Fresh-off-the-chair takes on men's hair trends, grooming news and Las Vegas style — from the barbers at Strange Times in Summerlin.
Carlos Alcaraz posted his new cornrow braids on July 30 as he works his way back from a wrist injury toward the Cincinnati Open. Whatever your comeback moment is, the questions you ask before you change your look matter more than the look itself.
Black Hat, BSides Las Vegas, and DEF CON 34 turn the Strip into what the industry calls Hacker Summer Camp from August 1 through August 9. Nine days on a show floor is rough on any haircut, here's how to walk in looking like you have your life together.
AC/DC brings the PWR/UP Tour to Allegiant Stadium tonight with The Pretty Reckless opening. Fifty-plus years in, the band has never chased a haircut trend, and that is exactly the lesson worth bringing to your own chair before a big night out.
Squire's State of Barbershops 2026 report crunched 13.9 million appointments across 7,000 shops. The numbers explain why prices moved, why booking online matters more than ever, and why the shop you keep coming back to is doing something right.
After a few years of stubble and bare faces, grooming forecasters and barbers are both seeing the same shift: fuller, natural beards are back. Here is what is actually driving it and how to grow one in without it looking unkempt.
NFL camps are back in full swing, and the Falcons running back's dramatic new look is the haircut story of the week. Here's why players reach for a reset cut right before the grind starts, and how to bring the same energy into your own chair.
The National Weather Service has an Extreme Heat Warning covering the valley into the weekend, with highs pushing past 110 and overnight lows barely dropping. Whether you're walking to your car or working outside all day, here's what to ask your barber before you sweat through it.
Two NBA stars said goodbye to their signature braids within a day of each other this week. From Golden State to Minnesota, the buzz cut is having a moment, and it happens to be one of the easiest asks you can bring to your own barber.
The Rebels open training camp this week at the Fertitta Football Complex with a real quarterback competition on the line between returner Alex Orji and Auburn transfer Jackson Arnold. Whatever your own competition looks like, the same look-sharp-before-it-starts logic applies at the barber chair.
Nine players, a $10 million top prize, and three straight nights under studio lights on ESPN starting Aug. 3 in Las Vegas. Whether or not you play a hand of poker, the same hold-up-under-the-lights logic applies to how you get ready for your own big moment.
Eighteen coaches and dozens of players hit the podium at the Hilton Chicago July 28 through 30. Before fall camp turns everyone's hair into an afterthought, here's how to get one good cut in first.
Twelve matches, two nights, one stadium. WWE's biggest summer show lands August 1 and 2 with title fights across the roster, and the hairstyles in that ring have been driving barbershop requests for years.
Brand New Day premiered in Hollywood on July 27 and hits theaters July 31, picking up four years after No Way Home with Peter Parker fighting crime alone. The isolation angle comes with a leaner, more grown-up look worth stealing.
VEGAS... MY WAY kicked off its summer run July 24 with a 14-piece band and a Sinatra-inspired closer. The salsa legend's clean, classic cut has aged just as well as the catalog.
The Detroit lightweight inked a multi-year deal on July 22 and plans a fall return at 140 pounds. A fresh contract is exactly the kind of moment that calls for a fresh look, not just new paperwork.
"Been By Now" arrived July 24 as Wallen's Still the Problem Tour packed Michigan Stadium for two nights running. The haircut that turned him into a style icon in barbershops everywhere hasn't gone anywhere.
Fernando Mendoza and nine other draft picks reported to camp on July 23. NFL locker rooms have a long, messy history of giving rookies like him a haircut they never asked for.
Golden Boy locked in the full August 1 card this week: Lamont Roach Jr. against William Zepeda for the vacant WBC lightweight title at the Theater at Virgin Hotels. Two belts, one night, one very Vegas excuse for a fresh cut.
TikTok revived its favorite transformation joke this week with an angelic Prosper Fitness edit. The bit is fake. These five 2026 cuts producing real before-and-afters are not.
"Into the Millennium" closes out its July dates at Sphere this week after 575,000 fans and 35 sold-out shows. Turns out the boy-band haircuts from that era are having a real 2026 moment.
San Diego Comic-Con 2026 has delivered two straight days of viral costumes, from Gambit to a prosthetic-heavy Faun. Here is how to turn a few of those looks into a real haircut request.
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