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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Eva Wiseman

In search of the perfect quiff

Soft and relaxed meets slick as hell: the new quiff.
Soft and relaxed meets slick as hell: the new quiff. Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images

The starting point for Pieter’s AW16 menswear collection was a photograph from 1979 of Brian Ridley and Lyle Heeter by Robert Mapplethorpe. It’s a double portrait in a homely living room, of two men side by side, in leather and chains. One wears a cap, the other… well, his hair is fabulous. Pieter’s models were each styled in variations on the ultimate quiff, soft and relaxed at the front, slick as hell at the back. Prep with mousse and blast dry, working your wax through with a wide-toothed comb. Finish with chains.

Get the look

Tigi Bed Head Wax Stick £8.25, allbeauty.com
Uppercut Monster Hold £16, uppercutdeluxe.com
Daimon Barber Pomade £12.75, daimonbarber.co.uk
Shu Uemura Master Wax £22, lookfantastic.com
Kérastase Baume Densité Homme £19.50, kerastase.co.uk
Men’s Society The Pompadour Hair Kit £20, asos.com
KMS California Hairplay Gel Wax £16, hqhair.com

Email Eva at e.wiseman@observer.co.uk or follow her on Twitter @EvaWiseman

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