Blowout (hair style)

The Blowout, also called a "Temp", "The Brooklyn Poser", or "Tape Up" is hairstyle that gained popularity in the early 2000s. The hair is faded from skin to 1 cm (1/2 inch) in length from the edge of the hairline up 2 cm (1 inch). The rest of the hair is left the same length, usually 2-5 cm (1-2 inches) depending on the preference of the client, and is generally spiked up in chunks using large amounts of heavy product such as hair gel.

The origin of the Blowout is often debated, some citing a Brooklyn barbershop as the original. Others believe that it started in Long Island, New York, while many in the Northeast still maintain that its roots can be traced to Garrett's Barber Shop in Berlin, CT, a popular shop and sub-cultural epicenter. Many believe Joseph Sacco invented the hair style on Staten Island as a joke because he and his friends wanted to have "spikey hair."

Regardless of its origins, the Blowout's popularity was very strong, but peaked and declined sharply (although not into obscurity). It was popularized most notably by the "Gotti Boys" on their reality TV series "Growing Up Gotti". It was trendy mainly the Northeast, particularly in Philadelphia, Boston, and mainly parts of New York and New Jersey.