Popular Men's Hairstyles For 2015/16

From super-short to elegantly long, men's hairstyles for 2015/16 offer a wide array of choices to suit your individual look. Whether it's simplicity that you're after - slicked back after your morning shower - or whether you're looking for something a little more complex, there's a hairstyle to suit you.

Men's hairstyles right now are majoring on what used to be called short back and sides. There's several spins on this for 2015/16. Particularly prevalent at the moment is the undercut. Here, the sides are close-clippered, while the top is left to grow long, and slicked back. The look is classic and stylish, and the beauty of the undercut is that it suits most hair types.

The fade is superficially similar to the undercut, but in both execution and day-to-day wear, this classic among men's hairstyles has its own identity. For the fade, hair is clippered still closer on the sides, fading to longer on the top. Typically, the top is spiky, and gelled into place.

There's nothing simpler than short hair all over the head - and the military has been big news on this season's catwalks. For 2015/16 men's hairstyles, the military has the same - very short - length on sides, back and top. Whether suited and booted, or out on the town, the military works every time.

The swing to all things sharp in male fashion, very much in the style of the American TV series 'Mad Men', means that every variant on the old-school side parting is key for 2015/16. The classic style is sharply updated with tight clippering to the sides, and elegant tapering at the back. And the key word really is sharp: keep your side parting slick, with a little gel to maintain the right look throughout the day.

Alongside the shorter styles, longer hair for men is making a big return. For those with fuller hair, this is great news, and there's a variety of options, depending on your preference.

The man bun is a key look for 2015/16. Worn with a beard, the man bun creates an individual, masculine style and its emergence is changing attitudes to longer hair for men. Hair is simply pulled tightly back from the forehead, and then tied up in the centre of the head, with some hair left trailing, if you prefer.

There's now a new take on the man bun that's been identified as another emerging trend. The top knot merges the undercut with the man bun, with close-clippered sides and the top left as long as you can grow it, pulled tightly back to the centre in a bun as before. The top knot adds a real sharpness to the man bun, and it's not the easiest look to pull off. If your hair is right, and your stylist recommends it, the top knot is right on-trend.

The new hippy looks simple at first. Long hair, a little shaggy on initial glance, worn just to shoulder length, or a little longer. The look dates back to the late 1960s and the hippy revolution in California, and recalls long days at the beach, guitar to hand.

Achieving the new hippy takes a little more work than it seems. Growing the hair is the start, and with the help of your stylist, managing the look as the weeks go by. While you'll want some careful feathering, for 2015/16 the look is masculine, so the key is to maintain the illusion that it's a just-out-of-bed look.

The pompadour brings a flavour of the 1950s to the 21st century, and it's ideal if you have the time to achieve it each morning. The sides are kept short, and there's maximum volume at the top.