Pixie cut

A pixie cut is a short hairstyle, generally short on the back and sides of the head and slightly longer on the top, with very short bangs. It is a variant of a crop. The name is derived from the mythological pixie.^{[citation needed]}

History

Blonde-haired woman with a pixie cut

Pixie cuts were popularized first in the 1950s, when Audrey Hepburn wore the style in Roman Holiday (1953). Jean Seberg also sported a pixie cut for Otto Preminger's Bonjour Tristesse (1958) and Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960).^[1] Further in the 1960s, the look was worn by actress Mia Farrow (notably in Rosemary's Baby in 1968), British model Twiggy, American model, actress, and socialite Edie Sedgwick, and Laugh-In (1968–73) star Goldie Hawn.^[2][3][4][5]

The pixie became fashionable again in 1990, with its most notable wearer being Demi Moore in that year's top grossing film Ghost.^[6] Us Weekly declared Moore "the only woman since Audrey Hepburn who has been able to carry off such a hairdo and still look like a woman."^[7] The pixie also was big in the mid 1990s, as worn by waif model Lucie de la Falaise, actress Winona Ryder, and Madonna in her world tour "The Girlie Show" (1993). Halle Berry appeared in the James Bond film Die Another Day (2002) wearing a pixie. Pixies are very easy to maintain and can be worn casually, or dressed up for special occasions.^[8]

In December 2023, Eve Gilles, while sporting a pixie cut, became the first woman with short hair to be crowned Miss France, which led to media attention both in France and internationally regarding the cyberbullying she had received due to her hairstyle.^{[9][10][11][12]} "While long hair has traditionally been associated with femininity, short hair challenges conventional beauty standards, allowing women to redefine their notions of beauty, femininity and strength," explains celebrity hairstylist Jordan Jay Brumant.^[13]

In popular culture

Columnist Pamela Hutchinson notes that the pixie hairstyle is often portrayed in films in a negative way, usually when actors play characters that have been traumatized, imprisoned or are undergoing cancer treatment.^[1]

Gallery

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  Leslie Caron (1953)
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  Mia Farrow (1968)
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  Madonna (1993)
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  Cécile de France (2009)
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  Morena Baccarin (2010)
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  Halle Berry (2010)
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  Mia Wasikowska (2010)
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  Emma Watson (2010)
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  Ginnifer Goodwin (2012)
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  Michelle Williams (2012)
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  Charlize Theron (2013)
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  Elizabeth Debicki (2015)
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  Audrey Tautou (2015)
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  Scarlett Johansson (2017)
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  Katy Perry (2017)
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  Cara Delevingne (2018)

See also

• Hime cut
• List of hairstyles
• Pageboy