This article appeared in Vice md-November 2021, but the buzz cut is a trend that is continuing to find momentum and probably will for the foreseeable future.
An excerpt:
As much as we hate to admit it, when celebrities and influencers get on board with a trend, the world follows. Thus, the buzz cut has gone mainstream. In a short span of time, it has undergone a complete rebrand from being perceived as a sign of crisis to one of fall 2021’s biggest hair trends. This, says 26-year-old photographer Ella Ezeike, might be due to a shift in perspectives and beauty ideals taking place during the pandemic. “I think people are shaving their heads because they're not attached to the superficialities of who they are anymore or what defines them,” she says. “Shaving my head meant being free and escaping the constructs of femininity, it also helped me love my face more.”
