginning and towards the end of 1995 Keith Flint had a cropped
dyed punk haircut.
Cutting crops on TV
* A Diet Coke commercial that debuted in 2006 features a long haired young
woman walking into a barber shop after drinking some Diet Coke. She walks
out of the barber shop with a short crop.
* A 1990s Japanese commercial for hair mousse that has made its way around
the internet in recent years features the pitch woman getting her long hair
cut into a short crop, then using the mousse to create two different styles
with her newly short hair.
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