The Extraordinary Rise Of The Mullet

Pronunciation /ˈboʊ.ɡən/ (ボウガン)
Part of Speech noun
English Definition

Traces the mullet’s journey from embarrassing bogan haircut to ironic joke to genuine fashion and Australian identity marker, pointing to organised mullet competitions, including children’s divisions, as evidence of its full cultural rehabilitation.
Japanese Translation

マレットの異常なほどの大復活
Japanese Explanation

「恰ずかしいボーガンの髪型」から皮肉のネタ、そして本物のファッション・アイデンティティの象徴へと変化してきたマレットヘアの歩みを、子供部門まである本格的なマレット大会を例に紹介する。

Origin

Part of the Bogue series on kangaeroo.com, an ongoing cultural examination of Australian bogan culture.

Related Words

bogan; the great bogan aesthetic

The mullet has undergone something approaching a cultural rehabilitation.

It was once: bogan haircut → embarrassment

then:

retro haircut → ironic joke

then:

hipster/alternative fashion → ironic fashion

and now:

Australian identity marker → mainstream hairstyle

The existence of organised mullet competitions demonstrates that the hairstyle has become something people actively cultivate, judge and celebrate. And there is something wonderfully Australian about judging a person’s mullet competitively.