This is an edition of the weekly newsletter Pattern Grading, GQ global style director Noah Johnson’s no-holds-barred view on contemporary menswear, the culture of fashion, and how to get dressed now.

We all have that one haircut that haunts us forever. It was bangs for me that went very, very wrong when I was a teenager. The photos still haunt me 20 years later. But I’m not alone. Scroll down a ...

One in five men gets haircut anxiety, according to a new poll. The survey of 2,000 U.S. men found 21% feel “nervous” asking their stylist or barber for a new hairstyle. And another 23% have been ...