How/when did waves/360s become “corny”?

[darealvelle]

Waves are not easy to get or maintain. Applaud any breh that rocks them.

 

[Roid Jones]

Corny?

 

[kevm3]

Waves were never corny. The younger generation wanted to establish their own identity, so they did their own thing with their hair after the wave generation (80s and early 90 babies)

 

[Nymbus]

I was a wave head as a youth, I been wanting you bring em back but me and Murray's have parted ways

 

[kt773]

The slick, heavy on the pomade waves like the first photo never looks good to me. I don't think it needs to be faded it's just the second one looks more natural.

That look is not just exclusively from heavy pomade use, that look can be achieved easily naturally by two 20 minute sessions a day for two or three month straight

 

[DamienWayne]

Have your hair look like Rottweiler back brehs

 

[filial_piety]

When nikkas started brushing their hair mid-conversation.

Talking about “Gotta keep them waves tight breh”.

yall taking me back....back in the day in philly we kept these in our back pockets with the soft bristles...dudes be in the middle of a convo and randmly brushing they hair...lol...i aint seen that in forever

 

[Blessings]

Never going out of style if its a 360/720.....them 180s are corny

 

[Ɀoᥱɣ]

I don't consider them corny, I actually like waves quite alot, but only if they are paired with a nice fade.

I'm tired of seeing that 'wicks' shyt that's not cute.

 

[8WON6]

When nikkas started brushing their hair mid-conversation.

Talking about “Gotta keep them waves tight breh”.

 

[7th Letter Specialist]

They never got corny. Longer hair is just in now.

Ngl, that shyt kinda weak to me now.

 

[RareHunter]

I’ve been thinkin bout this


It seems like locs/braids is the wave now. And brehs not really carin bout cuts fr anymore.


Is it a mix of the pandemic and barbers raising prices making crisp 360s take more work/money to upkeep?


Cause highkey them shyts is like a staple hairstyle in the AA community I feel like we losing some of our sauce by labeling them as old/corny


Y’all think it’s just a trend or has our community completely turned its back on these

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[zayk35]

nothing but respect for dudes who rock waves because that’s hard ass hair style to attain and maintain. The dudes who be having the neat crown with flawless connections. That take work the hardest hairstyle to get because anybody can have braids or dreads or a Afro.

no they can't

 

[Germms]

Nah nikkas just got lazy. Waves are easy to get but hard to maintain.

The braids look came from celebs just doing it. It’s easier to have braids as well imo.

 

[Legal]

waves are timeless and not corny. I do think dudes can end up being wave-nerds tho. Like anything, there's dudes that become "nerds" for stuff. Like these sneaker-nerds or even hiphop "nerds".

oddly enough the corniest people i come across all have these french-fry blowout haircuts.

Yeah, OP just doesn't like wave nerds. The style itself isn't corny by any means, but brehs who consider it a lifestyle ruined it for a lot of folks.