 Instead of lying on the wearer's ears, the hair flips up and comes straight out like an airplane wing, hence the name.The hairstyle was popular among men in the 1960s, 1970s, 2000s, and early 2010s.This hairstyle was first worn by Victorian gentlemen from the 1830s until the 1890s, usually with a beard or muttonchop sideburns.