clean cut

Clean cut describes a neat, well-groomed appearance suggesting wholesomeness and respectability: a clean-cut young man in a pressed shirt.

The term originally referred to sharply defined edges or outlines, and that sense of crisp definition carries into its description of people.

A clean-cut look implies short hair, shaved face, and conservative dress—the opposite of scruffy or countercultural.

The phrase can carry undertones of conformity or blandness: He was too clean-cut for the punk scene.