Whether it be extreme falcon spirit or a simple fashion statement, students are installing hair feathers like they’re the coolest thing since sliced bread.

Unfortunately, they are a little bit more expensive than a loaf of Wonder.

Serenity Spa & Tanning – located across from the Doyt Perry football stadium – offers three feathers for $20 with a flat installation fee of $5.

Junior Breanna Butler put the money down and gave them a shot.

“So far, it’s been worth it,” Butler said. “I’ve always done different stuff with my hair like dyeing it. I thought the feathers looked really cool.”

Butler thinks of the feathers as semi-permanent fashion statements.

“They’re a really cool way to express yourself,” Butler said. “And you don’t really have to worry about maintaining them.”

For $25, something like this should last, right? Butler said they’ve held strong so far.

“I’ve had them for over a month, and they’ve stayed in place,” Butler said. “Actually, you can’t take mine out. They’ll be there until my hair gets too long, and I have to get it cut.”

Owner of Serenity Spa & Tanning Kasey Falknor said she can adjust feathers when you need to get your hair cut.

“After new growth, I can move the feathers up,” Falknor said. “But the way in which they are installed can vary.”

Some salons are even damaging the customer’s hair, Falknor said.

“Sometimes they use glue and the extension bead,” Falknor said. “Serenity just uses the extension beads. The glue is really not healthy for your hair.”

Falknor noticed the trend in May and started offering the service. Ultimately, she said she thinks the feathers are only a temporary craze.

“They’ve been really big for the past four months, but the draw is definitely calming down,” Falknor said. “It’s probably just a summer trend.”

Perhaps they’re a bit strange but – in my personal opinion – they are much more acceptable than pajama pants in class. There are worse things.

Wear those feathers like falcons, BGSU.