The Man Bun: Better or Worse Than the Man Ponytail?

Is the man bun sexy?Here's another thing to add to the growing list of Things for Men That Used to Be for Women: The bun. As in one's hair, wound into a knot at the back or top of one's head.

Yes, the 'do that many movie directors use to indicate "this girl is a geek" is now the hot hair trend for hipster guys -- mainly in Brooklyn, though we've heard rumors that the librarian look is catching on with men in other cities as well.

Long-haired celebrities have rocked the man bun for years (think Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale, actor Orlando Bloom, Patriots playerTom Brady, and comedian John Belushi as the Samurai Deli guy on SNL). And in other cultures, men routinely bundle their locks up to get them out of the way. Ponytails used to be the way to go, but now, guys in the know say, invoke images of "Steven Seagal, hippie uncles and the like," Sam Anderson, a 30-year-old bartender in Brooklyn, told the New York Times.

The man bun isn't very complicated, which may be it's biggest plus; unlike the careful coifs favored by the guys of "Jersey Shore," a man bun requires an elastic or two, and that's pretty much it -- no product, no hairdryers, no massive time commitment.