." I merely won and I really want bangs," Croatian tennis star Donna Vekiu0107 announces Friday afternoon of the US Open. She is actually merely trumped Peyton Stearns-- as well as after stretching and also bathing-- her upcoming deter pre-press event is actually the petit Julien Farel pop-up salon hidden inside Queens's Arthur Ashe Coliseum. "I had been actually waiting all period to view Julian and acquire whacks encouraged through Margot Robbie." Much more than twenty years earlier, hairstylist Julien Farel approached the USA Ping Pong Association along with a tip: a beauty parlor where tennis gamers might come by for a hairstyle, design, or even one more kind of self-care throughout the US Open, among the best high-intensity competitors of their year. "It took all of them 5 years to say yes to me," Farel, now 16 years in to the beauty salon alliance at the Open, tells me along with a smile. "I was extremely constant due to the fact that I understood this would be actually a perk for numerous sportsmens. And I was right. Now, they await this second to come in as well as obtain a hairstyle." Much of the sporting activity's biggest labels have actually rested inside this salon, which is actually only open during the course of the 2 weeks of the competition: "I cut Rafael Nadal's hair from lengthy to brief in 2010, that occurred on this site and also it was actually a big package. Everyone from Billie Jean King to [Martina] Navratilova has sat in these office chairs. We had Coco here right after she succeeded in 2015's tournament, as well." Vekiu0107 and her brand new bangs, freshly reduced by Julien Farel.Captured through Caroline Tompkins.