The mullet’s resurgence divides Australia
The controversial hairstyle is either an embarrassment or a point of national pride—or both
Consider the mullet, a hairstyle that has a good claim to being Australia’s national do. It comes in various shapes and sizes. The mullet can be “extreme”—shaved bare on top. Or it can be spiked up like a mohawk. It is sometimes “grubby” and dreadlocked. And then there is the “ranga” mullet, meaning red-headed (it’s an abbreviation of “orangutan”), which is always a crowd-pleaser.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Mullet spring”
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