Disastrous 80s fashion look is back as DIY TikTok tutorials rack up millions of views
YOUNG blokes are rollering back the years — with a four-fold rise in 1980s-style perms.
The curly cut is back thanks to celebs like Game of Thrones star Kit Harington, Strangers Things’ Gaten Matarazzo and Justin Bieber.
Former England footballer and perm pioneer Kevin Keegan, 71, remains the top mop in a poll of 2,000 Brits, with 26 per cent wanting to copy his ultra-tight 1980s bubble style.
Tutorial videos for DIY perms are racking up millions of likes on TikTok — while salon owners are reporting a huge upturn in male punters ready for curls.
Sophia Osborne, a hairdresser at London’s Karine Jackson, said: “It used to be when we do perms about one in ten customers would be a guy. Now we’re looking at about 40 per cent.
“They are coming in with reference pictures they have taken off the internet — with celebrities like Justin Bieber and John Snow from Game of Thrones.
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“It’s great that guys feel much more confident to go for that kind of hairstyle because years ago they might not have been.”
Many younger customers are seeking out the “top perm”, which is shorter on the sides.
Sophia, 26, added: “Most of them now are asking for the top perm. I think it’s because you can give them that and they don’t have to do much with it.”
