The Edgar hairstyle is usually characterized as the front hair having straight fringes, or
bangs, along with the sides tapered.[3] The hairstyle can be worn with any hair texture, including more wavy and curly hair. The Edgar hairstyle is most prominent among young
Latinos.[4]
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 sometime in early 2019.[5][6]
The hairstyle is associated with the
Mexican Takuache
aesthetic,[7][8] often also called the Takuache haircut. The hairstyle has been found to have similarities to the hairstyles of the
Jumano tribe.[9][10][11]
The haircut is also
slangily called the "cuh" in the
Rio Grande Valley of Texas, after the song Cuh 956 by Dagobeat.[12]
Reception
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",[13] whereas a barber from
Corpus Christi, Texas called the hairstyle "not a favorite amongst parents".[14] In late 2021,
Riverside High School of
El Paso, Texas attempted to ban the haircut, claiming the hairstyle "provokes distraction".[15][16]