mop-top

Floppy fringe hairstyle

A mop-top is a hairstyle where thick hair hangs down over the forehead and ears, resembling an inverted mop.

The term became popular describing the Beatles' iconic 1960s look.

It can refer to the hairstyle itself or to someone wearing it: The mop-top from Liverpool changed rock music forever.

Beatles

Beatlemania

Sixties pop culture frenzy

Liverpool · John Lennon · Paul McCartney · George Harrison · Ringo Starr · Ed Sullivan · mod · Carnaby Street · screaming fans · pop

hairstyle

bowl cut

Uniform-length rounded hairstyle

tousled · unkempt · floppy · pageboy · pudding basin · mushroom cut · overgrown · layered · thick · wavy

Opposites
hair length and volume

mop-topbuzz cut

Close-cropped military hairstyle

crew cut · bald · shaved head · skinhead · military cut

grooming and neatness

mop-topslicked-back

Hair smoothed flat backward

clean-cut · pompadour · side part · comb-over · gelled

Family

moptop

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G