Hairstyles

I started seeing the same silhouette everywhere last October: hair that hits the collarbone, a little undone, a little deliberate. Not quite a bob, not quite long. It is the length that says you meant to get a haircut but you also meant to keep your ponytail. And honestly, that is a very specific energy …

I kept seeing the same silhouette in the salon chair next to mine: hair pulled back just enough to show the jaw, then left to do whatever it wanted underneath. By December, half up half down had quietly taken over my feed, not the polished version from weddings, but the one that survives a windy …