Edgar cut

The Edgar hairstyle, otherwise known as the Edgar or the Edgar haircut, is a hairstyle often associated with Latino culture. In the 2010s and 2020s, the haircut became popular with members of Generation Z^[1] and Millennials.^[2] The haircut first became popular in US border states in the Southwest such as Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.^[3] The haircut has been compared to a bowl cut, a similar haircut with a straight fringe.^[4]

The Edgar hairstyle is usually characterized as the front hair having straight fringes, or bangs, along with the sides tapered.^[5] The hairstyle can be worn with any hair texture, including more wavy and curly hair. The Edgar hairstyle is most prominent among young Latinos and Chaldeans.^[6]

The origin for the name Edgar is unconfirmed, although it is often misattributed to having been named after former Seattle Mariners baseball player Edgar Martínez in early 2019.^[7][8]

The hairstyle is associated with the Mexican Takuache aesthetic,^[9][10] often also called the Takuache haircut. The hairstyle has been found to have similarities to the hairstyles of the Jumano tribe.^[11][12][13] The haircut is slangily called the "cuh" in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, after the song Cuh 956 by Dagobeat.^[14]

The Edgar hairstyle has been met with a mixed reception. A professor at the University of Texas at El Paso noted in 2023 that the teen popularity of the styles makes it "a really big marker of this generation",^[15] whereas a barber from Corpus Christi, Texas called the hairstyle "not a favorite amongst parents".^[16] Some have associated the haircut with “gangster culture”.^[17][18] In one instance, a restaurant owner in San Antonio, Texas banned the Edgar.^[4]

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