Jeffrey Dugas, who cuts hair at Obsidian Barbers in New Brunswick, Canada, has received a very specific request from clients in recent weeks: They want the same style as Travis Kelce.
“They usually come with a picture of him,” Dugas said. “I say, 'Yes, I know who he is.'”
This isn't the first time Dr. Dugas has been asked to replicate celebrity hairstyles. “When Bryce Hall was popular on TikTok and he had those long curly bangs in the front, all the kids understood it,” he said, referring to the social media personality with nearly 25 million followers on TikTok.
Mr. Kelce's hairstyle, a faded haircut, is easy to replicate. “It's basically zero until you get to the top,” he said. “It's a fun and easy haircut that I can do in just 20 minutes.”
But he is surprised by the large number of clients who request it. Last week he said “at least 50 people came for that haircut,” he said. “That's a very, very crazy amount.” He attributes the lawsuit not only to the fact that Kelce is dating Taylor Swift, but also to the fact that his brother, Jason Kelce, had a viral shirtless moment at the Chiefs vs. Bills.
Dugas is not the only barber who receives these requests. All over the world, not just the country, men are replicating the Kelce hairstyle, stating that it attracts positive attention from friends and love interests and gives them more confidence, although some also say that it is difficult to maintain and is necessary promote it again. every two to four weeks, according to Durgas, or too ventilated to keep warm during winter.
While barbers are excited that their clients are passionate about a particular style, some are concerned that not everyone can achieve this look.
“Not every canvas can accommodate every hair type,” said Nigel Miller, a barber at Fresh Avenue Grooming and Style in Birmingham, Alabama. “Travis Kelce's haircut looks good on squarer-shaped heads and people with stronger jaws. “
It is also a haircut that can really change a person's look. “The people who come in and get it done, a lot of times they have long, straight hair, and it's a drastic transformation,” Miller added. Fortunately, so far everyone who has given it the cut has liked it. “If they didn't do it, they didn't tell me to my face.”
Miller started receiving requests for the look in September, when Swift first appeared at a Chiefs game. He predicted more people will want him now that the Chiefs are going to the Super Bowl.
Those who have had Mr. Kelce's haircut say it turns heads.
Cole Sterling, 21, a professional boxer in Tampa, took off his long, fluffy hair as soon as it became known that Kelce was with Swift. “I thought maybe I would try this haircut and maybe get my own Taylor Swift.” he said.
He's still single, but that definitely made him interact with more people. “At first, when they talked to me, at least three times a week people said I look like Travis Kelce,” he said. “He's grown up already, but I'll have to do it again, hopefully next week.”
Tyson Schilling, 21, a college student who plays football at Texas A&M University-Commerce, said the haircut earned him nicknames from his teammates, including “Little Travis” and “Kravis Telce.” “They said he had an alter ego,” he said.
“The girls love it too,” he added. “In the bars I received a lot of praise and on social networks. “It was a pretty big success.” (Not all the women in her life liked her right away. “At first my mom didn't like it, but then when I came home to visit, she said she looked really good,” she said, laughing.) ).
He cut his hair in the fall, but has since let it grow out. “It's a little expensive to maintain because you have to cut it a lot to make it look nice and clean,” she said. “I guess that's the price you pay for looking handsome.”
Some barbers were caught off guard by the requests.
The first time a customer asked Amir Stapleton, barber at That Feeling in Potters Bar, England, about Mr. Kelce's look, he had to do a little research. “I had to Google Travis to find out who he was talking about,” Stapleton said. During the fall, Stapleton said, he received between 15 and 20 requests for the cut.
But now she loves it when clients ask about the look because it means they're excited about her hair. As he put it: “It makes someone who doesn't really care about a haircut have something to say about it.”
