On the street I approached young men to talk to them about their long hair. Most confessed they never wore man buns in public and only behind closed doors in the privacy of their homes. One young man, “Levi,” who had a loosely held man bun, told me he was an aspiring musician and agreed to pose for a photo only if I spoke about his refusal to have his music recorded on CDs because plastic was a threat to the future of the planet. Every time we sourced a potential man bun we quickly found our prospect had just cut his hair so a bun was no longer possible. I even tapped my daughter Sarah whose friend Rueben had hair down to his waist, only to learn he had just had a buzz cut. Just when I had given up, I was on my way to go shopping at Trader Joe’s when I spotted a man with his long grey hair knotted in a band and he was wearing a kilt! As it turns out, Joel Guevara is a photographer and graciously allowed me to snap his photo!
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Unidentified rock musician wearing a man bun at home.
Joel Guevara shopping at Trader Joe’s