Here are a few shots that show you what a fade looks like: fabao_corts_vf via Instagram giovanni_mastro_barber The relationship between low fade, mid fade and high fade haircuts is the same as the relationship between low, mid and high tapers.īut (as you’ve just learned) each of the different types of fade haircuts go shorter on the side than their tapered counterparts, often all the way down to the skin. Whereas a barber could use only a pair of scissors to give you a nice taper cut, for a fade he would use clippers to go really short on the sides, and may even use a straight razor at the bottom. (A type of fade that’s known, appropriately enough, as a bald fade.)
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Like a taper, with a fade your hair is at its longest toward the top of your head and gets progressively shorter toward the bottom.īut fades go really short, often revealing the skin on the side of your head. What is a fade haircut? Fade haircut image via milkythebarber on InstagramĪ fade cut is essentially a normal taper haircut with a very short taper. With a high taper you keep the length on top, and then start going shorter on the sides almost immediately, so that the hair on the top of the head is significantly longer than all of the rest. You can probably see where this is going. What is a high taper? High taper image via directoriotab on Instagram
With a mid taper there will be a larger discrepancy between the length of your hair on the top half of the head and the bottom half. What is a mid taper? Mid taper image via doubleocuts on InstagramĪ mid taper is when the hair starts to get shorter at the midpoint of your head, so roughly around the top of your ear or slightly above it. If you want to maintain some length on the sides, a low taper is what you’re after. What is a low taper? Low taper image via Ī low taper is a taper hairstyle where the hair length doesn’t significantly start to change until a lower point on your head, usually below the ear. It’s also worth noting that, while all the guys below have a side part taper with pretty ample hair on the tops of their heads, it’s possible to have both taper and fade styles with a buzz cut, a faux hawk or pretty much any other popular hairstyles. Below are a few examples of men’s tapered haircuts. When it comes to hairstyles, a picture’s worth way more than a thousand words. You mean to imply that I haven’t painted you a picture with my words? That’s cool, it’s not like I make my living by writing or anything… When you see guys sporting haircuts with longer length and volume on top (like Timberlake in the picture here), but not-so short sides that still look neat and easy to maintain, that’s a taper. It’s possible to have a taper without having particularly short hair. Strictly speaking, the word taper means to gradually lessen, or to “reduce thickness toward one end.”Īnd when it comes to haircuts, that end is your neck.Ī taper means that you have longer hair near the top of your head, which gets progressively shorter towards your neck. What’s the difference between a taper and a fade?Įverything You Need to Know to Get Your Hair On-Point In this post you’ll find out exactly what defines each one, which one might be right for you, and how you can get the right cut to suit your face shape, hair type and personal style.
To help you eliminate the confusion (and the shitty haircuts that can result from it), let’s take a deep dive into tapers, fades and the infamous taper fade. There’s nothing worse than that nervous feeling you get when you’re sitting in that barber’s chair and he’s about to start, but you have the sneaking suspicion that his vision for your hair doesn’t quite line up with yours. When you go to the barber to get your haircut, you want to be confident that A) you know exactly how to communicate what you want, and B) he or she perfectly understands what you’re asking for.
Understanding the subtle differences between a taper, a fade and the (especially nuanced) taper fade is a lot trickier than you would think.įor decades men’s haircuts have been remarkably consistent in that they almost always feature longer hair on top and progressively shorter hair toward the neck.īut if I’ve said it before, I’ve said it a thousand times: the (handsome) devil is in the details.
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