A Formal Long Hairstyle For Men

You Need to Have a Go-To

We’ve given you The Menstail, The High Ball, and many dozens of long hairstyles for men, but how do you manage your mane when attending a fancy affair? Whether it’s a wedding, an elegant dinner, or a swanky outdoor cocktail party, it’s important to have a formal long hairstyle you can rely on.

Now, don’t get fussy thinking to yourself, “I just let it ride man. All natural.”

Stellar. I’m with you. Chances are as soon as the DJ drops that shit I’m going to release the locks for some intense and sustained hair whipping, but that’s not the point.

Of course you want to let it ride, but there are situations when you’re better-off with a stylish, handsome, formal long hairstyle that accentuates your personal presentation.

For example, when your hair is down—big, bold and beautiful—you tend to get noticed. Sometimes that’s great. Other times, and speaking on personal preference, I want to look sharp without drawing attention. Like a wedding, for example, when I prefer a more conservative appearance in the early goings. Later I’m down to rage.

Another example is a formal dinner, and I mean a nice restaurant with a person or persons you want to impress. On one hand it might be fine to show up with your hair down, but eventually you’ll have to feed.

How To Tie Your Hair On Formal Occasions

Unless you want your lettuce mixed with your spaghetti, you’re gonna need a formal long hairstyle, and you don’t want to be messing with it at the dinner table. For one thing it’s not polite, but without a mirror to check your work, you might end up with awkward wings all the way through your cherry cheesecake.

You don’t want that, and we don’t want that. For these and other lavish proceedings where you prefer to tie your hair up, and since you know we don’t call it “man bun,” we present to you a formal long hairstyle we like to call…The Side-Part Low Ball.