Including but not limited to: the butterfly cut, the blunt bob and the “bixie.”
From butterfly-inspired trims to “bixie” crops, 2023 has been a big year for haircut trends.
We once ran from scissor-happy stylists for fear of unintentionally leaving the salon with a ’90s bowl cut or artsy mullet, but this year we embraced them. While we may best remember 2023 as the year Harry Styles’ majestic mane was shorn into a buzz cut (although, Florence Pugh did it first), it was also the year that most of us were open to experimenting with more daring haircuts.
Suffice to say, the top haircuts of 2023 involved a good deal of snipping. Ahead, we unpack five of the biggest haircut trends of 2023 and who wore them best.
The butterfly cut
The secret to achieving the bouncy, layered locks that made us all ooh and ahh with envy this year was stepping into the salon and asking a hairstylist for the “butterfly cut.” In non-salon speak, you’d be asking for longer bangs and feathery, face-framing layers that vary from just beneath the chin at their shortest length, to below the shoulders at their longest.
Coined by celebrity hairstylist Sunnie Brook, this hairstyle gets its name from the way the layers fall and mimic butterfly wings. If you’re one to take hair inspiration from Instagram or TikTok, odds are you’ve spotted this style on Scandinavian influencer Matilda Djerf — whose name is immediately followed by the word “hair” when typed into Google. Accumulating nearly two billion views on TikTok’s #butterflycut hashtag, this hairdo combines the best of Jennifer Anniston’s iconic ’90s blowouts with Farrah Fawcett level volume.
The blunt bob
Yes, Hailey Bieber popularized glazed donut nails and a slew of other food-inspired beauty trends like strawberry girl glam and latte makeup, but as far as haircut trends are concerned, she basically sparked a “go short” movement when she chopped her brunette lengths…
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