The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

Simple, classy and very easy to manage – we've compiled a gallery of the best fade hairstyle inspirations for your next haircut.

1 Fade Haircut With Medium Length Messy Top The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

After almost 2 years of on-and-off spotting an undercut hairstyle, I’m officially done with it.

What’s next? I’ve just settled down with a fade haircut. It’s a simple, classy and timeless hairstyle. More importantly, it’s very easy to manage. Or sometimes, I don’t really manage it at all. (As with other things that come with age, my tolerance threshold for allowing my hair to look messy in the public might have increased just a little. Ahem.)

Barber Making Fade The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

Barber making a fade. Image by @dannyandcobarbers

The fade hairstyle is the more generic brother of the undercut hairstyle. In fact, undercut hairstyle is a variation of fade haircuts, and there are many types of fades: high fade, low fade, regular fade etc. In essence, a fade haircut is a hairstyle with hair on the sides and the back of your head gradually tapered in length until the hair is completely shaven (or not, depending on your fade style.) The top part is where you can have fun – curly, straight, messy, wavy, spiky… you name it.

Another reason why I really love about fade haircuts is how they can easily smarten-up any man without too much changes and styling. See example below:

Fade Hairstyle Before And After The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

Image by @alan_beak Instagram

If you’re looking for a simple, classic yet modern-looking haircut, why not go fade? Here we’ve compiled a gallery of fade hairstyle inspirations:

1 Fade Haircut With Medium Length Messy Top The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

Fade haircut with medium length messy top

2 Mid Fade With Short Messy Top The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

Mid fade with short messy top

3 High Fade With Classic Pomp The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

High fade with classic pomp

4 Regular Fade With Long Wavy Top The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

Regular fade with long wavy top

5 High Fade With Short Textured Top The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

High fade with short textured top

6 Low Fade With Long Textured Top The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

Low fade with long textured top

7 Regular Fade With Side Parted Top The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

Regular fade with side parted top

8 High Fade With Crop Top The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

High fade with crop top

9 High Fade With Quiff The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

High fade with quiff

10 High Fade Bowl Cut Top The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

High fade bowl cut top

11 Medium Fade With Side Parted Top The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

Medium fade with side parted top

12 High Fade With Caesar Cut Top The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

High fade with caesar cut top

13 High Fade With Ultra Short Top The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

High fade with ultra short top

14 Low Fade With Curly Top The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

Low fade with curly top

15 Regular Fade With Textured Medium Top The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

Regular fade with textured medium top

16 High Fade With Sweep Back Top The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

High fade with sweep back top

17 High Fade With Spikes The Fade Hairstyle: 24 Best Looks & Styles

High fade with spikes

Regular fade with classic side parted

Regular fade with classic side parted

High fade with military buzz cut

High fade with military buzz cut

Regular fade with curly short top

Regular fade with curly short top

Skin fade with waves

Skin fade with waves

High fade with heavy top

High fade with heavy top

High fade with side parted quiff

High fade with side parted quiff

High fade with slicked back top

High fade with slicked back top

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