In hindsight, it’s surprising that the bowl cut didn’t make a triumphant return during the pandemic. If there was ever a moment for the archetypal do-it-yourself trim—staple of time-poor parents the world over, reviled by the children who had to sport them—it was when we were prohibited from visiting the hairdresser. Even the mullet made a comeback. Perhaps this is because, more than any other hairdo, the bowl cut associates the wearer with a particular set of characteristics: a foolishness and imbecility exemplified by Moe Howard of Three Stooges fame and renewed for a new generation by Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber. Then there’s the hairstyle’s more recent association with the far right, after the bowl cut of the perpetrator of a mass shooting in 2015 became a neo-Nazi meme. It has since been added This story is from Kinfolk Issue Forty-Eight Buy Now Related Stories Arts & Culture Issue 51 Emily Gernild The Danish painter breathing new life into an old medium. Arts & Culture Food Issue 51 Imogen Kwok The artist takes food styling quite literally, creating accessories out of fruits and vegetables. Arts & Culture Design Issue 51 How to Make a Chair And do it on a tiny budget. Arts & Culture Issue 51 Odd Jobs The comedian with strong opinions about your home décor. Arts & Culture Issue 51 Tall Order The hidden depths of height. Arts & Culture Films Issue 51 Vicky Krieps An interview with the actor.
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