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A 'bowl cut', also known as a 'beach cut', 'pot haircut', 'chili bowl', or a 'mushroom cut', is a haircut where the hair is cut short on the sides and back and allowed to grow long on the top, looking as though someone put a bowl on the head and cut off all the visible hair. A famous bowl cut wearer in the USA was Moe Howard, who wore it as part of his three stooges persona.
Historically this haircut was popular among common people of various nationalities as an easy and relatively neat cut by a non-professional. Indeed, it was done by putting a cooking pot of a fit size to the level of ears, and all hair below the rim was cut or even shaven off. In some cultures it was a normal type of haircut. In other cultures the bowl cut was viewed as an attribute of poverty, signifying that the wearer could not afford to visit a barber. The bowl cut is quite common among the Amish.
The bowl cut gained popularity in America among teenaged and pre-teen boys in the 1980s and was often associated with cool kid culture. Indeed, this hairstyle was a veritable fad in some locales. The popularity of the bowl cut faded in the mid-1990s. ^[1]
The bowl cut is a comparable to the Beatle haircut, which is slightly longer and less bowl hair-like. This almost-bowl cut was particularly fashionable within the mod scene.

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1. 1990's Time Period in Fashion History