Once you notice it, you can’t stop seeing it. House of the Dragon star Fabien Frankel’s been wearing one for months. Pedro Pascal has one in Behemoth!. Paul Anthony Kelly, wig or not, rocks one in the new season of American Horror Story. Fresh off Spain’s World Cup win, Ferran Torres celebrated with one hanging over his forehead, proving you don’t actually need curly hair to pull it off, either. Off Campus’ Belmont Cameli’s got one. And yesterday, Charles Melton arrived at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations with (you guessed it) a rogue little curl sitting front and center.
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It makes sense. Men’s grooming has spent the past few years moving away from razor-sharp fades and perfect slick-backs. Hair now looks better when it has more life to it. The rogue forehead curl does exactly that. It softens the face, breaks up an otherwise tidy haircut, and gives everything a little bit of motion. Most importantly, it makes it look like you weren’t trying too hard, even though you almost certainly were.
The trick is that it only really works when the rest of your hair has a bit of movement. If everything else is neat and brushed into place, one rogue curl hanging over your forehead can look a little dated. Instead, leave the whole style slightly undone. If you’ve got some length at the front and a bit of natural wave or curl, let one or two pieces fall forward and use a lightweight curl cream or styling product to encourage the shape without freezing it solid. The less “finished” it looks, the better.
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A version of this story originally appeared in British GQ.
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