Regardless of your facial features, fade haircuts are de rigueur these days not just in Hollywood hills and Bollywood bylanes, but in every nook and corner of the country Just for once hair this out.

On Jan. 29, an article from the New York Times weirdly credited Travis Kelce for inventing “the fade” haircut, which has been a staple in hoods across America for decades. And after a collective groan ...