The top 20 grooming trends that shaped the S/S 2016 men's season

prada
Prada: Hair, hair, yeah, yeah, was the unanimous message at this season's S/S 2016 menswear shows. Prada single-handedly staged a comeback for British rock 'n' roll, or at least the musical genre's propensity for voluminous, bob-cut hair, as textured shags reigned supreme in Milan
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gucci

Gucci: Alessandro Michele, Gucci's new creative director, has a propensity for gender bending and as such his models' skin glowed with the same healthy shine that finished their long fringed, squeeky clean mops

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agi sam

Agi & Sam: Starry eyes and morning hair galvanised Agi & Sam's contemporary layered looks, adding an avant-garde edge to otherwise clean and willowy designs

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topman design

Topman Design: Shading about the eyes spoke of late night adventures at Topman's London show, where the models' loose locks mirrored the collection's untamed spirit

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dunhill

Dunhill: Curling irons welcome. Dunhill creative director John Ray wasn't shy of a little volume when it came to his men's spring coiffure, which brought a youthful energy to the show

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Burberry Prorsum

Burberry Prorsum: Christopher Bailey's clean-cut English gent possessed a free-spirited country glow, while chestnut locks were effortlessly tousled for his Kensington Garden's runway

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Craig Green

Craig Green: Chunks of hair were coaxed forward on the forehead and then curled back to the sides for Craig Green's S/S 2016 presentation. The East London look perfectly counter-balanced the designer's sporty colour blocked Judo gear

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fendi

Fendi: The Roman house kept hair sleek and glossy with gel-infused locks, while thick brows were brushed upwards to frame the face

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Brioni

Brioni: The classic 'combed back' look fitted Brioni's models like a glove, perpetuating the label's modern refinement, which this season drew inspiration from Venetian glass paintings

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Emporio Armani

Emporio Armani: With eyes thickly shaded in charcoal shadow and thick bangs and brows, Armani's grooming game was bold and strong against an equally masculine spring collection

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moncler

Moncler Gamme Bleu: Moncler's lightly powdered blondies boasted perfectly manicured butterscotch dos, which perfectly complemented the boys' preppy bermudas and pastel puffer jackets

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Acne Studios

Acne Studios: Acne stepped back to the 1990s for spring, as thick, blocky streaks of brown and blonde highlights were painted in a freehand fashion for the label's latest gender-bending show

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balmain

Balmain: The military cap got a hip youth spin at Balmain, accesorising the season's army uniforms, while luminizer added a healthy shine to the troups' faces

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Wooyoungmi

Wooyoungmi: Luminizer was also called upon to add a spacey, alienesque dimension to models at Wooyoungmi, where hair kicked out to the back in a somewhat extraterrestrial way

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dior homme

Dior Homme: The French house's models boasted dark brows and sun kissed hair for spring, which was parted at the front to resemble a long fringe

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Dries Van Noten

Dries Van Noten: Unkempt locks and brows made for a somewhat négligée look at Dries Van Noten, jazzed up by tiny silver crystals pasted below each models' iris

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hermes

Hermès: The iconic French house's summer collection staged a bold revival of the 1970s bad boy as myriad James Deans walked down the runway, hair side-parted and suitably coiffured with volume

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lanvin

Lanvin: Lanvin’s men's creative director Lucas Ossendrijver took a brave new spin on 1980s New Wave for spring with leather jackets and collar knits. He then finished the retrospective look with impeccably sleek, moused hair and prominent brows

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paul smith

Paul Smith: This season's collection proposed a toast to individuality and 'Independent minds' with vibrant colour codes and intriguing fabrics, as well as untamed hair, as each model sported individual locks of their own

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sacai

Sacai: The Japanese label mashed up military motifs with fragments of New York nightclubs logos for spring, sculpting locks that were equally as intoxicated

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