Our Fave Crop Top Haircut Ideas for Men in 2023
Find out more about this short haircut for men, and check out the hair pegs we've rounded up for you.
If you’ve always worn a barber’s cut or a crew cut your whole life, now is the perfect time to try a new ‘do. Why don’t you get a crop top haircut? It’s a trendy haircut that will update your look. It even comes in stylish variations like the crop top fade and French crop top. But before we go into those, let’s get to know this short haircut a little more.
What Is a Crop Top Haircut?
The crop top haircut was popular in the ’90s, but it has been around even before people called it such. A crop top haircut has a blunt fringe and faded sides and back. This haircut for men works on both thick and thin hair. It looks like the bowl cut, although the crop top often has shorter sides and back.
The fringe is the most distinct part of the crop top haircut. You can cut it short to cover only the upper portion of your forehead or grow it to let it touch your eyebrows. You can also brush it up to show more of your face or comb it down to create a hip look or to help disguise receding hairline.
Here are some crop top haircut pegs for you.
Trendy Ways to Rock a Crop Top Haircut
1. Caesar Cut
This version of a crop top haircut has a short blunt fringe and shaved or faded sides. It’s named after the famous Roman general and statesman, whom artists often depicted in sculptures and paintings sporting this short haircut.
Editor’s tip: Rock this short haircut by ensuring your scalp is flake-free. Use CLEAR Cool Sport Menthol Anti-Dandruff Shampoo for Men every day. Its Triple Anti-Dandruff Technology helps remove, resist, and prevent dandruff. It even has mint that leaves a cool and fresh sensation on your scalp.
2. Crop Top Fade
The fading in this haircut starts a little closer to your ear. You can go for a crop top fade if you don’t want your haircut to look too bare.
3. Messy French Crop Top
Compared with a Caesar cut, a French crop top haircut has a slightly longer fringe, but the sides are also kept short. Make it a trendy, everyday hairstyle by scooping a small amount of hair putty, rubbing your palms together, and finger-combing through your hair to apply the product. Scrunch your hair as you do so to create a messy look.
Editor’s tip: Enjoy experimenting with different hairstyles for men, especially when you have strong hair. Use Dove Men + Care Strengthening Shampoo regularly. It has caffeine and Trichazole Actives to help fortify your strands. This way, your hair grows uninterrupted by breakage and hair fall.
4. Crop Top Haircut With Beard
Exude a mysterious and brooding vibe by pairing your cropped ‘do with a beard. Just trim and groom your beard regularly to keep your overall look youthful and fresh.
5. Short Curly Hair
Does the crop top haircut work on curly hair? Of course, it does! A bit of layering can give it a subtle fade while helping to distribute your hair’s natural volume.
6. Brushed-Back Long Fringe
When you want to keep hair off your face, you can comb your fringe back and keep it in place by applying a bit of hair pomade. Style your crop top haircut this way if you want a sleek but hip look.
Editor’s tip: Keep your brushed-back fringe in place by applying Axe Ice Chill Pomade to your hair. It is a hard-hold, water-based pomade that provides shine and maximum control, helping your hairstyle last. It is also easy to wash off, so you don’t need to worry about having sticky residue on your hair at the end of the day.
7. Temple Undercut
This haircut has short hair near the temples and is longer at the back. If haircuts with shaved sides are for you, start with the temple undercut.
8. Textured Fringe
Not a fan of messy hairstyles? Add a little texture by creating small C-shapes on your fringe. To do that, get a round brush and blow-dry sections of your bangs downward with your brush. Then, apply a small amount of hair putty to seal the textured look.
9. Mullet-Style Crop Top Haircut
Add an ’80s touch to your crop top haircut by keeping the back section of your hair long like a mullet. Then, keep your fringe at eyebrow level (or shorter) and maintain this length up to the sides.
10. Blonde Top
Jazz up your haircut by dyeing the top section of your hair blonde and keeping your natural hair color at the sides. This dark-light contrast makes for an edgy, head-turning look.
Now, which of these is your favorite? Bookmark this page and show your pick to your barber the next time you get a haircut.
