The Edgar cut, otherwise known as the Edgar or the Edgar haircut, is a hairstyle often associated with Latino culture. In the 2010s [1] and 2020s, the haircut became popular with members of Generation Z [2] and Millennials. [3] The haircut first became popular in US border states in the Southwest, such as Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. [4] The haircut has been compared to a bowl cut, a similar haircut with a straight fringe. [5]
The Edgar hairstyle is usually characterized as the front hair having straight fringes, or bangs, along with the sides tapered. [6] The hairstyle can be worn with any hair texture, including more wavy and curly hair. The Edgar hairstyle is most prominent among young Latinos. [7]
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. [8] [9]
The hairstyle is associated with the Mexican Takuache aesthetic, [10] [11] often also called the Takuache haircut. The hairstyle has been found to have similarities to the hairstyles of the Jumano tribe. [12] [13] [14] The haircut is slangily called the "cuh" in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, after the song Cuh 956 by Dagobeat. [15]
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", [16] whereas a barber from Corpus Christi, Texas, called the hairstyle "not a favorite amongst parents". [17] Some have associated the haircut with "gangster culture". [18] [19] In one instance, a restaurant owner in San Antonio, Texas, banned the Edgar. [5]