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Hair cut ideas are typically drummed up in the salon, but recently a more unconventional source of inspiration has appeared: the vegetable aisle.<\/p>\n

\u201cLettuce hair\u201d is trending. A gentler take on a traditional mullet, the new salad style consists of more subtle differences in the length between the back, sides and top of the hair. Lettuce hair features a loose and often wavy top, softly tapered sides and a feathery tail that skims the back of the neck, resembling leafy greens.<\/p>\n

For the Wuthering Heights press tour, Jacob Elordi toned down his on-screen regency cut, tapering the sides but keeping the windswept top and tail, bringing to mind a head of romaine lettuce. The wavy locks of Heated Rivalry\u2019s Connor Storrie could be mistaken for a curled endive, while the figure skater Ilia Malinin\u2019s butter-lettuce locks add extra drama to the Quad God\u2019s dizzying axels.<\/p>\n

<\/svg><\/span>Sportspeople such as the US skater Ilia Malinin have leaned hard into the lettuce.<\/span> Photograph: Andy Cheung\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The salad style stems from the world of ice hockey, where players widely embraced the mullet during the 70s and 80s. Despite the mullet\u2019s demise in the 90s, hockey players were slow to ditch \u201cthe party at the back\u201d and instead toned it down, resulting in more modern lettuce locks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe classic sign of proper hockey hair is that you can clearly see it flowing out at the back while wearing a helmet,\u201d says Markus Ekroth, who is a right-winger for Sweden\u2019s Nackarockers. The team have amassed hundreds of thousands of views of their TikTok videos<\/a> that showcase the team\u2019s best lettuce hair.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have naturally wavy hair, so I usually ask my hairdresser to keep some length at the back, especially around the neck, and enough length on top so I can tuck it behind my ears,\u201d Ekroth says. \u201cIf you have good lettuce, people will definitely notice. It\u2019s seen as a bonus and part of the hockey identity.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/svg><\/span>The Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie\u2019s wavy locks.<\/span> Photograph: Frederic J Brown\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hockey players refer to the longer tufts of hair fluttering out from under their helmets as they skate as \u201cflow\u201d or \u201cflow state\u201d.<\/p>\n

During the men\u2019s gold-medal ice hockey game at the Winter Olympics on Sunday, some of the finest examples of flow will be on display. Ekroth describes the US player William Nylander, Sweden\u2019s Mika Zibanejad and Germany\u2019s Moritz Seider as having \u201cgreat lettuce\u201d and representing \u201cthe classic modern hockey look\u201d.<\/p>\n

However, the look is not limited to hockey. John King, the editor-in-chief of Pulltab Sports, compares Malinin\u2019s pirouetting mane to the US ice hockey star Jake Guentzel\u2019s whirling hair, and points to the US freestyle skier Mac Forehand\u2019s \u201cawesome hair\u201d as a strong example of the style. \u201cA mullet is hockey hair, but not all hockey hair is a mullet,\u201d King says.<\/p>\n

Since 2011, King has been compiling an annual \u201cAll Hockey Hair Team\u201d YouTube video<\/a> where he ranks the lettuce of the Minnesota high school hockey team in his home town. It has subscribers from all over the world, many of whom have never watched a hockey game.<\/p>\n

<\/svg><\/span>The Swedish ice hockey player Mika Zibanejad represents \u2018the classic modern hockey look\u2019.<\/span> Photograph: Amber Searls\/Imagn Images\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now the trend is whizzing its way from the rink to the red carpet. Barry Keoghan\u2019s new hair<\/a>, as he prepares to play Ringo Starr, is heavily lettuce coded. As are Harry Styles\u2019s tufty tresses in promotional photos for his new album, Aperture. Glen Powell, Brad Pitt, Paul Mescal and Austin Butler have also recently succumbed to the salad.<\/p>\n

Ekroth says part of the appeal is that the style can boost confidence. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t physically add anything to your performance, but the saying \u2018look good, play good\u2019 definitely applies.\u201d<\/p>\n

King says some players have recently begun to get perms to ensure a consistent curly lettuce look, while others bleach it for extra impact. Only time will tell if Hollywood will follow suit and go with the flow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n