Well attestedNamed from the place
Utah curls
noun · first attested 2025
A hairstyle that got a state's name from the people describing it, not the people wearing it.
Long waved hair with the ends left straight.
39.5000°N -111.5000°W · Q829
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- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
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- 2025
- Part of speech
- noun
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Utah curls
The look pairs loose waves through the length of the hair with flat, uncurled ends, made with a wide-barrel iron. It spread through Utah-based Mormon parenting influencers on Instagram and TikTok, and outside observers attached the state's name to it. The New York Times used the phrase in May 2025 in a piece on a broader political beauty style.
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