Crop (hairstyle)
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A crop is a short hairstyle usually worn by women, with the hair cut very close to the head.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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).
[edit] 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.
