What’s the One Haircut You Wish You Could Pull Off? 18 Fantasy Looks to Live For Inline
Photo: Getty Images1/18Patricia Garcia, Vogue.com Culture Writer
“Those wispy bangs à la Jane Birkin! I have thick, wavy hair, so I’ve never been able to pull them off. I tried once and it was a failure of epic proportions. I must have bought 1,000 bobby pins while I grew them out.”
Photo: Courtesy of Guido Palau / @guidopalau2/18Alexandra Gurvitch, Vogue.com Photo Researcher
“Model Katie Moore’s punk Manic Panic crop is my fall-winter dream cut. So chic and edgy at the same time. If only my hair was a different texture and could take dye . . . oh and guts. Totally need guts.”
Photo: Getty Images3/18Catherine Piercy, Vogue.com Beauty Director
“Long hair does not suit me at all—I start to resemble a llama once my hair grows past my shoulders—but I’ve always had a weakness for hip-length ’70s Cher hair that I could swish over each shoulder, or braid into one endless single plait. I dream about having this hair about once a month.”
Photo: Everett Collection4/18Elizabeth Taufield, Vogue.com Market Assistant
“I have always wanted Sienna Miller’s fringe from Alfie! But I have also always been too scared to cut real bangs. If only hair could grow at lightning speed, then, maybe I would give it a shot.”
Photo: Getty Images5/18Emma Elwick-Bates, Vogue Fashion News Editor
“The ’90s blunt cut to the collarbone à la Kate Moss and Gwyneth Paltrow. With a little help and navigation of my hairdresser George Northwood, I am growing out my bangs and layers."
Photo: Getty Images6/18Janelle Okwodu, Vogue.com Fashion News Writer
“Lisa Bonet waist-length dreads! It would take so long to get them, but well worth the effort.”
Photo: REX / Shutterstock7/18Jenna Rennert, Vogue.com Associate Beauty Editor
“Dakota Johnson’s bangs! But I’m getting married this year, so it’s a no for a while.”
Photo: REX / Shutterstock8/18Kelly Connor, Vogue.com Market Editor
“I have always loved Edie Sedgwick’s rooty platinum silver boy cut . . . especially when it grew out a little at the back into sort of an unintentional mullet. Suffice it to say this haircut is nearly impossible to pull off!”
Photo: REX / Shutterstock9/18Maya Singer, Vogue.com Contributor
“Basically all I’ve ever wanted in life is the bob Linda Evangelista had circa 1994. Alas, doesn't really work for girls like me who have thick, coarse ringlet curls with—thanks humidity!—an extra helping of frizz. And in case you're wondering: Yeah, I tried.”
Photo: Getty Images10/18Alessandra Codinha, Vogue.com Fashion News Editor
“I have always wished that I had the face for bangs, which I think can be so totally coquettish and alluring in the Françoise Hardy way. There was one entire season where Vanessa Moody’s bangs had me aflutter for this very reason. I also have moments where I think I should just bleach it all and lean into the whole Kate Moss rock chick thing. But then I remember my skin tone, and I move on—fast.”
Photo: Getty Images11/18Michelle Ruiz, Vogue.com Contributing Editor
“The Vidal Sassoon five-point is my hair porn—the kind of rad, graphic, unique hair you have to be a badass to pull off, or even attempt. Unfortunately, I have a completely round face, and I don’t think it would ever work. Maybe someday!”
Photo: Getty Images12/18Edward Barsamian, Vogue.com Style Editor
“I've always wanted to try my hand at having a floppy mane à la Mick Jagger—or more recently, Harry Styles. It would be the perfect, shaggy counterpoint to my polished ensemble.”
Photo: Indigital.tv13/18Nicole Phelps, Director, Replica Handbag Store Runway
“Every time Mica Arganaraz struts by on the runway, I wish I had her cut. But I know from experience that curly bangs are a tricky proposition, and considering I don’t have a professional hairstylist on hand like she does, so far I’ve opted out.”
Photo: Getty Images14/18Sophia Li, Vogue.com Entertainment Media Editor
“A Winona Ryder pixie cut! I still plan on chopping it all off one day. I mentioned this to the legendary hairstylist Garren on set once, and his response was, “Be careful what you eat then!’ ”
Photo: Everett Collection15/18Zoe Ruffner, Vogue.com Photo Researcher
“I am certainly not the first to say it, but Nastassja Kinski’s bob—center-parted, thick on the bottom, and brassy blonde—in Paris, Texas is everything. Unfortunately I’m too attached to long hair to ever make a serious cut, but, if I ever do, I’ll be bringing her photo with me to the salon.”
Photo: Courtesy of Yuka Mannami / @yukamannami16/18Monica Kim, Vogue.com Beauty Writer
“Lately, I’ve found myself helplessly drawn to Yuka Mannami’s blunt cropped fringe. Hitting that odd middle space between brow and crown, it’s almost universally unflattering—unless you’re a Yuka—which only makes me want it all the more.”
Photo: REX / Shutterstock17/18Mackenzie Wagoner, Vogue.com Senior Beauty Writer
“If I didn’t think I would send my family into a full-blown state of panic of Britney breakdown proportions, I would buzz my head in a flash. How cool, how confident, how punk.”
Photo: Getty Images18/18Lucie Zhang, Replica Handbag Store Runway Social Media Manager
“Rihanna’s pixie cut—especially during this heat wave! It’s cool in every sense of the word.”
