Your hairstylist probably won’t tell you this, but most people who ask for a shag end up with a mullet instead. That’s the gap this guide closes, so you walk into your next salon appointment… 

Your hairstylist just said “shag” and you nodded like you knew exactly what that meant. You didn’t. Nobody blames you—this cut has changed so much since the 70s that even seasoned stylists argue about what…