Rome has long palazzi and even longer conversations. A short cut here isn't military nostalgia. It's a way to walk out without asking the wind for permission.
On Via dei Serpenti you can read a fade from ten metres. It isn't a logo. It's a decision. People who walk into OFFCUT don't want “a bit shorter”. They want a shape.
Cropped close means: less product, more structure. Less pose, more nape. The city stays baroque. The head doesn't.