Man buns: a fashion trend only some of us understand invades Edmonton

A new obsession has hit the streets of Edmonton.

If you keep your eyes tuned, especially in the more fashionable corners of the city, you can spot well-coiffed men sporting up-dos.

The man bun is the latest trend in hairstyles. Whether or not the bun is a fashion faux-pas remains up for debate, but plenty of Edmonton men with long locks are opting for the new look.

This hairy invasion, as well as the man-bun fuelled workout CBC's Garette McGowan recently pulled off at the Saville Centre, inspired Edmonton AM's morning show crew to investigate the phenomenon.

'It's just a bun of hair on a dude," said Edmonton barber and manager of the Refuge barbershop Jeff Rousseau, who proudly sports a modest man bun.

He says the hairstyle is not worth all the fuss it's getting in the press.

"It's just like any style of hair, it goes full circle, it comes back. A lot of people did it in the sixties and seventies. The man bun is popular with a certain crowd right now, and I guess it's trendy in the media."

But with so many sporting the man bun, discerning dudes with hair loss need not feel any pangs of jealousy. As some may have found out by rifling through your inbox this week, Groupon is selling clip-ons.

Clip-on man buns, for a limited time, and for only $9.99.

Rousseau may like to take his grooming literally over the top, but this is a product he can't get behind.

"That's the stupidest idea I've ever heard," he said. "That's just lame. Awful."

But will men sporting man buns today look back with regret, like so many do with the mullet? Rousseau says no way.

"I don't think so. It's all just about personal style. I didn't grow mine out to be trendy. I grew it out because I got lazy and I wanted it."