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When it comes to fashion-forward men’s hairstyles, waves are in.
We’re talking about ‘surfer curtains’ — a beachy, textured men’s cut that’s defined by curtain-style face-framing bangs.
It’s the latest TikTok trend, and it’s shaping up to be the hottest cut for teens.
The hairstyle is low maintenance and involves a limited number of products. Just a bit of scrunching, as popularized by social-media influencer Dillion Latham and celebrities, including Timothee Chalamet and Charles Melton.
The middle-parted mop of wavy hair is all the rage.
“It’s a surfer haircut paired with ‘90s curtain bangs,” stylist Andrew Zumbo told the outlet, Parents, praising the “effortless” and “unstructured” look. “It’s that Hollywood heartthrob hair that we’re seeing right now.”
The Y2K-era style, noted hairstylist Kylee Heath, has been increasingly popular.
“The surfer-curtains trend is a cut that is generally parted in the centre, or slightly off-center, and worn with a beachy texture,” she told PopSugar.
“The cut and style leaves some length in the front that is worn almost like a curtain bang that can be tossed left to right. This look is also great when it is a little tousled with some volume and texture.”
The laid-back look is also relatively easy to achieve — just “spritz a little bit of (sea salt spray) on top of their head, wave it around, and they’re good to go,” Zumbo said.
The predecessor to “surfer curtains” was the “broccoli cut.” The surfer look gives those without curly or wavy hair a chance at getting some desired volume and shape.
“Glossy magazines have been eclipsed by influencers who purport to be ‘just like us,’” Brooke Erin Duffy, a social media researcher at Cornell University, told Parents of the wave of hair trends online.
“(Social media) platforms assure us that fame is easier than ever to achieve—this narrative, after all, ensures a steady stream of content for their platforms.”