But the difference between a fade and a taper lies in the the length of the hair at the top of the head and the style of the fading along the back and sides. The fade haircut, like the taper, also has a gradient, beginning from longer hair on top, to very short hair along the back and sides. Taper also gives a lot of freedom of movement for the longer hair at the top of the head, which allows for a wide variety of day-to-day styling choices. The taper cut has been a classic look for decades, as it combines the best of two worlds-allowing for longer hair (with little required maintenance), while still maintaining a stylish and well-groomed look.
Because of this, it’s easy to recover from a mistake by simply blending in the rest of the hair along the sides and back to match. There is also some wiggle room for a hairdresser to get it “wrong” or otherwise make a mistake in a taper cut, as the tapering is generally done along a slow gradient. This is one of the key differences between a taper cut and a fade cut.Ī post shared by D BARBERS taper cut can be done with scissors or clippers (or both), depending on how thick the hair is and how slow the tapering effect is. Though the gradient of a taper cut gets quite short at the hairline, the hairline remains intact and the fading doesn’t blend all the way down to the skin. The fading process itself can either be stylishly “sloppy” and have obvious layers to it, or be fairly uniform and smooth, depending on the desired style. The gradient usually begins around the temple and ends at the natural hairline. Even on relatively uniform haircuts, a small amount of tapering-especially towards the bottom and at the hairline-helps prevent any haircut from coming to a “sudden stop.”Ī proper “taper haircut” leaves a relatively long length of hair at the top of the head (usually 2 to 4 inches, but sometimes longer) and then slowly reduces the length along the back and sides. Most modern men’s haircuts have some form of tapering, but the amount varies depending on the cut in question. “Tapering” in hair means that the hair reduces in length along a gradient (goes from longer to shorter).
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