It’s officially spring in San Francisco; we just had our first day over 70, the city is booming and feeling more alive than it has in years. At Church Barber, spring time means it’s time for fresh cuts and new styles to take on all that is to come in spring and summer 2025.
As always, we’re noting the new trends we’re seeing and advising customers on styles they might try this Spring. We talked to the Church Barber team and we also reached out to celebrity stylists and our partner shops around the country, and we’ve compiled a list of the hairstyle trends for this Spring and Summer 2025.
Lived in Looks
In 2024 we saw guys flocking to 90s styles, like curtain bangs and mullets. This year we’re seeing that trend morph into longer, lived in looks that embrace the natural elements of your hair and might even require less frequent trips to the barber.
Mullets continue to gain in popularity, but this year they’re more about keeping a little length and fullness in the back, rather than a full on “party in the back”. The key to pulling off a mini mullet is texture, which you can achieve with a styling clay, like one of our stronger hold pomades.
Ryan Damian, barber and owner of Unison Men’s Salon in Los Angeles, says, “a lot of clients are growing their hair out again and wanting feathered edges”. Ryan says he loves the Sun Wax Pomade for these looks “because it has the perfect level of stickiness to create a piecey type of effect”.
Curtain bangs are a favorite at Church Barber, and this year they’re getting longer. The king of “flow”, curtains should be styled with a light hold product that produces volume, like our Coastal Creme Pomade, allowing easy restyling throughout the day and a bouncy look that you can run your hands through.
Another lived in look we’re seeing, all about embracing your hair’s natural essence, is big curls. Rather than chopping them down to make them more “manageable”, we’re seeing guys want to push their curls to new heights. Curls need hydration, so two products we cannot recommend enough for curls include: 1) our organic conditioner bar, and 2) our Coastal Creme Pomade, both of which will add depth, volume, and deep hydration to your curly hair.
Shorter Styles
No surprise here, people like to go “big chop” as the weather turns warmer. The trend this year though, is the shorter styles are less short than in years past.
“Grown-out fades” and the “grown-out buzz cut”, are two trends celebrity groomer and barber Colleen Dominique says she’s seeing trend right now. “People are still really loving these chic 90s grunge styles right now”, she says, and the “grown-out” look fits that image perfectly. Imagine what a fade would look like after a few weeks without a cut, styled perfectly messy with either the Sun Wax or Volcanic Clay for texture (depending on desired hold level), and that’s what a “grown-out” look is.
Just like the internet, gps navigation, and cargo pants, the origin of the fade can be traced back to the military, whose strict haircut guidelines of buzzed heads bore the fade. Fades really became popular in the 80s and 90s though, with black barbershops and hip hop leading the way, creating many variations of the fade, including mid, high, temple fades, and more. Today, the fade is one of the top requests in nearly every barbershop, including Church Barber, and this spring we’re seeing the high fade requested more often than any other, which means the fade starts way up high, above the temple.
Another 90s era cut, the textured crop is achieved by point cutting to create texture, and finished with a tacky, sticky pomade with hold, like the Sun Wax. Also referred to as a Caesar cut, the texture crop is often paired with short sides, and this spring we’re seeing more people opt for buzzed sides with a very tight fade, which creates a sudden change from the sides to the top.
For a more stand-out haircut, you can opt for a super textured style like a "mod" or a "fringe", both of which require heavy texturing from your barber to achieve. These looks are more haircut dependent than hair product dependent, but still you'll want to incorporate a textured pomade, like our Sun Wax, to finish things off.
Ready for a new look?
If you're looking for a new style this spring, you can find us at Church Barber in SF, or we'd encourage you to visit one of our partner shops throughout the country.
