Some say tape up haircuts are basically fades but they’re wrong! First of all, tape up was originally a form of taper fade worn in the 2000s by African Americans (mostly), then moving on to be a basic New Yorker style.
Then the tape up evolved from tapers to mean a taper or a fade that’s pointing up in a diagonal line across the temple. Do we have a basis for this? The countless hours of research we spent looking at photos of what people on the internet call a “tape up.” So hear you have it – we’ve put together the most defining styles for the cut!
1. Platinum Hair with Skin Fade Tape Up
2. Shape Up Spikes with Tape Up High Fade
3. Pretty Boy Pompadour and Tape Up Fade
4. Spiky Fade with Tape Up
5. Textured Forward Swept Short Pomp with Tape Up
6. Textured Classic Haircut with Tape Up
7. Large Spikes Fringe with Short Sides and Tape Up
8. Dapper Diagonal Part with Tape Up
9. Dapper Spikes with Tape Up and Stubble
10. Forward Swept Spikes with Tape Up Fade and Short Beard
11. Spikes with Low Tape Up and Beard
12. Hard Part Fade with Tape Up and Gelled Short Hair
13. Spiked Top with Tape Up and Stubble
14. French Crop with Tape Up Classic Look
15. Messy French Crop with Tape Up Fade
16. Textured Short Waves with High Fade and Tape Up
17. Wavy Shape Up with Delicate Tape Up Fade
18. Undercut Side Comb with Tape Up Fade on One Side
19. Slicked Back Part with Hard Fade and Tape Up
20. Curly Hair with Slight Widow’s Peak and Fade
21. Long Spiky Hair with Tape Up
22. Short Hair Shaped Up in the Front Plus Tape Up
23. Textured Symmetrical Pomp with Tape Up
24. Short Hair Tape Up with Short Beard
25. Messy French Crop with Short Beard and Tape Up
26. Dapper Undercut with Tape Up and Beard
27. Hard Part Gelled Hair with Tape Up and Beard
28. Extra Spikes with Tape Up, Beard, and Wide Sideburns
29. Slicked Back Spikes with Tape Up and Fade
30. Short Spikes and Tape Up Fade with Square Beard
Taping Up the End
Are you closer to getting what a tape up actually is? We’ve had our best shot at it – let us know in the comments or on our Pinterest what you think of the style and what you’d do to improve it!
We’re also looking forward to your own twists on this haircut that we can maybe add to our boards or even to the article!
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