Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle

Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle
Chosŏn'gŭl	사회주의적생활양식에 맞게 머리단장을 하자
Hancha	에 게 을 하자
Revised Romanization	Sahoe juuijeok saenghwal yangsige matge meori danjangeul haja
McCune–Reischauer	Sahoe chuŭijŏk saenghwal yangsige matke mŏri tanjangŭl haja

Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle (alternatively translated as Let us trim our hair in accordance with Socialist lifestyle) is a television program that was part of a North Korean government propaganda campaign promulgating grooming and dress standards in 2004–2005.

It was broadcast on state-run Korean Central Television in the capital of Pyongyang and clips from the program were later rebroadcast on the British channel BBC One. The program claimed that hair length can affect human intelligence, in part because of the deprivation to the rest of the body of nutrients required for hair to grow. However, although some researchers have proposed that brain and hair are in competition from an evolutionary standpoint, cutting hair has no influence on its rate of growth. It was part of a longstanding North Korean government restriction campaign against haircuts and fashions deemed at odds with "Socialist values".

Such dress and hair standards have long been a fixture of North Korean society. Kim Jong-il was known for his so-called "Speed Battle Cut" crew cut when he first came to prominence in the early 1980s, though he later reverted to the short sided bouffant favored by his father. After Kim Jong-il succeeded his father, some of the state's restrictions on Western fashion were relaxed. Women were allowed permanent waves, men could grow slightly longer hair, and even public dancing was allowed. Despite such slight concessions during the early years of Kim Jong-il's rule, obvious emblems of Western fashion such as jeans continued to be entirely banned, and long hair on men could lead to arrest and forced haircuts.

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