This hair trend is the new wave.
“Surfer curtains” — a beachy, textured men’s hairstyle defined by curtain-style face-framing bangs — is shaping up to be the hottest cut for teens.
The low-maintenance TikTok trend, which typically involves very few products and a bit of scrunching, has been popularized by influencer Dillon Latham as well as celebrities like Timothée Chalamet and Charles Melton, whose middle-parted mop of wavy hair has gripped the masses.
“It’s a surfer haircut paired with ‘90s curtain bangs,” stylist Andrew Zumbo told Parents, praising the “effortless” and “unstructured” look. “It’s that Hollywood heartthrob hair that we’re seeing right now.”
And 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 center, 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.
Styling ease has also been a motivator for teens clamoring to get perms as the “broccoli cut” — the predecessor of “surfer curtains” — takes social media by storm, as those without curly or wavy hair who want the desired volume and shape of a tousled mop shell out hundreds for the treatment.
“Glossy magazines have been eclipsed by influencers who purport to be ‘just like us,’” Dr. 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.”
