7 Stunning Layered Haircuts for 2021 | Haircut transformation Layered haircuts have a bad rap. Thanks to the '90s obsession with them, the noughties was a palette cleanser of sleek, straight mono-length hair. Today, however, we're slowly starting to embrace layers once again. But the 2.0 version is more about creating cool-girl texture and a little well-placed volume in hair. You can forget about that less-than-covetable mushroom shape that became so intrinsically linked with '90s celebs.