.” I just won as well as I desire bangs,” Croatian tennis star Donna Vekiu0107 announces Friday afternoon of the United States Open. She is actually only defeated Peyton Stearns– as well as after stretching as well as showering– her upcoming quit pre-press event is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up beauty shop concealed inside Queens’s Arthur Ashe Arena. “I had actually been actually waiting all season to see Julian and also get bangs inspired by Margot Robbie.” Greater than two decades back, hairdresser Julien Farel came close to the USA Tennis Association with a concept: a beauty parlor where tennis players can stop by for a haircut, design, or an additional kind of self-care during the course of the United States Open, one of the best high-intensity competitions of their year.
“It took them five years to okay me,” Farel, currently 16 years into the beauty salon partnership at the Open, tells me along with a smile. “I was actually really constant since I knew this would certainly be a perk for numerous professional athletes. And also I corrected.
Now, they wait for this minute to come in as well as get a haircut.” A lot of the sporting activity’s largest labels have actually sat inside this beauty shop, which is just open during the 2 full weeks of the competition: “I cut Rafael Nadal’s hair from lengthy to quick in 2010, that occurred right here and also it was actually a large offer. Everyone from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has actually partaken these seats. We possessed Coco listed here straight after she gained last year’s event, too.” Vekiu0107 as well as her new bangs, recently reduced through Julien Farel.Captured On Film through Caroline Tompkins.