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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Lara Olszowska

Mad for it: how Gen Z has fallen in love with the Liam Gallagher look

We’re on the cusp of a landslide Labour election (probably) and there is a certain mood in the air; a prevailing feeling of: things can only get better. While D:Ream don’t seem to be on the cusp of a Sophie Ellis Bexter-style revival (more’s the pity), another full-headed Brit Pop rocker is having his moment in the sun. Again.

Liam Gallagher, or rather, an army of 20-something Gallagher lookalikes have been cropping up all over London. Turn a corner anywhere from Soho to Nunhead, Homerton to Camden, and you’ll bump into one of these doppelgängers. His mod cut has become ubiquitous. “On TikTok, tutorials of Liam Gallagher’s mod-top haircuts have gone viral,” says fashion stylist and trend spotter Lauren Glazer. This is Liamgallaghercore.

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