Watch above: A number of Saskatoon men are sporting a trendy look but a lot of people seem to be divided on whether they like it or not. As Meaghan Craig reports, there’s more to the man bun than one might think.
SASKATOON – A number of Saskatoon men are sporting a new look but is it a good thing? There are buns you eat, buns you’ve admired and now there’s the so called “Man Bun”.
Yes, that’s right, buns are no longer limited to just the ladies.
For two months, 21-year-old Powell of Drift Sidewalk Cafe has been rocking the man bun.
“There’s kinda versatility to it, you can kinda let your hair down and have fun but at the same time you can put it back when you’ve got to get to work and whatever else.”
He now says he was a greater appreciation for what some women with longer hair have had to go through and does his hair within a minutes time.
“I’d rock my hair down all the time if I could but it just doesn’t make sense to a lot of the time.”
For some time now, celebrities have favoured the look including the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio and Orlando Bloom.
It’s defined in the Urban Dictionary as: “A questionably sexy hairstyle in which a man with hair of the medium to long (and usually greasy) variety secures said hair into a firmly round bun.”
“I often wondered, had the man bun gone away but then I realized maybe it never actually left and now we have a critical mass of people who like the man bun, we can just wear it without prejudice,” said 28-year-old Cody Gieni, self-described “man bun faithful” who’s rocked the look for the last seven years.
“I think that society is kinda softening it’s stance toward the man bun and starting to accept us for who we are.”
Members of team man bun are also starting young.
In response, an older gentleman in her company said he would consider having a man bun if only he had the hair to do it.
“I would love to have a man bun because apparently they make you look cuter and I’m all for looking cuter at my age.”
Not everyone is a big fan of the man bun, some would say it’s the worst of look of 2015 up there with the lumberjack beard.
Some of the tweets in response to the story include: “You never see men rocking a french braid, do you? Exactly.” or “Every time I see one I snicker both inside and out.”
“I say jealous, that’s all I think,” said Gieni.
Believe it or not this distinct grooming trend goes way back.
“The first noted time of man bun being used is back in the third century, the terracotta soldiers,” said Laddie James of the Hairstyle Inn Salons.
It has since evolved over the years influenced by fashion, work, trends and lifestyle.
“The guys who are wearing it, they love it and obviously the girls that they’re trying to impress love it also,” added James.
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