# Buns in Hair- Who Wears Them? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627 "2013-02-28T13:27:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/21 "2013-02-28T18:25:12Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Okay, now we really need pictures! Man bun? Say what? Ok, but you’ll be [sorry you asked.](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=man+bun&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1366&bih=567&tbm=isch&tbnid=5wsqbeJWdHhaSM:&imgrefurl=http://www.scoutnetworkblog.com/2012/03/13585/man-bun-rising/man-bun/&docid=puMp5zB5V_7pgM&imgurl=http://www.scoutnetworkblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/MAN-BUN.jpg&w=439&h=481&ei=sqAvUd_PIIjs8gTQsYDYCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=2&vpy=214&dur=218&hovh=235&hovw=214&tx=98&ty=126&sig=110940195776172205421&page=1&tbnh=148&tbnw=129&start=0&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0,i:106)😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/22 "2013-02-28T18:26:30Z")
[QUOTE=moi] c) how the fuck did she make it look like that? [/QUOTE] > [@DMark](#): > > I just saw this insane TV commercial yesterday for the first time - the [“Hot Buns”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrxV_EmwroM) - which, I admit, I thought was going to be about something totally different. Well, now I know. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/23 "2013-02-28T18:32:34Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Wow, what a coincidence! > > I just saw this insane TV commercial yesterday for the first time - the [“Hot Buns”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrxV_EmwroM) - which, I admit, I thought was going to be about something totally different. > > But as I watched it, I too thought, “Who wears them today?!” They just remind me of strict old librarians who would glare at me across the room. I wear my hair like that often, but I don’t use that weird puffy insert to do it. I just wind it around a thick band, and it’s the same style I’ve worn since I was a kid in ballet class. I have a wicked glare, though. Maybe it’s wrapped too tight… ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/24 "2013-02-28T18:35:29Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Ok, but you’ll be [sorry you asked.](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=man+bun&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1366&bih=567&tbm=isch&tbnid=5wsqbeJWdHhaSM:&imgrefurl=http://www.scoutnetworkblog.com/2012/03/13585/man-bun-rising/man-bun/&docid=puMp5zB5V_7pgM&imgurl=http://www.scoutnetworkblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/MAN-BUN.jpg&w=439&h=481&ei=sqAvUd_PIIjs8gTQsYDYCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=2&vpy=214&dur=218&hovh=235&hovw=214&tx=98&ty=126&sig=110940195776172205421&page=1&tbnh=148&tbnw=129&start=0&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0,i:106)😃 I don’t mind it so much when it’s at the back of their neck, like they just did up their pony tail, but up on their head like that looks weird to me. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/25 "2013-02-28T19:11:33Z")
Do you not go outside? Maybe it’s where you live. I see many people wearing buns every day. I notice it, because a]I love people watching and taking mental notes on hair, clothing, jewelry etc and b]I wear my hair up in a bun most days, myself. The style I choose is usually called a [‘cinnabun’](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOXVHGo6z54) by other long-haired bun wearers, and I hold it up with metal hair sticks or u-shaped pins. It’s a hairstyle most common in older girls (teens), young women (under 25) - they like messy buns or round top-knots right on top of their head. And older women (60+) with ‘classic’ style and longer hair - they more often choose styles that I do. I also see them worn a fair amount by younger long-haired men, samurai-style. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/26 "2013-02-28T19:17:16Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > I don’t mind it so much when it’s at the back of their neck, like they just did up their pony tail, but up on their head like that looks weird to me. It looks sort of… Japanese. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfyre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfyre/32/9972_2.png) [@Shadowfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfyre)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/27 "2013-02-28T19:35:27Z")
My wife puts her hair in a bun at least once a week. She’s 37. She works in an eye doctor’s office and can be running around pulling files, doing pre-testing, fitting glasses, and whatnot. She gets pretty warm because the Doc it old and like to keep the temp up. The Dr’s wife (self appointed office manager) says that pony tails are not professional enough, so my wife puts it up in a bun when she gets warm. She has this weird contraption that looks like a doughnut. I guess it works the way a sock bun does. I prefer when her hair is down, but I understand her reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/28 "2013-02-28T19:39:40Z")
Really? I thought most women with long hair wore buns at least occasionally. It gets the hair up and off you. I don’t have enough hair to do it. My sister wears her hair that way all the time, because it’s past her waist and thick (and she watches a rugrat all the time). She also, appearance-wise anyways, fits right into the matronly librarian look. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/29 "2013-02-28T19:49:03Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Ok, but you’ll be [sorry you asked.](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=man+bun&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1366&bih=567&tbm=isch&tbnid=5wsqbeJWdHhaSM:&imgrefurl=http://www.scoutnetworkblog.com/2012/03/13585/man-bun-rising/man-bun/&docid=puMp5zB5V_7pgM&imgurl=http://www.scoutnetworkblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/MAN-BUN.jpg&w=439&h=481&ei=sqAvUd_PIIjs8gTQsYDYCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=2&vpy=214&dur=218&hovh=235&hovw=214&tx=98&ty=126&sig=110940195776172205421&page=1&tbnh=148&tbnw=129&start=0&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0,i:106)😃 If you’re thinking of trying out the samurai topknot, ask yourself, “Am I a samurai?” If the answer is no, consider a different hairstyle. The first step in sucessfully pulling off the samurai topknot is “Be a samurai.” If you’ve not got that step down, there’s not really any point in continuing. Buns on chicks can look pretty good, though. Especially if they’re rocking the librarian thing. Shh! ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/30 "2013-02-28T20:00:44Z")
I do, especially in my dressier uniform, or on the ranges. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/31 "2013-02-28T20:25:48Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > I don’t know if work counts as a specific activity, but when I was a teenager I worked in a grocery store. Part of the dress code was that your hair couldn’t touch your collar. > > I had waist-length hair at the time. I would pull my hair back into a ponytail, braid the ponytail, then wind the braid up into a big bun. One day I got dropped off at work a little early and I hadn’t done my hair yet. My co-workers were shocked to see how long my hair was and wanted to watch me put it up. I don’t regularly put my hair up, but I have a close friend with long black hair who is a sheriff’s deputy and she wears her hair in a braided bun for work. Her co-workers also have that same reaction when they see her with her hair down. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/32 "2013-02-28T20:51:59Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > Oooh, go to YouTube and look up “sock bun”. I did, and it was cool to watch, but I could hear my hair quietly laughing… ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/33 "2013-02-28T21:14:08Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I did, and it was cool to watch, but I could hear my hair quietly laughing… No that was the people sitting behind you in church ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/34 "2013-02-28T21:16:27Z")
My grandma always wore a bun. She was raised Amish so it was just the prudent thing to do with your hair when you had to work on a farm and wear a headcovering. Her hair was down to her butt. She hurt her shoulder a few years ago and could no longer do the bun, so she got her hair cut very short and permed. Looks great! ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/35 "2013-02-28T21:27:04Z")
The Apostolic Church is very big around here, so I see buns all the time. People I work with, their mothers, kids at school, lots and lots of buns. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/36 "2013-02-28T21:52:58Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > Do you not go outside? Maybe it’s where you live. I see many people wearing buns every day. This. I wear a messy bun almost every day. I can’t really do much else with my hair. I sort of pile it all on top of my head and stick pins in. If it needs to look smart I can make it look smooth and chique, but for every day stuff it looks kinda like [this](http://longhairstyleshowto.com/messy-buns/). I see people with buns all the time. Among my friends it’s really common, more so than the pony tail and braid, I think. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/37 "2013-02-28T22:43:17Z")
I’ve tried but the butter makes’em fall out all the time. That and my hair is waaay too short now… ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/38 "2013-02-28T22:55:50Z")
Some of our older librarians still rock the bun look. Most have short old lady hair, but a few bun it. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/39 "2013-02-28T23:34:32Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Me, sometimes. My hair’s too short at the moment, but I’ve been known to sport a bun when it’s longer. Couple reasons: it’s easy, it keeps my hair off my neck and out of my face, some styles are actually fashionable (there was a “messy bun” fad a few years back) and sometimes it’s actually a hair prep procedure: if I put my hair in a bun during the day, it will make lovely waves when I take it out at night, without having to break out the curling iron and spend time on it. > > @:)@ @:)@ \<— Do you look like Princess Leia? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627/40 "2013-02-28T23:35:51Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > @:)@ \<— Do you look like Princess Leia? 😃 That was the idea! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buns-in-hair-who-wears-them/651627.md?page=3)