Now, when Sherman picked the shag haircut for me, at that point I was fully committed to getting traditional bangs that tend to come with the look. But he assured me we needn't take such drastic measures. In fact, he said you can still cut layers around the face like you normally would (only there versus all over) while keeping the rest relatively simple.
As you can see, instead of straight-across bangs, Sherman opted for "swoop" bangs at a steep angle across my eye area to "help draw attention upward," he said. It's a small tweak to the shag that makes it feel a little more modern, but it wasn't until I styled my new cut for myself a few days later (as demonstrated here) that I fully appreciated him going easy on this one detail.
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