They are everywhere you look. They have been making their way into our everyday lives. They are on celebrities, models, and even the boy next door. They are man buns.
A simple search on the Internet will reveal the obsession with man buns. Pages after pages of results can be found describing the love and hate of the trend. It has gone as far as the availability of clip in man buns for those looking to take part.
There are websites such as Manbunhairstyle.net that looks into the history of the trend as well as offers a guide on how to properly style one’s man bun as well as what products to use.
The man bun is defined as a type of long hairstyle that involved the tying of one’s hair into a single bun to be placed upon the crown area of …show more content…
Has the man run its course and is nearing the end or is it here to stay?
The site, Manbunhairstyle.net, gives credit to “hipsters” in New York trying to differentiate from the regular hairstyles for the start of the man bun trend. It then spread across the United States as well as internationally.
“Men have been coming in for a long time asking for me to leave their hair long on the top,” Angela Biancamano hairstylist and owner of Salon A in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. “That has been the style for awhile, but recently they are doing it so they can put in a bun.”
This trend is not only for those who consider themselves hipsters or trendsetters and imitators. “I consider myself on trend. Joe Pellegrino, an avid man bun supporter and wearer, said. “I try to stay up to date on the coolest styles, but I don’t do them because they’re in I do them because I like it.” He believes that this is only the beginning.
How does one get the perfect man bun though? It all begins with the locks. “It does take awhile to grow your hair out to the length that can be pulled up,” Biancamano …show more content…
Manbunhairstyle.net says all you need to do is grab all the hair that is desired to be in bun and loop it around itself and secure with a hair tie.
“I find it easy to do, its chic, classic and sleek,” Pellegrino said. “Some days I just throw it in and go about my day.”
However, the man bun has been used for centuries by many other cultures. Viking soldiers and Japanese samurais both used man buns to protect themselves from enemies. This prevented enemies from grabbing their hair and pulling them back while in combat.
It is very different from where the trend can be seen today. “I fell like it’s big on college campuses, but starting to spread its bug in Hollywood,” Pellegrino said.
Many celebrities though have already been on top of their man bun game. In 2014 is when the trend officially took off, according to Manbunhairstyle.net with celebrities such as Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and Joaquin Phoenix.
“I think I first saw it on Jared Leto on an award show,” Pellegrino said. “I loved it and knew I had to try
A simple search on the Internet will reveal the obsession with man buns. Pages after pages of results can be found describing the love and hate of the trend. It has gone as far as the availability of clip in man buns for those looking to take part.
There are websites such as Manbunhairstyle.net that looks into the history of the trend as well as offers a guide on how to properly style one’s man bun as well as what products to use.
The man bun is defined as a type of long hairstyle that involved the tying of one’s hair into a single bun to be placed upon the crown area of …show more content…
Has the man run its course and is nearing the end or is it here to stay?
The site, Manbunhairstyle.net, gives credit to “hipsters” in New York trying to differentiate from the regular hairstyles for the start of the man bun trend. It then spread across the United States as well as internationally.
“Men have been coming in for a long time asking for me to leave their hair long on the top,” Angela Biancamano hairstylist and owner of Salon A in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. “That has been the style for awhile, but recently they are doing it so they can put in a bun.”
This trend is not only for those who consider themselves hipsters or trendsetters and imitators. “I consider myself on trend. Joe Pellegrino, an avid man bun supporter and wearer, said. “I try to stay up to date on the coolest styles, but I don’t do them because they’re in I do them because I like it.” He believes that this is only the beginning.
How does one get the perfect man bun though? It all begins with the locks. “It does take awhile to grow your hair out to the length that can be pulled up,” Biancamano …show more content…
Manbunhairstyle.net says all you need to do is grab all the hair that is desired to be in bun and loop it around itself and secure with a hair tie.
“I find it easy to do, its chic, classic and sleek,” Pellegrino said. “Some days I just throw it in and go about my day.”
However, the man bun has been used for centuries by many other cultures. Viking soldiers and Japanese samurais both used man buns to protect themselves from enemies. This prevented enemies from grabbing their hair and pulling them back while in combat.
It is very different from where the trend can be seen today. “I fell like it’s big on college campuses, but starting to spread its bug in Hollywood,” Pellegrino said.
Many celebrities though have already been on top of their man bun game. In 2014 is when the trend officially took off, according to Manbunhairstyle.net with celebrities such as Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and Joaquin Phoenix.
“I think I first saw it on Jared Leto on an award show,” Pellegrino said. “I loved it and knew I had to try