30+ Timeless French Crop Haircut Variations in 2021 + Styling Guide

This French crop has short sides and a layered fringe for a sleek and modern look. While you don’t need the tattoos to complete this look, they definitely add a hipsterish youth to the style.

Hairstyles don’t need to be complicated to look good. This French crop, with some natural texture on top, is a textbook example of the style.

If the basic French crop is a little too boring for your tastes, you can let some tufts grow out at the front. The resulting horn or fang-like appearance is fierce and unlike anything you’ve seen before.

For the practical man, an ultra-short French crop is definitely the way to go. With a buzz cut on the sides, fading up and into a short, 1 to 2-centimetre crop, this cut is a winner in our books!

In the hairstyling world, there are no set rules. Grow your fringe out and we’ll still let you call it a French crop, just like this 21st century spin on a classic hairstyle.

The French crop is absolutely one of the best styles for adding texture. Just some light strands on the top can take this haircut to another level.

Here’s another spin on the French crop. With a hefty fringe on top, under-cut real short on the sides, you’ll find this hairstyle surprisingly practical…

Let your French crop part naturally on the fringe, and you’ll be left with a cool effect like this. Throw on some glasses and grow some light facial hair and you’re good to go!

For thicker hair, you can ruffle up the top of your French crop for a similar, rugged look. It contrasts brilliantly with the short sides, which is a major pro of the French crop in general.

If you need something a little more reserved, your French crop can be a little less “French crop” and a little more “long on top, short on the sides!” It’s the texture that makes this look so cool, though.

As with any hairstyle, you can lines and partitions to create contrast and stand out from the crowd. Here’s how that looks with a French crop.

If you look at all the French crops on this list, you’ll notice that there are a lot of ways to approach the top hair that’s further back on your head. Let that grow out thick and this is the look you’ll get.

This is another disconnected French crop, but with bounds of texture added on top. Some tufts are going up, some are going sideways, some are going down. It’s messy and we love that.

This isn’t much of a variation on the French crop. It’s just a plain, old French crop. But it still looks pretty cool, right?

Let’s say you’re a free spirit, and you want to communicate that through your hairstyle. Here’s how you do it: get a French crop, leave the top long, and add plenty of spikes!

Leave the top hair on your French crop nice and long, and you’ll have ample opportunity to immediately create new styles if you get bored. For this look, add spikes to the back, not the front.

The French crop is a hairstyle as old as the Roman times, if not older. To make it more modern, why not combine your crop with a faded undercut, like this?

Embrace your wavy hair and leave it to curl up. That’s what this gentleman has done with his French crop hairstyle. The authentic look that results is definitely worthy of some praise.

As another simple variation on the French crop, grow your hair to about 3 or 4 centimetres before getting the sides trimmed down close.

The sides of your French crop don’t always have to be trimmed right down to the skin. Here, a little length on the sides plus the tiny tuft at the front is what sets this style apart from the rest.

Quintessential French cropping right here with a very tight fade on the sides and thick bead to match.

Looking like all of the Premier League players rolled up into one, this fresh and short French Crop has a well-worn look.

It’s difficult to make a mullet look new and now, but this guy has done a great job of that with long and flowy hair on top and the party in the back.

The Hulk angrily declared, “You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.” With green tips and a hard line on the side, no one will be upset when getting this cut.

When you’re going to try and score, you’ve got to take chances. With a disconnected top, this cut looks both retro and modern at the same time.

There is no doubt that this gentleman went into the barber and showed a picture of DJ Snake and said, “Give me that!”.

The French crop gets spiked out and has a few bangs added in for extra flavor. This could be the wave of the future.

If you want people to ask you if you cut your hair yourself, this fringe is the way to go. Lighty combed and very uneven.

The French crop is looking more stylish each week. With the messy top, this guy looks runway or winebar ready.

The drop fade is ready for its second season. Added onto the slightly messy French crop and we have 2020 sleekness.

If the French crop was a football team, this would be last year’s World Cup winners. Nearly perfect in every way, the slight dye, the texture, and the fringe all look like winners.

Nearly anyone can look good with the French crop, and this guy proves it. His thicker, deep dark hair looks just the right amount of ruffled and stylish. Matches the medium fringe perfectly.

Red, curly, coarse hair is never easy to contain or maintain. Cutting it short and brushing it forward with style makes it look right.

The longer top on this French crop gives depth and a romantic vibe. The sideline lets people know that he’s still a bad boy.

Young or old, this French crop looks right. With the medium fringe here, it’s very hard to go wrong.

Pushed to the side. Pushed to the middle. Pushed all over the place. This is a fresh look for the French crop and it’s impressive. The texture shows the care for the hair and the waves each way will make people look twice.

It’s almost like this gentleman has two French crops. One on the top of his head, and one on the bottom. The beard really stands out for its manicure and pushes people to look at the haircut.

Edmond Halley studied one comet for many years and learned its path around the solar system. This one comet side design will also give people a reason to search it out.

The French crop keeps getting updated and modernized every week. With the blond on top and pushed forward, the crop looks great. But it’s the disconnected side with the fade that is the star of the show here.

This cut looks like someone from another European country trying to do the French crop and barely getting it right. It’s there. It’s good. But it’s not a French, French crop.

The traditional French crop is very low to the head and caesar-like. This choppy look, adds a new dimension to it from the front, sides, and back.

This tightly cut French crop gets the line up right next to the ears. The fade is so low that its practically impossible to even see. The faded mutton chop sideburns are an added bonus.

Not all French Crops are straight, here is the one with side brushed. The top is slightly tossed to add a bit more panache. That being said, the sides are taper faded with a line up that is both angeled and tapered.

Curled top is always quite fascinating but when it is paired with some styling elements, that’s when it makes it more fun. The top is French cropped as well with the fade that makes the side sleek and neat.

Not all french crops are straight, some are a little fancy with that angular fringes stealing the show. The sides are however taper faded for that one notch cleaner look but other than that it is good on volume and length.

In high sight this hairstyle might seem as just another french crop bit that’s not the case. The top is slightly tossed with mohawk-y feel to it. Plus the sides are faded to show the balance of beard and top. How thoughtful is that now?

French Crops can be very interesting but require some attention to detail. That being said the top is frizzed dyed with that cheeky low-key blonde dye that makes everything ten times stylish.

Rough and rugged texture is quite attractive especially something like this which on one glance looks tossed but when looked closely you’ll see a subtle pattern with a cheeky skin fade on the sides.

French Crop is not just another cut, this one is quite a classy one with the toss on the top with sides being taper faded. The angular fringe adds that extra layer of styling in making this a very hipster-y look yet not too intimidating.

French Crop is all fun but tweaking it a little makes it jazzy. The curtain takes on this style is quite fun especially with the twin angular fringe spices it up. Plus the sleek temple fade makes it neat.

French Crop like these is just pure jewels. Did you notice the side? It is inverse temple faded with the top being fringed all over the forehead. The sides are also faded for maximum neat outlook with that flat texture.

The color of the dye sells this look pretty much but that is not it. The top is thin-haired with french crop falling on the forehead with sides being all neat with that taper fade. Not to mention, the hard part slit is just an efficient move.

A very happy style as we see it has nothing too flashy about it. The French Crop is quite chilled out but the sides are equally neat tapered faded with that temple fade helping beard to come in the game as well.

What is better than thin hair laying on forehead and chilling there just because it is French Crop hairstyle? The sides here make the look 10 times neat with the taper fade but the fade here is a cheeky mid fade that still has a lot of room for lineup.

The volume concentration is done quite well here, the beard is thicker than the top with the top being semi french cropped. The sides are high faded with a tapered temple and angled lineup.

If balance had a face this would be it, the top is french cropped with a beard that is focused towards the chin for that maximum density. The Mid drop fade is something that makes the look slicker with half tapered lineup.

Thin hair gives the best french crop hands down. The crop here is quite long with a slight brush to the side. The volume is thin due to strands but the length is quite neat. The sides and back are allowed to grow as it gives shag vibes plus don’t forget the mullet.

This french crop is quite a fancy one as it looks slightly narrower. The sides are mid-faded for a cleaner approach. The top is slightly brushed up with a pocky texture following the trend all over. The key is to trim and taper.

The classic OG french crop with a very hipster look is here for us. The top is slightly longer than the sides but not too long as the whole idea is to keep it minimalistic. The sides are high faded for those tattos to pop quite well.

Grizzly top is a good friend of rough-textured hair strands. The one here is fist pinched with some hair products to tame it the way it is. The sides are tapered and not faded which is not your usual french crop but that’s the fun, isn’t it?