What to Say to Your Barber to Get the Haircut You Want | GQ
What to Say to Your Barber to Get the Haircut You Want | GQ
Matty Conrad breaks down the most misused and misunderstood terms in barbering so you can become an expert at asking for what you want at the barber shop. From fades and tapers to mullets and side parts, we’re making sure you and your barber are on the same page your next haircut.
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The only problem is that even my barber doesn't know all these things.
As a barber, no guy with a combover asks for a combover, they ask for a side part 😆
They put a pic of Jayson Tatum and said this not a fade…of course not…it’s a taper lol….why is a white person trying to inform us what a fade is lol
Me: I only want you to cut a little bit of the sides
The barber: GOTCHU I'MA MAKE YOU BALD
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The haircut that changed my life was when I walked in with an afro and told my barber, "Give me something YOU'D wear." I've since swapped it up but I now care about my hair.
GQ should credit the Black culture, who have been wearing fades for hundreds of years.
What barber on earth doesn’t know what a fade is 🤣. This dude just wanted an excuse to make a new video
Sonny Liston is the first ever with a line up. And Travis kelce instead of boosie for the fade is crazy
You forgot about the Mohawk!😂😅😊
no Nas for the hard part and Boosie for the fade is crazy. not enough black representation in this video, typical GQ
More African American hairstyles
Another thing NEVER IN YOUR LIFE TELL A BARBER TO TAKE A LIL BIT OF THE TOP OFF YOU WILL WALK OUT BALD!
Nah cause when I ask them to thin out the top it’s cause I want them get rid off volume but keep the length the same
The supposed “non” fade Jayson Tatum has is a fade it’s called a taper fade
With Black History Month we couldn't have someone black teach us about these haircuts. Im just saying 🤷🏼
No Mohawk? Burst fade?
We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.
Black Men….go to 360Jeezy, YoFonzz, GetBeamed, Wavykidkev….they can tell you the REAL about these barber cuts and terms. He definitely white washed a lineup and a fade. And you still missed a Caesar, what a taper is, the different types of tapers, a high taper, low taper, knowing the level you want your hair cut too, a 1.5, a 2, a 3.5….tell them how you want your crown to be cut, do u want enhancements.
So much stuff has been missed.
Aaaaand another video for the holy grail playlist! Add ✅
Can you do this but for beard cuts?
please 🙏this needs to be a mandatory video for barber students and modern barbers
Black American barbers invented the fade. We’ve known what a fade is for decades now.
Has an entire series on GQ about haircuts, wears a hat in all of them
I usually fade my own hair because me and my previous barbers spoke two different languages in terms of the look I wanted. It's an everyday struggle to find a barber who truly understands you.
Awesome video
What's the best haircut for receding hairline?
13:35 haircut vs hairstyle vs Harry styles 😅
Now how do I tell this to a street barber in India 😅
Are all these terms used all over the world? 😂guess that's what I'm worried about hahah walking into a barber shop in Australia using these terms and they look at me like what
now I finally understand
Oh this for a different demographic
The fact that this video would be virtually impossible without constant pictorial references exemplifies the fallibility of language and why what you say to your barber, no matter how meticulously worded, will probably not cut it.
Great information
Why people saying he didn't mention Boosie?!?!? Look at this dude and ask yourself does it make sense 😂😂😂 I wouldn't let dude cut my hair and im bald😂
Please don't do a number two on anyone 😀
Bald fade? you mean boosie fade sir
What a great vid
So you guys are saying there is no such thing a number 1 fade? So once there is no skin it's not a fade? 😂😂
This video is made for white people.
Who did the research for this 😂😂 bald and skin fade are the same thing 😂
I disagree with a lot of this. Most of it is spot on though. Comb over is def a term I will use as a barber for what he will call a side part. Cuz you wouldn't call it a side part if there is no PART in the hair. A lot of people want a "side part" but with no part. Comb over is def more universal for someone who just wants there hair combed over to the side, if u want to part your hair then say u want a side part
Only place a number two belongs is in the toilet
You missed the boosie fade
Great video
So then their is no such thing as a drop fade ?