Nota bene: I may have been where you'll recommend. That's fine! I won't hold it against you at all. I'm just looking for a good gorgeous curled hair so I can pull off emulating a photo of Robert Plant back in Led Zepplin's heyday.
Go ahead, hit google. There are multiple images of Robert Plant fronting a multi-platinum band. Look, and know what I seek.

(weirdly, I can't find seriously curly hair post 2009)

Thats a hard one. Curly hair is usually either flexi or looks primy. The closest I know of is an older hair, 2016, but it is curly and masculine. I have been searching for an update to this, but haven't found any. Hair: Tableau Vivant Champagne - svelte guy - browns [mesh](250L)

I have tried girl hairs, but there is clipping in the back and top of the hair is way too high. (manly styles are more flat on top). No_Match has a recent curly hair with male fits, but its leans more towards afro style.

Analog Dog has lots of curly hair, but none i have tried appealed to me

some demos to try: no.match_ ~ NO_TOP ~ DEMO no.match_ ~ NO_EXCESS ~ DEMO no.match_ ~ NO_GUESS ~ DEMO

Ah, this is the one I was thinking of no.match_ ~ NO_SIN ~ DEMO

This is more Slash no.match_ ~ NO_CLICK ~ DEMO