A listing of essentially the most “in” haircuts for 2026 wouldn’t be full with out mentioning the “curtain crop” or “smooth pixie” that appears to be in all places proper now (whether or not you will have the previous or the latter will depend on the way you model your fringe). “It’s foppish and longer on the highest, and shorter on the sides, and remembers Sharon Stone, Robin Wright in Home of Playing cards, or Demi Moore in Ghost,” says hairstylist George Northwood, who’s much less of a hairstylist and extra of an total king of cool hair (he’s the person behind Alexa Chung’s aspirational bob and Meghan Markle’s signature messy bun). The attraction with any such haircut, says Northwood, is that it’s a low-maintenance show-stopper. “It’s fairly a stand out hair lower—the form of lower you get stopped on the road about,” he says. “Nevertheless, it’s fairly low-maintenance, versatile, and easy, which very a lot adheres to my undone hair method.”
The chunky bob
Matt Winkelmeyer
Additionally referred to as the “Paris, Texas bob,” the chunky bob remains to be very a lot in demand. It’s straightforward to see why: this form of bob may be formed to suit any vibe, whether or not you’re going glam like Zendaya in Prada, or favor a extra informal, undone really feel, à la Gigi Hadid.
“I nonetheless suppose bobs are actually related,” says hairstylist Luke Hersheson, who’s achieved actually everybody’s hair, from Keira Knightley to Victoria Beckham and Sienna Miller. “The widespread theme is that they’re all fairly chunky, a bit hacked, just a little imperfect,” he says, “like Nastassja Kinski in Paris, Texas… that very chunky bob that feels just a little lived-in and doesn’t really feel too razored, combined with a pure, undone texture that makes it really feel fairly trendy.”
