There is a haircut called mullet haircut. This is when the hair at the back will be long but the hair in the front will be short. It is not similar to the rattail. This would be a long but rather slender tail of hair at the back. All people of all ages and both sexes can use this hairstyle. Younger men mainly use these types of styles. This gives them the option of funky at the back but then the front will be business. Other people would sometime just like to imitate their favorite celebrity haircut. This sometimes results in the Duane Chapman mullet hair, which is rather tasteful.

Back in nineteen seventies this hairstyle really took off and was rather popular. David Bowie was one the celebrities to initiate this hairstyle. He did wear longer hair previously. There was also an urban legend where people believed that the long hair would keep the cold out in the back and this was mainly with fishermen. The word mullet originated here.

David Bowie also known as Ziggy Stardust used a lively orange mullet. Back the hair was square shaped. Things changed to big and teased within the nineteen eighties. Other styles that were experimented on by men were blonde highlights and spiked hair. Within the nineteen nineties celebrity Billy Ray Cyrus wore this look. Majority did try to wear this look but some criticized it.

This hairstyle was criticized back in nineteen ninety-five by a magazine who wrote a disapproving article about it. There were several photos posted of different celebrities wearing this hairstyle. Because a whole band wore this particular hairstyle some youth decided they wanted to imitate them.

Photographs of these hairstyles could be found on the Internet rapidly. As a result of this there were television shows made. This hairstyle even made it into movies.

Majority of people would like to imitate the Duane Chapman mullet hairstyle today. There are also other celebrities that many people would imitate. They are Billy Ray Cyrus and David Bowie.