Schlager Shows Its Face with the Andreas Gabalier Quiff
Andreas Gabalier, the Austrian "Volks-Rock'n'Roller". It is not just his music that shows up in the German charts; his haircut goes down just as well with fans of German Schlager pop. The sharp cut, defined above all by that towering quiff, gets noticed, and you rarely see it on men. So what gives the singer's quiff its appeal? We will get into that and plenty more in today's Charlemagne Premium blog post and bring you a little closer to the Gabalier look.
So, eyes over here, because this is all about that quiff. Enjoy the read and the copying, friends.
The singer Andreas Georg Gabalier, success has a name
Andreas Georg Gabalier was born on 21 November 1984 in Carinthia, making him an Austrian singer of folk-flavoured pop, which most people know better as "Schlager".
His 2015 album Mountain Man held the top of the German charts for 114 weeks, which says plenty about his reach. He has also picked up countless awards, among them the German Television Award, the well-known Bambi and the Echo Award.
The singer and his hair, one hell of a quiff
The Gabalier haircut is a classic volume style. All sorts of stars, from Bruno Mars to the German musician and presenter Goetz Alsmann, wear this attention-grabbing shape. It is a wonder the quiff turns up so rarely on men's heads. The basic shape is striking and pulls eyes towards it. On top of that, all that blow-dried volume adds a good few centimetres to your height. Maybe the reason you see it so seldom is that a quiff demands a certain amount of length up top, and not many men, however interested they are, can find the confidence to grow it. Either way, today's wearers and stars are all chasing one man: good old Elvis Presley. His quiff was the starting gun for the wave our Volks-Rock'n'Roller is riding. Hair and image go hand in hand.
How do you style the quiff yourself?
A quiff gets its shape mainly from the length of your fringe and the way the rest of the top is cut. The shorter the sides are clipped, the more dominant the quiff looks to anyone in front of you. Goetz Alsmann is a good example here. Bruno Mars, by contrast, wears his quiff more relaxed. The transition from sides to top is softer, not hard like an undercut.
Start by blow-drying towel-dried hair, ideally with volumising mousse and a comb. After that you can work the top into the shape you want with pomade. The right kit for the job is waiting, of course, in the Charlemagne Premium shop.
A man of the world has no reason to fear grey hair either. Streaks make the look more interesting and give the hair accents. Pomade in particular leaves your hair with a good shine, which rounds the whole thing off.
As you have read, the quiff is not rocket science and is well within reach for any man with a longer fringe. The right kit for your hair, and above all for the beard to go with it, is waiting as always in the Charlemagne Premium shop, because:
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