If I were to bump into friends I made at Alt Summit this past January, the first thing they might notice is that I changed my hairstyle. The long hair I wore in Salt Lake City (and while posing with this friendly taxidermy bear) has been replaced with a shoulder-length ‘do, a slightly longer version of the Karlie or the Chop.
I wasn’t trying to make a fashion statement by cutting my hair shorter. In fact, I was partial to having an abundance of hair; I could wear it down, braid it, or twist it up in a blogger’s top knot. However, I was unhappy with the long face-framing layers that my hairstylist had cut into my hair (without asking me first!) at my last appointment. The style looked very 1990s to me, like Jennifer Aniston‘s hair as she grew out “The Rachel.”
After studying my hair, my new stylist determined that only way to minimize the severity of the face-framing layers was to lose some of the length. Desperate for a more modern look, I let him go scissor-happy — and I’m so glad that I did. Although I can’t fashion a blogger’s bun anymore, my hair finally has a style to it. (FYI, “long” is not a style.) It feels lighter, takes less time to blow dry, and had garnered more compliments than my previous hairstyle (or lack thereof).
And it appears I’m not the only one choosing shorter hair for spring. A number of bloggers like Julia and Emily have also chopped their long locks into shoulder-length bobs. Even E!’s Giuliana Rancic decided to (finally) ditch her hair extensions for a more sophisticated blunt cut this season.
What do you think of spring’s shorter hairstyles? Are you inspired by Karlie Kloss to make “the chop” or are you still partial to long hair? How do you currently wear your hair?
PS: The time I got bangs like Bella Heathcote to conceal my postpartum hair loss.
UPDATED: In the past week, even more bloggers went short, including Mara from M Loves M.
I rocked short hair from 2005-2011 and LOVED it. Then I had a baby. And I realized that short hair is only cute when you have lots of time to style it. So, even though I don’t like how I look with long hair as much, I’m growing it out for the purpose of simplifying my life. Can’t wait until I’m not pregnant so I can at least color it again! [You look darling, by the way.]
Oh, thank you!
You make a good point about short hair being harder to style — My hair has to be long enough to be pulled back into a ponytail, especially since I only wash it every three days or so. I wish I could still put it up in a cute bun, though.
ooh, I love the “chop” style. I will probably chop mine this fall. It has been long forever. this mid length style is coming back into trend, I noticed. I would love to get a pixie cut but I am too chicken. I had close to one in high school where the front was longer and it was sooo easy!