

She feels this is making people more curious about what bang style might suit them. “There is a lot of buzz around different bangs right now like the Birkin Bang, the Butterfly Bang, etc.,” says Santiago. “You have something framing your face, even when you’re in bed just laying there.”īangs are big in many ways this season, points out celebrity hairstylist Mia Santiago. “It’s what’s going to make you look pretty when you get up in the morning,” says Chin-Sue.

He adds that they’re trendy, versatile and very flirty.Ĭelebrity hairstylist at Rita Hazan’s salon Sean Chin-Sue, who cut my curtain bangs, suggests getting this style if you want to lean into your femininity a bit more and are looking for something sexy. “There has been an influx of people getting curtain bangs,” says colorist and Wella Professionals brand ambassador Dereq Clark. This style of bang has always been around but was super hot in the ‘90s, and here we are again.


He explains that the bangs are cut at a slight angle-starting short at the center of your hairline and gradually getting longer toward your ears.Curtain bangs have made a huge comeback lately, almost as exciting as Linsday Lohan’s resurgence. “It has the feel of a grown-out fringe,” says Levi Monarch, a stylist at New York-based Rob Peetoom Salon and the maestro scheduled to cut my hair. Ahead, learn more about the fringe and my experience getting the look. (Again, did you see Hadid’s hair?) I had what seemed like 3,000 questions-so I asked top experts to weigh in. Even though I wasn’t scheduling a full-blown haircut, I knew that the slightest tweak to any hair look can have a transformative effect. I decided to take the plunge as photos of celebrities with the look, like Ariana Grande in her 34+35 music video and new mom Gigi Hadid (who, BTW, garnered 3.6 million comments on her fringed look in the first few hours of her posting her selfie) made it that much more covetable.Īdmittedly, I was apprehensive before making my hair appointment. My itch to get the fringe began during the lengthy quarantine period-between my phase of scrolling through banana bread recipes and stint as a whipped coffee barista for my best friend. Thinking about getting curtain bangs? I feel you.
