The Comb Over Is Back: Stylish Irish Men Embracing Retro Hairdo

“THEY SAID the mullet would never come back and they were wrong, and they’ve been proven wrong again!”

The words of chief trend officer at Peter Mark, Mark Peters, who spoke with WWN about the improbable comeback of the comb over hairstyle among young Irish men.

“Once Keoghan debuted a filthy comb over on the red carpet, it sort of caught on,” offered Peters, who says there’s now a month-long waiting list in some barbers for the in-demand do.

“The C.O is counter cultural, it’s defiant, it dares to say look at me all you want but I feel not be made to feel self-conscious,” offered sociologist who specialises in monitoring trends, Dr. Martin Morten.

The comb over was a staple on Irish heads all the way up to the early 00s however, that all but disappeared as prematurely balding men chose the close shave ‘full Agassi’.

“As scientific studies have proven, 100% of heterosexual men are attracted to Jason Statham and his emergence de-stigmatised being a cueball. However every trend and era comes to an end and now the post-ironic, post-cringe comb over is what everyone wants,” added Dr. Morten.

Young men with their finger on the pulse are shaving their hairlines back to leave the monk-like crown and a glaring, vacant space on the top the head. It’s then over to skilled professionals to advise on growing out one side of the hair which will form the inadequate partial-covering of a comb over.

“People with mullets are back to being rejected by society as should have always been the case. If you’re a young lad on a night, you haven’t a hope of getting a girl’s number unless you are sporting a slimy, streaky comb over,” concluded Dr. Morten.

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