help on this hairstyle?

I want to get this hairstyle which Charlie Simpson has:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/going_out/music/features/fightstar/gallery/gallery3.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/going_out/music/features/fightstar/gallery/gallery2.htm

Does anyone know how to achieve this style?

you will need to have quite a lot of length in your hair already, as the layers in this cut are very long all over.it will also help if your hair is straight, as waves would create a totally different shape. the best thing to do isw to go to your hairdresser with as many pictures as you can find. they should be able to do this style, no problem, then pay attention to the way they style it so you can do it yourself at home. by the looks of it he uses quite a lot of wax as the layers are very well definied. also take into account the fact that he has fairly light sections in his hair which adds to the choppy broken up look, this wouldnt be quite the same if your hair is dark.

hey dude, im trying to go for that hairstyle as well atm my hair is naturally blak so im prob gonna dye it dark brown then put blonde highlights, my hair is straight so thats no worri :)

lol...well charlies natural hair colour is a dark dark brown/blak cola if u didnt know. just look at his thick blak eyebrows lol plus i got a pic of him with natural hair its like my cola, pretty much blak but more of an extremely dark brown, so yer u do gotta dye ur hair medium brown then put blonde highlights in it like charlies, thats wot im gonna do and it shud be aight on me cos ive been told i sorta look like charlie cos of my brows and bleached hair lol go figure, if u need ne more help or nefin my msn is flipmunk@hotmail.com. later...

yo max, so u didnt go to a femal hairdresser? thats ur first mistake, second mistake is that u shud have broguht quite a few picyures so they can see wot it looks like all around, third mistake u prob made is u didnt describe ur cut probably. the cut we are all after is a shaggy, laayered cut with heeps of choppy peices and if ur hair is thick u shud have asked them to thin it out for u as well.
another thing i recommend is find a hairdresser where not many people go to get their hair done. Y this? think about it, hairdressers have people waiting to be served to get their haircut so if u find one thats not too popular or not inside a huge shopping mall then ur set, their point of focus will be ur hair and ur hair only so theres no rush at all...they can take their time. Hope that helped dude

I recommend that you NOT dye your hair before putting in the highlights. This will make it much harder to get the color highlights you want, as the dye in your hair will not be removed by the highlighting process.