Even at the height of its popularity, the mullet haircut was not for the timid. Known as the “business at the front, party at the back” cut, the mullet has some attitude.

Some of the most famous mullets are from hockey players like Jaromír Jágr and Patrick Kane and country music’s Billy Ray Cyrus and Blake Shelton. Baseball has seen its share of mullets and there is definitely more flow emerging from the back of baseball caps these days.

With the return of 80s and 90s styles and less barber visits over the year, the mullet is making a comeback. Keep that pandemic length and add some shape. Modern incarnations of the mullet add mohawks, fades, pompadours, flat tops, and hair designs to the look.

They can be short, medium, or long but mullets always have flow. What stays is the same is shorter hair at the front and hair long enough to cover the neck at the back. Check out these cool retro, modern, and futuristic mullets.

Cool Mullet Haircuts

Cool mullet styles can be retro or modern.

1. Hipster Mullet

Mullets can be cool, very cool. This fresh style combines medium hair on top styled with plenty of movement, faded temples, and some thick flow at the back. Somehow it all works and looks great, although not everybody can pull the look off.

2. Spiky Top + Wavy Back

This classic mullet haircut gets texture from wavy hair and spiky styling. Temple faded sides create a sleek silhouette.

3. The Kentucky Waterfall

Look up Kentucky waterfall in a dictionary and you’ll find this picture.

4. 90s Mullet

With some crispy spikes and blonde tips, this cool look couldn’t be hotter.

5. Baseball Mullet

This curly mullet is designed for maximum effect with a baseball hat.

6. Ziggy Stardust Mullet

Perhaps taking inspiration from Ziggy Stardust, this orange mullet features blunt bangs, a temple fade, and layering at the neckline.

7. Side Part Mullet

A cool take on the mullet, medium hair is parted on the side and combed over.

8. Mullet + Fade

A wider version of the popular mullet hawk, this is one way to wear the temp fade mullet.

9. Temp Fade Mullet

A temple fade keeps the sides tight in this modern look for straight hair.

The Mullet Hawk

The mohawk – mullet is one of the most popular ways to rock this look. Spike hair up, or not.

10. Mohawk Mullet Haircut

This cool look combines two of the most iconic types of men’s haircuts, the mohawk and the mullet. Each one is a bold look on their own and it’s an even bolder style worn together.

11. Wide Mohawk + Temple Fade

A small burst fade behind the ear creates a wide mohawk that adds a punk rock edge to this mullet haircut.

12. Burst Fade Mohawk Mullet

Rays emphasize this burst fade mohawk. Short hair is spiked up along the top and back before the flowing mullet. It’s a lot of look but works for this gentleman.

13. Faux Hawk + Mullet

If you can’t do the mo, do the faux (hawk).

Pompadour Mullet Hairstyles

Instead of short hair or fringe, these mullets feature a pompadour at the front.

14. Retro Pomp

This cool look contrasts a retro waxed handlebar mustache and shiny pomp with a modern beard fade and longer neckline.

15. Medium Length Mullet

Business haircuts can be medium length and so so this longer look still follows the mullet formula.

16. Rockabilly Mullet

A side swept pomp crowns this flowing wavy mullet with a shaved hair design over the temple.

17. Messy Pomp Fade

Most pomp fades are low, mid, or high but to keep the neckline long, try a temple fade.

18. Pomp Hawk Mullet

The first image shows why the mullet is so cool. Length at the back frames the face. This cool version is worn with a wide pompadour at the hairline. A burst fade at the sides creates a mohawk shape with wavy hair creating plenty of texture and volume.

19. Burst Fade + Mullet Haircut

This fresh style has a pompadour at the front and party at the back plus a burst fade at the sides. Mix and match various men’s haircuts to create your own unique look.

Short Mullet Haircuts

It doesn’t take a lot of hair to create a mullet. Here’s how to the the look with short hair.

20. Baby Bangs Mullet

Ultra short bangs take a cue from the trendy crop while the rest of this look is vintage.

21. Short Mullet

A mullet doesn’t have to be long, especially with this thick hair.

22. Short Kentucky Waterfall

This mullet, aka Kentucky waterfall, contrasts sideburns with shaved temples and short straight hair at the front with longer curly flow at the back.

23. Crop + Flow

Somehow combining a trendy crop and popular flow haircut gives you a mullet.

24. Cool Mullet

The mullet can have a bad reputation but this clean look is all good.

25. Spiky Hair Mullet

A mullet haircut has plenty of impact at any length. This beard with messy spikes are on trend. Extra length at the back is just cool.

Flow

All mullets are flow hairstyles but not all flow hair is a mullet. Flow isn’t all about length, it’s about attitude.

26. Hockey Hair + Mullet

If it wasn’t for the faded sideburns, this slicked back hockey hair with some flow could be from the 90s. It looks as good now as it did back then.

27. Mullet + Full Beard

If you can grow long hair like this, do it.

28. Mullet Fade + Hair Design

Slicked back style and faded sides make this haircut all about the flow.

29. Slicked Back Hair

Another hipster mullet, this is a clean cut look all over with some length at the neckline.

Wavy + Curly Mullets

Mullets looks so good with wavy and curly hair that some guys even get a perm.

30. Curly Mullet Haircut For Toddler Boys

If this kid looks this cool, imagine how good you could look with this cut.

31. Mullet For Boys

This cool look is heavier at the front than the back.

32. Permed Mullet

If you could look this good, you’d get a perm too.

33. Wavy Mullet

Natural texture gives this cool cut plenty of volume.

34. Long Curly Mullet

Keeping bangs long enough to have texture makes this look more modern than the retro straight fringe look.

35. Curly At The Back

This business is all business and this party is all party.

36. Short Curly Mullet

Keep cool with this shorter mullet style with just enough flow.

37. Wavy Mullet

This cool look is cut to enhance waves and texture.

38. Choppy Mullet

Take that texture to the next level with this jagged look.

39. Mullet Haircut For Thick Hair

Layers lighten up this thick hair and bring out texture.

Flat Top Mullet

You really can combine the mullet with any hairstyle.

40. Flat Top + Flow

The flat top is a retro men’s haircut that has plenty of modern appeal. Combine it with a mullet for an unexpected combination.

41. Flat Top + Fade

With a short flat top, the business at the front of this mullet haircut is all business. In contrast, the party at the back lets loose with a curl.

42. Flat Top Fade + Mullet

With just enough length  at the back to be called a mullet, this short haircut has more hair at the back than the top.

Long Mullet Haircuts

With long hair, you can really commit to the mullet.

43. Mullet + Bangs

This is a classic men’s haircut with bangs that just keeps going at the neck.

44. Jagged Mullet

Mullets can be styled any way you like. With pointed edges and a few spikes, this long at the back men’s haircut is more rocker than hockey.

45. 1970s Mullet

A mustache and long sideburns give this long mullet hairstyles a 1970s look and feel.

46. Classic Mullet

With short fringe, a long neck, and layering all over this is as classic as the mullet gets.

47. Long Men’s Hair

Even without long hair at the back, this is a bold look. It might be a rat tail, but that’s still a type of mullet.