Brisbane blokes say the mullet is back as Travis Head prepares to shine at The Gabba

Australia’s most iconic hair style is back, maybe not bigger, but better than ever.

Australia’s most iconic hair style is back, maybe not bigger, but better than ever.

When Travis Head peeled off an incredible 69-ball century in Perth, he removed his helmet and shook out his streamlined yet glorious mullet to a standing ovation from 50,000 fans.

The batsman’s spin on the style - a shorter, tighter version - emphasised functionality over the more luscious styles of past decades.

In honour of the country’s hero ready to do his thing in the Brisbane Test from Thursday, we hit the streets to find locals who can’t get enough of the timeless cut.

Travis Head looks on during an Australian training session at The Gabba. (Photo by Matt Roberts/Getty Images)

“You can keep it casual but also be in a business setting,” Eli Denisenko, 16, said.

“I think it’s iconic,” friend Max Batianoff added.

“It’s never out of fashion, it goes well with any fit, any mood, any weather.”

The boys agreed Head’s iteration of the style represented a new era in the mullet’s evolution.

“I think (Head’s) mullet is more of a modern mullet, it’s more of a modern variant,” Denisenko said.

Mitch Wright, a tradie who was seen sporting the famed hairdo while hard at work on James St, said Head’s mullet was pushing the definitions for the style.

“It’s a borderline mullet, I think he needs more party at the back,” Mr Wright mused while on his break from installing a ceiling fan.

Mr Wright has been maintaining his mullet for six years and took inspiration from the golden age.

Mitch Wright said Head needed more party at the back.

Chip Smith loves his mullet.

“I grew up in the 90s and saw blokes from the 80s rocking it and I always thought it was pretty cool,” he said.

“I always liked John Farnham’s one.”

Mr Wright gave pertinent maintenance advice for current and prospective mullet owners.

“Wash and brush,” he said.

Chip Smith, who has proudly sported the ageless cut for the past seven years, was inspired to grow out his mane by his own father who sported an old-school mullet.

He said if Head’s haircut adhered to the business-party ratio, it’s a mullet.

“A mullet’s a mullet brother -It doesn’t matter if it’s short or long,” Smith said.

Smith argued the cut had never “come back into style” because in reality it never stopped being cool.

“I don’t know why it would come out of fashion,” Smith said.

“It was [in fashion] all the time, just not many people were showing them back then.”