Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair collector (10) for a hair cutting appliance (100) having a cutting element (110). The hair collector comprises a housing (20), and an attachment portion (30). The housing comprises a plurality of walls (40) of which at least one side wall (42) comprises a structure (50) forming a plurality of openings. The attachment portion is configured to attach the hair collector to the hair cutting appliance. When the hair collector is connected to the hair cutting appliance, a cut hair collection chamber is formed. The cut hair collection chamber comprises the plurality of walls of the housing and the cutting element. When the hair collector is connected to the hair cutting appliance, the hair collector is configured such that the cutting element can contact skin of a user of the hair cutting appliance.